B&N discontinues Nook for PC

[Purple Lady]

Originally Posted by jersysman

You could always backup your Calibre library on a flash drive, external drive, or even dropbox.

I do have multiple copies. But what happens when the appocalypse hits and all of those copies are lost? Besides the fact that I won't have electric to be able to read them anyway.

[Xanthe]

You'll be too busy running from the zombies that'll be trying to eat your brains to have much time left to read....

[jgaiser]

Originally Posted by Xanthe

You'll be too busy running from the zombies that'll be trying to eat your brains to have much time left to read....

Seriously. If the apocalypse happens, reading ebooks will be at the bottom of my list.

[Rbneader]

Originally Posted by Purple Lady

I downloaded my purchases again after my credit card was stolen because at some point in the future I won't still have the data that I provided to make the purchase. I can't keep track of different credit cards used to make purchases. I do disinfect when I get my books, but if at some point in the future something happens to my Calibre library and I have to disinfect again it's easier to have all my books with the same credit card.

As far as I know, the book is encrypted when you download, not when you purchase. If you change your credit card info on your account and redownload, the books will still work.

[Ken Maltby]

Originally Posted by Rbneader

As far as I know, the book is encrypted when you download, not when you purchase. If you change your credit card info on your account and redownload, the books will still work.

That's how it has worked for me as well, when I first started using B&N, I don't think they have changed that. It was another incentive to disinfect them right away and manage them myself.

I have alternative energy resources sufficient to power my toys, even if I have to do without AC.

Luck;
Ken

I seem to remember that the authorities are all prepared to deal with the zombies.

[fjtorres]

Originally Posted by jgaiser

Seriously. If the apocalypse happens, reading ebooks will be at the bottom of my list.

Depends on what's in your collection.
Mine includes a bunch of survivalist and sustainable gardening stuff.
http://www.amazon.com/The-Complete-S.../dp/B0056GXGWM

[AnemicOak]

Originally Posted by tubemonkey

While Nook for PC is going away, Nook for Web is still available.

Except a lot of books don't work in Nook for Web at this time.

[pidgeon92]

Originally Posted by Rbneader

As far as I know, the book is encrypted when you download, not when you purchase. If you change your credit card info on your account and redownload, the books will still work.

Precisely. When my credit card has expired, and I've gone to download a book again, I just enter the new credit card number and complete the download. Yes, the credit card number is in the DRM, but it is still access to the store account that really counts.

[Purple Lady]

Originally Posted by Rbneader

As far as I know, the book is encrypted when you download, not when you purchase. If you change your credit card info on your account and redownload, the books will still work.

You're right, and I re-downloaded to get the new card info.

[MikeB1972]

Originally Posted by DiapDealer

I'd be very surprised if they got rid of the 'Download' button anytime soon. Still plenty of Nook devices out there for people to download and transfer to.

Except the shiny new UK Nook store doesn't have an option to download a book you have bought, only way I can get a copy onto my PC is to download the book to the android app, copy the book from the app folder to a folder that is visible to the PC when I plug in the phone, copy from the phone to the PC.

[Graham]

Originally Posted by MikeB1972

Except the shiny new UK Nook store doesn't have an option to download a book you have bought, only way I can get a copy onto my PC is to download the book to the android app, copy the book from the app folder to a folder that is visible to the PC when I plug in the phone, copy from the phone to the PC.

I've got it one step quicker than that. After downloading in the Android app, navigate to the Nook content folder in a file manager and send the book to Dropbox or Google Drive. At least the download to the PC part's automatic!

Graham

[DiapDealer]

Originally Posted by MikeB1972

Except the shiny new UK Nook store doesn't have an option to download a book you have bought

Did it ever (just out of curiosity)?

I can go the android route myself rather easily (should my download button disappear), but I imagine I'd just opt to buy from a store that didn't make it as awkward to get a physical copy of the file on my PC.

[Graham]

Originally Posted by DiapDealer

Did it ever (just out of curiosity)?

No. We've also never had the option to read books online or use Nook for PC, as far as I'm aware.

Also, magazine subscriptions link to the page for buying the magazine, not to the issues that you've purchased. And my Fictionwise library never did turn up.

The uk.nook experience is distinctly half-hearted and unfinished.

Graham

[Josieb1]

I'm in the UK and my Fictionwise books turned up, all 178 of them.

[AnemicOak]

Originally Posted by Graham

And my Fictionwise library never did turn up.

Originally Posted by Josieb1

I'm in the UK and my Fictionwise books turned up, all 178 of them.

It was hit or miss for folks in both the UK and US. The whole FW shut down/transfer was definitely not a stellar moment for B&N, unfortunately they seem to have a lot of those kind of moments.