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Old 10-04-2026, 11:48 AM   #1
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I have a nook reader (had it for years and from the US) recently living in Brazil and now can’t buy and download books from Barnes and noble anyone have ideas on what can be done???
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Maybe a VPN?
They might also want an US credit/debit card, but I'm not sure about that.

Anyway, there's no reason to bother with B&N as there are other stores that sell internationally. Buying from Kobo, Google Play or Ebooks.com wouldn't even require removing DRM to read the books on your Nook.
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They might also want an US credit/debit card, but I'm not sure about that.

Anyway, there's no reason to bother with B&N as there are other stores that sell internationally. Buying from Kobo, Google Play or Ebooks.com wouldn't even require removing DRM to read the books on your Nook.
Does B&N sync content? Do they sync only B&N purchased content? That might be a reason?
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Does B&N sync content? Do they sync only B&N purchased content? That might be a reason?
If the OP wants to sync over wifi, they'd better buy a Kindle than try jumping through hoops with their Nook. Especially if they're not all that tech-savvy (as would seem from their post).
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If the OP wants to sync over wifi, they'd better buy a Kindle than try jumping through hoops with their Nook. Especially if they're not all that tech-savvy (as would seem from their post).
Maybe. There may be a finance issue? What about their previous Nook content?
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Maybe. There may be a finance issue? What about their previous Nook content?
They complained about not being able to buy from B&N, not about not being able to download their previously bought books. My reply was to that complaint (i.e. buy somewhere else). From this, I also gather finances aren't an overwhelming issue (if you can afford to buy books, you can presumably also afford to save some money, even little by little, and get another ereader after a while).

Now if they'd complained about wanting to download previously bought content, I would have answered differently.
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They complained about not being able to buy from B&N, not about not being able to download their previously bought books. My reply was to that complaint (i.e. buy somewhere else). From this, I also gather finances aren't an overwhelming issue (if you can afford to buy books, you can presumably also afford to save some money, even little by little, and get another ereader after a while).

Now if they'd complained about wanting to download previously bought content, I would have answered differently.
Which is fine.

Best for the OP (and others) to know all the options/tradeoffs?
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Which is fine.

Best for the OP (and others) to know all the options/tradeoffs?
Well, I don't know if a VPN is enough to buy from B&N and download to your Nook, as I've never tried. Maybe you need an US address and/or bank card as well, and maybe you'd need to install a VPN on your Nook, which I have no idea how to do.
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Well, I don't know if a VPN is enough to buy from B&N and download to your Nook, as I've never tried. Maybe you need an US address and/or bank card as well, and maybe you'd need to install a VPN on your Nook, which I have no idea how to do.
And I'm rather ignorant about Nook also and of the OP's environment. Do they have a PC/Mac? Does the Nook handle ACSM files? Does the Nook have cloud storage access? ...
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And I'm rather ignorant about Nook also and of the OP's environment. Do they have a PC/Mac? Does the Nook handle ACSM files? Does the Nook have cloud storage access? ...
AFAIK Nooks handle ACSM files, but cloud storage is only for B&N books.

I had a Nook once, but I sideloaded everything to it, and of course I can't buy ebooks from B&N. I haven't read about anyone outside US bothering with buying B&N ebooks, so there's very little information about that.
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AFAIK Nooks handle ACSM files, ...
How sure are you? Doing a quick google, all the results say you need ADE (at least the eink Nooks).

At this point, I'll let the OP give more detail.
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How sure are you? Doing a quick google, all the results say you need ADE (at least the eink Nooks).
Maybe. I just knew they handled Adobe DRM, but I've never looked into the matter more closely.

If the OP has no computer, then they'll probably have to get a Kindle, as there would be no way for them to either buy books from B&N or sideload to their Nook.
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