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Difflugia · 03-03-2015, 03:22 PM

Thanks to a tip-off from Nate, I downloaded the new NOOK app for Android.

From a few minutes of playing with it, it looks like B&N made some minor updates to the reader that came installed on the NOOK HD and released it for general Android use.

So far, the two big things for me are:

The DRM hasn't changed
NOOK-only titles (like children's books) can be downloaded with this app

You need a rooted device to retrieve the book files (stored in "/data/data/bn.ereader/files/B&N Downloads/Books"), but I was able to download books and import them into Calibre. I was also able to download books that wouldn't download to the previous app (like these free kids' books with audio), which was the only reason I ever booted my NOOK HD to its stock OS.

Also, B&N is giving a $5 credit to new Android customers that sign into the Android app for the first time before the end of March. I assume that this includes prior customers that had never downloaded NOOK for Android, but I can't check since it doesn't apply to me in any way.

03-03-2015, 03:22 PM	#866
Difflugia Testate Amoeba Posts: 3,049 Karma: 27300000 Join Date: Sep 2012 Device: Many Android devices, Kindle 2, Toshiba e755 PocketPC	Thanks to a tip-off from Nate, I downloaded the new NOOK app for Android. From a few minutes of playing with it, it looks like B&N made some minor updates to the reader that came installed on the NOOK HD and released it for general Android use. So far, the two big things for me are: The DRM hasn't changed NOOK-only titles (like children's books) can be downloaded with this app You need a rooted device to retrieve the book files (stored in "/data/data/bn.ereader/files/B&N Downloads/Books"), but I was able to download books and import them into Calibre. I was also able to download books that wouldn't download to the previous app (like these free kids' books with audio), which was the only reason I ever booted my NOOK HD to its stock OS. Also, B&N is giving a $5 credit to new Android customers that sign into the Android app for the first time before the end of March. I assume that this includes prior customers that had never downloaded NOOK for Android, but I can't check since it doesn't apply to me in any way.