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apastuszak · 04-04-2021, 11:17 PM

My wife really likes the nook. She started with the original nook with the color screen on the bottom and has worked her way up through all the various nook models through her current Glowlight 3. All the models have given me no end of hell with side-loading books. When the Glowlight 3 came out, I was thrilled that Barnes and Noble FINALLY dumped mtp and went with simple mass storage. But every time there's a software update, it seems to mess with side-loading.

I own a Kindle and will side-load Amazon purchases onto her nook, if I have already bought the book an Amazon. Plus there is Amazon content you can't get on the B&N store sometimes.

That was the case this evening. I plugged the nook in, fired up Calibre, and converted my AZW3 purchase to ePub and tried to side-load it. Calibre said that the copy was done, so I ejected the device and patiently waited for the device to refresh, and the screen on the nook just kept saying it was still connected.

After 15 minutes of this, I just unplugged it from my laptop and the nook got all pissy and said my device was ejected prematurely and it wanted me to wipe my USB partition. Even though I resisted at first, a half hour later I gave in and let it erase the USB partition.

This, of course, wiped all the side-loaded books. But it also hosed the purchased content. All the purchased content gave an error and said the book would be "downloaded later."

When I plugged the device into my computer, sometimes it would mount on Windows Explorer, and sometimes it would not. When it did mount, if I clicked on the drive letter, Windows Explorer would ask me to insert the disk. Another 45 minutes of this madness, and I gave up and did an erase and deregister.

The erase and deregister seems to have fixed most of my issues with the device now. I can side-load with Calibre. Purchased content downloads and opens.

But I can't tell you how many times I have had to erase and de-register the device in its lifetime to fix side-loading issues.

Meanwhile, my Kindle has had zero issues with side-loading. It just works 100% of the time.

My wife really likes the nook, and doesn't want to switch to the Kindle platform, though I am tempted to get her an Oasis for Mother's Day and be done with it.

04-04-2021, 11:17 PM	#1
apastuszak Fanatic Posts: 509 Karma: 125599 Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Bensalem, PA Device: Kindle Scribe, Nook Glowlight 4, Apple iPad Pro 12.9"	The ongoing issues with sideloading books onto the nook is making me rethink it. My wife really likes the nook. She started with the original nook with the color screen on the bottom and has worked her way up through all the various nook models through her current Glowlight 3. All the models have given me no end of hell with side-loading books. When the Glowlight 3 came out, I was thrilled that Barnes and Noble FINALLY dumped mtp and went with simple mass storage. But every time there's a software update, it seems to mess with side-loading. I own a Kindle and will side-load Amazon purchases onto her nook, if I have already bought the book an Amazon. Plus there is Amazon content you can't get on the B&N store sometimes. That was the case this evening. I plugged the nook in, fired up Calibre, and converted my AZW3 purchase to ePub and tried to side-load it. Calibre said that the copy was done, so I ejected the device and patiently waited for the device to refresh, and the screen on the nook just kept saying it was still connected. After 15 minutes of this, I just unplugged it from my laptop and the nook got all pissy and said my device was ejected prematurely and it wanted me to wipe my USB partition. Even though I resisted at first, a half hour later I gave in and let it erase the USB partition. This, of course, wiped all the side-loaded books. But it also hosed the purchased content. All the purchased content gave an error and said the book would be "downloaded later." When I plugged the device into my computer, sometimes it would mount on Windows Explorer, and sometimes it would not. When it did mount, if I clicked on the drive letter, Windows Explorer would ask me to insert the disk. Another 45 minutes of this madness, and I gave up and did an erase and deregister. The erase and deregister seems to have fixed most of my issues with the device now. I can side-load with Calibre. Purchased content downloads and opens. But I can't tell you how many times I have had to erase and de-register the device in its lifetime to fix side-loading issues. Meanwhile, my Kindle has had zero issues with side-loading. It just works 100% of the time. My wife really likes the nook, and doesn't want to switch to the Kindle platform, though I am tempted to get her an Oasis for Mother's Day and be done with it.