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I rooted my nook because I have about 3000 sideloaded books on it. The stock library app doesn't provide search on sideloaded books so I potentially have to page through 300 pages to select a book to read. The library app with the rooted Nook allows title, author and keyword search as well as cover browsing.
The B&N browser doesn't support file downloading. If you're going to use the Calibre server (which I don't because I downloaded everything to my Nook), you're going to need to root it so you can download files with the rooted browser app or Trook.
As far as I know, nobody's ever permanently bricked their Nook by trying to install the softroot images at nookdevs.com. When I had to exchange my Nook (cracked bezel at a button), I just reinstalled the standard software. I don't know what ThomasMc is planning on putting in his 32GB SD card, but if it's books, he's going to want to root it.
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