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Steve3742 · 03-29-2015, 07:15 PM

Just to give an update:

I thought i'd try the simpler solution mentioned by Difflugia, which was to install an older version of Nook for Android. So I installed Nook for Android 2.5, which downloads books from the library into the Content folder - which is readable without rooting. I installed it OK, signed in and downloaded my Library - and found that the book I wanted didn't download (all the others did.)

I can think of a few reasons why. Perhaps it's because it's a book I bought with a more up to date version of the app and so it wouldn't download. Perhaps it's because the older app had US settings (I couldn't get the Shop button to take me anywhere but the US store, which is useless in the UK as it won't let you buy from it.) I doubt this last one, else it'd not have downloaded my other books. Or perhaps it's because they've turned off downloading recent books for older versions of the app (in the UK at least.)

And you know what? I don't care. Increasingly frustrated with my inability to read a book that I've paid for on my e-reader, I spent 5 minutes on Google and got a copy for free. Started reading it today, shaping up to be a good read.

But I've had it with Barnes and Noble. I will never buy another book from them. Even Amazon are better than this and that's saying something (in the UK, at least, it's harder to find a more damning insult.) And I doubt that I'm the only one who feels this way or has taken a similar decision to this. You've got to wonder at the stupidity of a company that drives its customers away like they're doing.

03-29-2015, 07:15 PM	#8
Steve3742 Junior Member Posts: 3 Karma: 10 Join Date: Mar 2015 Device: Kobo	Just to give an update: I thought i'd try the simpler solution mentioned by Difflugia, which was to install an older version of Nook for Android. So I installed Nook for Android 2.5, which downloads books from the library into the Content folder - which is readable without rooting. I installed it OK, signed in and downloaded my Library - and found that the book I wanted didn't download (all the others did.) I can think of a few reasons why. Perhaps it's because it's a book I bought with a more up to date version of the app and so it wouldn't download. Perhaps it's because the older app had US settings (I couldn't get the Shop button to take me anywhere but the US store, which is useless in the UK as it won't let you buy from it.) I doubt this last one, else it'd not have downloaded my other books. Or perhaps it's because they've turned off downloading recent books for older versions of the app (in the UK at least.) And you know what? I don't care. Increasingly frustrated with my inability to read a book *that I've paid for* on my e-reader, I spent 5 minutes on Google and got a copy for free. Started reading it today, shaping up to be a good read. But I've had it with Barnes and Noble. I will never buy another book from them. Even Amazon are better than this and that's saying something (in the UK, at least, it's harder to find a more damning insult.) And I doubt that I'm the only one who feels this way or has taken a similar decision to this. You've got to wonder at the stupidity of a company that drives its customers away like they're doing.