[Ken Maltby]

I don't understand the trouble you guys are having downloading a purchased ebook from B&N. I just looked at MyNook Library and it lists 63 ebooks all of which have a download link, some as a big blue button with "Download" in white letters and many with "Download" in smaller blue letters at the bottom of the books entry in the list. Clicking on either results in the download of a numbered .epub file.

As "Cromag" mentioned, you don't need Nook for PC, to do any of this I don't have it on this current build of my PC.

The numbered file has the DRM applied to it and can be read, as is, by any reader or reading device that supports B&N DRM. If it is the first ebook purchased with that particular name and credit card number, used on that reader or device, you will be asked to enter the data to unlock the ebook. All subsequent ebooks purchaced with the same data, will open, on those readers or devices without you having to input anything.

With the proper plugin calibre can also work with the downloaded file. You may have to configure the plugin with your data, first.

So, to me the simple download of the .epub file, without needing anything special on my computer and without having any device authorized by someone's server, is the least intrusive approach to purchasing ebooks.

To me, first downloading an .ascm file before I can get the .epub file I paid for is a totally unnecessary complication.

Luck;
Ken