OK, I went to Barnes & Noble today with my rooted Nook Tablet and here are the results:
I wasn't able to Read In-Store.
That being said, I'm not certain whether it was a problem they were having today or if it was because of my rooted NT. Read on and I'll post photos and document.
OK, I went into the store with my wifi turned off. Upon sitting down and turning the wifi on, I connected to the B&N network and was pleasantly surprised to be greeted with a little "IN-STORE" banner showing over my shop icon.
After entering the shop and looking for a selection I was interested in, I was pleased to see it was available for in-store reading.
Upon selecting the book and moving to its detailed view I saw a button marked Read in Store.
Here's where things started falling apart. I was thrilled to see a big Read In-Store window pop up explaining how the program worked. There were two buttons. One for Cancel and one for Read. As you can see, the one marked Read was grayed out and never became available.
Eventually, I guess the system just timed out because a Trouble Downloading? screen would eventually appear.
Again, I'm not sure if this is normal for a rooted Nook or if this was from some sort of network problem. I could surf the net and look around the B&N online store with no problems so there didn't appear to be a problem with their network. Then again, I was surprised to even see all of the IN-STORE banners I kept seeing everywhere. It's not like I could go up and ask for much help. I have a rooted NT after all and from what I've read, most of the B&N Associates are unhelpful at best and downright rude at worst when confronted with a rooted Nook.
Anyway, for those of you with rooted devices that have tried to Read In-Store, does this look and sound like what you experienced? If not, if you guys feel this may be from some other issue, I may give it another try. Otherwise, it sounds like everything I've read is right, you can't Read In-Store with a rooted Nook.
Thanks.
- Byron