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Originally Posted by MGlitch
Nook Study may use different protocols at BN's end, they didn't discontinue it, just renamed it to Yuza or some other odd name and later spun it off to someone else. So it's more likely to keep working for awhile.
Nook for Windows has a chance to work for quite some time since they tied it to the Microsoft store.
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NOOK Study, NOOK for Windows and NOOK for PC all use slightly different commands to the same server, but Yuzu connects to a different server. If they turn off the NOOK server, all NOOK apps will stop working. They could intentionally kill one and leave the others, but I can't think of a reason that they'd do that at this point now that they've farmed maintenance out to another company.
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Originally Posted by MGlitch
However if you want your ebooks backed up it may be wise to seek other sources aside from BN. History has shown that they would prevent you from having any access to the ebook files if they could. There are still a fair few out there providing epub versions, Kobo, Google, Baen, etc. all of which allow you to download your purchases.
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Even counting the thing with the DRM keys a while back, I've had far fewer problems with B&N than I've had with Kobo. B&N ebooks are certainly in more danger of disappearing altogether, but it's been over a year since they've made any changes affecting DRM or downloading. If I were specifically worried about my books remaining in the cloud after I've downloaded them then I'd go with Amazon or Google. Since I'm not, Barnes & Noble still gives me the easiest experience overall.