03-14-2019, 07:31 AM | #1 |
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Can Read Book, but Cannot See Book File through Windows Explorer
Hi All,
Nook Glowlight Plus. I bought a book from the B&N store and it showed up on the Nook just fine, and I have been reading it off and on for several days. So far, so good. However, when I connect the Nook to my Win7 computer, and look in the folder where all the books are, this book is NOT there. Calibre can't see it either. I have folder options set to display hidden files. I have looked in all of the folders on the Nook and id is nowhere to be found. Any idea how to find this file? I would really like to be able to see all of my book files and have them show up in Calibre as well. |
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Thanks for the response! Can you possibly point me in the right direction for learning about the Nook storage area that is not exposed via USB, and how I might access it?
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Thanks David, I will look there.
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I have a Nook Glowlight Plus like you, but I've never tried accessing B&N purchased books stored on the Nook through USB. I don't think you have access to those files. *This works for me and others, but doesn't seem to universally work for everyone. See this thread, starting at post #1460. |
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03-18-2019, 11:41 AM | #7 |
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Thank you, ZodWallop! (Great username, BTW!)
Currently, I am on Win7, so no joy there, but am going to have a Win10 laptop available to me in a few weeks. When I have that, I will definitely give that a try. It bugs the heck out of me to not be able to back up files that I have paid for. |
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On Windows 7, you could try Nook Study or Nook for PC, but lately they have been having problems connecting to the B&N servers. The Windows 10 Nook app from the Microsoft store is the only one guaranteed to work. But as I mentioned, some people have had trouble getting the Alf Calibre plug-in to play nice with the Nook app. It worked for me and others. But not for everyone. As B&N becomes more difficult to deal with, I buy my books from Amazon. There's some hoops you have to go through with them as well (setting up an older version of Kindle for PC), but they're easier to deal with than B&N anymore. |
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That's exactly how I feel about my Nooks. I also have an old Kobo Aura. The Glowlight Plus is a slightly nicer reading experience (it formats the text better), but everything else, the Kobo wins.
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I do hear good things about the Kobo. Right now, I am consumed by transitioning to the Kindle environment. Will keep the Kobo in mind, though.
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