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Originally Posted by Dob43
Well they lobbed another grenade at us. Or at least I had one earlier. I tried to log into my account today and they FORCED a password change. UGH! One problem right off is many Nook's aren't easy to update the password and some you have to unregester (clear everything), register and download everything AGAIN. I am hoping it is not the case with my device but I will find out soon I am sure.
However, I have found that Nook for PC has stopped working when I try to log in now giving an error 1016. They forced new password rules too so I am wondering if that is why it no longer works.
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I started seeing mention of people being unable to download books with Nook for PC toward the end of December. I was still able to download DRM-free books. I don't know about DRM books. I had already downloaded any I had and didn't feel like messing with deleting and trying to redownload.
Then I was forced to change my password when logging into the website a few days ago. I signed out of
Nook for PC and was unable to sign back in -- I got that 1016 error. I looked at another computer where I had Nook for PC installed, but hadn't opened it in a while, and had never let it auto-download all my books. This time I didn't sign out. The library only showed books I had at the time I last opened it -- nothing recent. Syncing didn't update the list; trying to download a book gave that 1016 error.
Now for
Nookstudy. Signing out and signing back in eventually worked. I had to close it before the login timed out and then reopen. On my other PC I stayed logged in with my old password. Syncing worked. Downloading books with or without DRM worked. I was able to use Alf's tools on books from both old password Nookstudy and new password Nookstudy. (Nookstudy will also download PagePerfect Nookbooks which are pdfs, but DeDRM has never worked with them.)
Next I tried the
Windows Nook App. I hadn't opened it in a while, and it didn't show my recent books. Syncing only worked after I signed out and back in with my new password. These books (at least regular epubs) also worked with Alf's tools. (However, without Nookstudy or a key retrieved prior to the password change, you'd be out of luck.)
Finally, I tried my Nook Glowlight 3. It happily let me download books without updating my password. B&N book files are not accessible on it though (or any of the newer Nook devices as far as I know). You can only see sideloaded books when it's connected to a computer via USB.
I have some older Nook devices, but I'm not motivated enough to dig them out and see if I can get them working (yet).
B&N was once my main ebookstore, but I haven't bought anything from them in years. I get the occasional freebie just to check on what access remains. I already have former purchases freed and backed up.
Now my main bookstore is Kobo. Mainly because I like their ereaders the best. Their prices are usually the same as everywhere for the books I buy. Or less with the VIP program. If not, they price match. If the price difference is large, I'll just get it at Amazon. I rarely see B&N or Google have the lowest price.
There are also two ways to free up Kobo books. So hopefully one would still work if the other broke. Now I'd hesitate to even get a DRM-free freebie at B&N for fear of the difficulty of getting any access to it outside of a B&N app/device. And, of course, I'm continually amazed that B&N is still around at all.