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AnitainTN · 09-09-2015, 11:11 PM

Hope this doesn't double post....Had a reply all written, went to preview, and Poof! Gone.

Over the weekend, I traded in an SGT4N-7 for the SGTS2-8 at BB because they had a generous device buy-back and BN did not. Here are the differences I see so far in what the BN-shell Nook App has and what the generic Android Nook App does not:

1) Nook shell, widget, icon on the front page. I saw reference to a Nook widget somewhere while jumping around looking at things in the Android Nook App, but since I'm moving to CC on-device library management, I didn't pursue it. I'm happier to have the front page real estate.

2) No Read In Store - on the generic Android Nook App, it's all Read Free Sample. RFS insists on installing a few pages in your library like it's a book. You have to manually clean up after it (I delete it online in BN account or via my old NC....The Sammie line has lost delete on device, including my old SGT4N-7). I also like to look further into omnibus e-book editions to see if the individual books have covers (some do (a plus), some don't). If you like to sit in the BN store and actually read the whole book, RFS won't help you.

3) There is something seriously different about the way BN-shell Nook App handles side-loaded magazines and how the generic Android Nook App handles them. On my old SGT4N-7, my National Geographic magazines looked equally nice either method. On the SGTS2-8, direct downloads from BN look spectacular on that wonderful screen. Future-proofed and side-loaded back on via CC...it's just an epub - cover art and text. No beautiful photos. I even miss the Canon ads.

It looks the same in generic Android Nook App, Calibre viewer, Moon+ (free), and Mantano (free). There's obviously a switch, extra code, something, so the BN-shell Nook App handles the magazine right, but the generic Android Nook App does not. Would the full versions of either Moon+ or Mantano handle a photo-heavy magazine better? Some other reader app? Change the file extension? Should I be investigating plugins or recipes for Calibre (which and why)? Any suggestions where to from here?

09-09-2015, 11:11 PM	#35
AnitainTN Member, Nooks Anonymous Posts: 36 Karma: 128312 Join Date: Jul 2015 Location: Tennessee, USA Device: SGTS2-8, Nook Color	Hope this doesn't double post....Had a reply all written, went to preview, and Poof! Gone. Over the weekend, I traded in an SGT4N-7 for the SGTS2-8 at BB because they had a generous device buy-back and BN did not. Here are the differences I see so far in what the BN-shell Nook App has and what the generic Android Nook App does not: 1) Nook shell, widget, icon on the front page. I saw reference to a Nook widget somewhere while jumping around looking at things in the Android Nook App, but since I'm moving to CC on-device library management, I didn't pursue it. I'm happier to have the front page real estate. 2) No Read In Store - on the generic Android Nook App, it's all Read Free Sample. RFS insists on installing a few pages in your library like it's a book. You have to manually clean up after it (I delete it online in BN account or via my old NC....The Sammie line has lost delete on device, including my old SGT4N-7). I also like to look further into omnibus e-book editions to see if the individual books have covers (some do (a plus), some don't). If you like to sit in the BN store and actually read the whole book, RFS won't help you. 3) There is something seriously different about the way BN-shell Nook App handles side-loaded magazines and how the generic Android Nook App handles them. On my old SGT4N-7, my National Geographic magazines looked equally nice either method. On the SGTS2-8, direct downloads from BN look spectacular on that wonderful screen. Future-proofed and side-loaded back on via CC...it's just an epub - cover art and text. No beautiful photos. I even miss the Canon ads. It looks the same in generic Android Nook App, Calibre viewer, Moon+ (free), and Mantano (free). There's obviously a switch, extra code, something, so the BN-shell Nook App handles the magazine right, but the generic Android Nook App does not. Would the full versions of either Moon+ or Mantano handle a photo-heavy magazine better? Some other reader app? Change the file extension? Should I be investigating plugins or recipes for Calibre (which and why)? Any suggestions where to from here?