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Originally Posted by pypeke
I cannot download the 1200 Nook books into my Nooks at all since my 2 Nooks were discontinued. Don't the books have to be downloaded on my Nooks instead of in the cloud before I back them up on Calibre?
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No, you can download them via the Nook for Windows app (the application you used to be able to get in the Windows Store). I thought you had downloaded and successfully installed that program in Windows? If not, I think you can still get it and install it (via the link shown in this thread, or maybe another thread).
Once downloaded, you can read them into Calibre and DeDRM them so they can be read with your Kobo eReader. No Nook device is needed to do this.
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Originally Posted by pypeke
I know I can read them on my PC (Nook for Windows) or on an Android eReader or on a tablet with the Nook app or I can read them on a brand new Nook.
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Once you feed them into Calibre and DeDRM them, you can read them in any E-Ink eReader — Kobo included.
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Originally Posted by pypeke
I wanted to get a Kobo, but I cannot read my Nook books on it. I guess I am stuck using an Android ereader/tablet or a new Nook if I want to download my Nook books from the cloud.
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What I mean when I say you can download the Nook books is that you first download them via the Nook for Windows app to your PC (no Nook device needed for this). Once you have the files downloaded to your PC, you can set up DeDRM in Calibre to clear the DRM and read them on any eReader. The only thing you have to do is find the files on the PC, which is why I passed along my sample directory where my Nook ePub files are saved on my computer. Yours will not be exactly the same, but if you download your books via the app, they'll be somewhere similar on your computer.
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Originally Posted by pypeke
Am I correct that there is no way to back them up or organize the Nook books on Calibre?
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No, I have all my Nook books saved and backed up in Calibre (not nearly as many as you have). I downloaded all of them and DeDRM'd them in Calibre. I can read these books I purchased from B&N on a Kobo, Sony, Tolino, PocketBook, EZReader or JetBook — and if I convert them to AZW format I can read them on a Kindle.
There are other threads that explain how to do this in more detail. But it can be done. (Unless you can no longer create the needed decryption Hash in the DeDRM Calibre plugin. But I think it can still be done. If I'm wrong someone will probably correct me.)