re-download books

[Purple Lady]

Is there a way to re-download all my books at once to my PC? I had to change the credit card on my account because my card number was stolen and I read that in order to have the books associated with the new credit card I had to download them again. I have 65 books from B&N so I don't want to have to do each one separately.

[Doug Pardee]

You don't need to redownload unless you really need your downloaded copies to be DRM-locked with the new credit card number. NOOK devices and NOOK software should be quite capable of remembering both the old number and the new one.

If you still want to redownload them all, your best bet is to use NOOK for PC (or NOOK for Mac) and select the "automatically download recent purchases" box under Settings>Account Settings. That should get a bunch of them, and for the rest you can do the download within the program (which is a bit less work).

[NightBird]

Originally Posted by Doug Pardee

You don't need to redownload unless you really need your downloaded copies to be DRM-locked with the new credit card number. NOOK devices and NOOK software should be quite capable of remembering both the old number and the new one.

If you still want to redownload them all, your best bet is to use NOOK for PC (or NOOK for Mac) and select the "automatically download recent purchases" box under Settings>Account Settings. That should get a bunch of them, and for the rest you can do the download within the program (which is a bit less work).

Great tips!

for posting.

[Purple Lady]

Originally Posted by Doug Pardee

You don't need to redownload unless you really need your downloaded copies to be DRM-locked with the new credit card number. NOOK devices and NOOK software should be quite capable of remembering both the old number and the new one.

If you still want to redownload them all, your best bet is to use NOOK for PC (or NOOK for Mac) and select the "automatically download recent purchases" box under Settings>Account Settings. That should get a bunch of them, and for the rest you can do the download within the program (which is a bit less work).

I would like all my books to have the same DRM - if I lose my de-DRM copies I don't want to have to remember what credit cards were used.

I have Nook for PC, but all my books have already been downloaded and the last book I got was in August so recent purchases didn't work. I deleted that book and refreshed Nook for PC and the only thing that happened is that the download button is now available.

The only ways I can see to do it is to delete all PC copies and go into each book in Nook for PC and download it. I tried using bn.com, but when I downloaded a book, it doesn't save it with a real name - 9780553905656_epub.v10.epub was the last one I tried. So if anyone knows an easier way, it would really help.

[VicLavigne]

Originally Posted by Purple Lady

I would like all my books to have the same DRM - if I lose my de-DRM copies I don't want to have to remember what credit cards were used.

I have Nook for PC, but all my books have already been downloaded and the last book I got was in August so recent purchases didn't work. I deleted that book and refreshed Nook for PC and the only thing that happened is that the download button is now available.

The only ways I can see to do it is to delete all PC copies and go into each book in Nook for PC and download it. I tried using bn.com, but when I downloaded a book, it doesn't save it with a real name - 9780553905656_epub.v10.epub was the last one I tried. So if anyone knows an easier way, it would really help.

The easiest way to manage "all same DRM" is to remove the DRM. The only disadvantage to this is your books will not be downloaded from the B&N cloud, you will have to side-load your older purchases. But this is my, and lots of others, method of choice for being able to keep our purchases despite change in credit cards or equipment.

Vic

[Purple Lady]

I do remove DRM as soon as I get books. I also do editing of the CSS and sometimes the html to remove fonts or change formatting to my liking. I save the edited version before reformatting so if I screw up the editing I have to add the book to Calibre again. I should probably create another Calibre library to hold the deDRM books without the editing.

I just want to be able to access the DRM books again if I need to and remove the DRM. I am thinking of not buying anymore B&N books because I don't like their flavor of DRM. I only get free Amazon books for the same reason.

[NickyWithNook]

The DRM is linked to your credit card number instead of just to your account? That's annoying.

[geertm]

Originally Posted by NickyWithNook

The DRM is linked to your credit card number instead of just to your account? That's annoying.

B&N's social DRM is the least restricted one available:
- Encryption is completely enclosed within the e-book file. After downloading the book you do not need any DRM-server to read your book on another device.
- The book is not tied to any hardware (Kindle) or software (Adobe) ID.
- You can share a book as many times as you like, to as many supported readers as you like, by just coping the e-book file. No special program or DRM-server or internet connection needed. Anyone who knows the unlock information (credit card number and name) can read the book.