Thread: B&N removed download option on all books in "My Nook" library
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Old 03-22-2015, 07:56 PM   #998
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Originally Posted by Purple Lady View Post
Can't she just use Nook for PC? How would she be downloading the book if the download links were still on the website?
B&N's original download links provided direct download of the complete epub, no "helper" software required.

My mom-in-law is technophobic -- thus the lack of WiFi. Simply getting her to try a Nook was a big deal. However, we taught her how to use a web browser to find a book, purchase it, go to her online Nook Library and click the "download" link. Then the complete epub would download to her computer. She would connect her Nook via USB, then drag-and-drop the epub file from her computer to her Nook. All done.

At this point it seems all the Nook desktop apps are no longer supported, and even if we found a copy to download, with all the DRM changes, it's not clear whether an ebook downloaded through a desktop app would open on an old Nook 1st ed. that hasn't connected to WiFi for many years.

Finally, my mom-in-law is using this situation as "proof" that computers and technology are not to be trusted "and who needs ebooks anyway when paper books are just fine," she says.
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