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[Q] Sideloading .epub into Nook app when running CM7?

Hi, if I am running CM7 on my Nook Color will I be able to sideload .epub books into the standard SDCard:/Nook/MyDocuments folder and will the Nook app be able to find them? I just wanted to double check that people have been able to do this. Thank you!
EDIT: I should also ask if this is possible if the Nook Color has not been registered with B&N. I'm running CyanogenMod exclusively, so it's pretty much like running the Nook app on an Android phone I would imagine.

onlinespending said:
Hi, if I am running CM7 on my Nook Color will I be able to sideload .epub books into the standard SDCard:/Nook/MyDocuments folder and will the Nook app be able to find them? I just wanted to double check that people have been able to do this. Thank you!
EDIT: I should also ask if this is possible if the Nook Color has not been registered with B&N. I'm running CyanogenMod exclusively, so it's pretty much like running the Nook app on an Android phone I would imagine.
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I don't know if Nook app will but there are apps in the market that work just fine... I'm using Aldiko, for epub, probably just because it came up first when i searched epub... not sure if it's the best one though

I sideload books into the Nook's folder and they show up in the Droid app but not in the actual Books section (under my files or something similar). However since B&N borked the latest client I started using FBreader for my non-DRMed books anyway.

angomy said:
I sideload books into the Nook's folder and they show up in the Droid app but not in the actual Books section (under my files or something similar). However since B&N borked the latest client I started using FBreader for my non-DRMed books anyway.
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I just loaded CM7 booting from an uSD Card. It seems that the ebooks folder is for the ebooks as there is a sample there. However I do not see this folder when the uSD card is in my computer. The question is how do I move my epub book collection in the Nook, ie onto the uSD card
[Later] Ok I just emailed the book I was reading on previous Nooter setup and I was able to import it into Aldiko; however there must be a better way. I have a 4GB card there and most of it seems empty yet Windows viewable folders are not viewable from Nook Filemanager. Ideas?

I use Overdrive for my epub books. Works Excellent!

Still want to use rooted nook as a eBook reader

Now that I am rooted, I would still like to use it as a eBook reader, I downloaded the Kindle and the Nook App's to see which is better, what program is used to convert and send books to the device? I used to use Calibre but it wont read my nook anymore, any suggestions?

Calibre should still work just fine. I used it for several months with rooted stock and am now using it with CM7. Not sure why it wouldn't show up on yours, but I assure you it works great after root.

ok ill try it, I think the main problem im having is for some reason the nook show's up as a device on one laptop (doesn't have calibre and my eBook library) and it show's up on the one that doesn't... Usually 2 diff drives show up when i connect it..

King350z said:
Now that I am rooted, I would still like to use it as a eBook reader, I downloaded the Kindle and the Nook App's to see which is better, what program is used to convert and send books to the device? I used to use Calibre but it wont read my nook anymore, any suggestions?
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ebook reader??? Read Books??? I haven't heard of such a thing on this device in say....................Well, I can't rememeber!
LOL-Sorry I had to chime in and say that!
Good for you, I do remember hearing that the nook can be used to read BOOKS!
Peace

Did you root stock or flash a ROM? If you've rooted stock, you should be able to use the original reading interface for epub, pdf, etc. The kindle app works great on it too, jsut drop the files in the kindle folder on your sd card. If you've flashed a ROM and you're computer isn't seeing it, make sure to open the notification and turn on usb storage to mount to the computer. If you still can't see your device after that, you'll probably need to reflash the ROM. (It sounds like calibre isn't recognizing it as a nook, which leads to scenario 2, and you'll just have to maually convert files in calibre then drag/drop or copy/paste onto the nook).

Drop books in updated calibre program on computer, start server on calibre, open calibre app on nook, connect to server, download book, import to kindle/aldiko/nook app::#winning
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I flashed A rom (cm7.0.3) Ive been checking out the Kindle App but it's kind of slow but managable, I wish I would have rooted it the other way, thanks for the help either way

Yeah I remember too, glad your observation skills up too par
- Peace dawg
Jimbo67 said:
ebook reader??? Read Books??? I haven't heard of such a thing on this device in say....................Well, I can't rememeber!
LOL-Sorry I had to chime in and say that!
Good for you, I do remember hearing that the nook can be used to read BOOKS!
Peace
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I use calibre, in combination with dropbox and Aldiko. I have calibre sync to a dropbox folder, and then I just use Aldiko to import the converted ebook. With the new versions of CM7 nighltlies, and wifi off, I have been getting good battery life as well.

Nook e-reader app
I downloaded the Nook android app from the market, but I can't get it to work with my CM7 uSD card boot?

Nook App update
My credit card expiration date had passed and I couldn't get anything to download to the NC through its boot or to the SD CM7 boot nook app. I updated my credit card info and I can download to both and the nook app works great, just like the one on my Droid X. Next I try to download an e-book from my public library.

[Q] What happens to the Nook functionality when you boot CM7?

I have been reading a ton of threads on the CM7 rooting. My wifes Nook was rooted using AutoNooter. She maintains the Nook applications, but it sounds like with CM7 you do not. Are they not available stock while booted in CM7?
My nook will be here at the end of the week. I see myself using the tablet functions more than the E-reader functions, but I do like to read. What's the best reader to install to use in CM7? I have Calibre so format should be flexible?

First, CM7 is a custom ROM so it is already rooted and if installed to Emmc, you will loose the stock reader. That should not be an issue for you as there are several excellent choices for readers out there. I personally use nook for android, google books, kindle, and moon reader. All of them seem to work well for me. I have had CM7 installed since march and used the stock nook for a total of 2 days.
The CM7 install gives me all the functionality of the tablet I wanted and loosing the stock B&N software was a non-issue. Good luck which ever way you decide to go. There are many people here to help you out.
Sent from my NookColor using Tapatalk

Thanks for the info! I was gathering that it was a complete change...still new to the Android scene...not a smart phone user and this is my first "tablet".
I am planning to boot CM7 from an SD card (read all the SD card threads and ordered a 16GB sandisk). Part of the reason I asked was because I am thinking about my wife's nook...I am not a big fan of how it works on the AutoNooter...but again I probably missed some key parts when doing that as I never fully understood what I was doing, I just followed the instructions.
access to the Kids books from B&N is one of the things my wife misses with her nook, she has only the one "read to me" book that it came with.

You definitely made a right choice.
Note: on your CM7 uSD, you can install the Nook app, but it's horrible, just to let you know in advance.

tightwad said:
access to the Kids books from B&N is one of the things my wife misses with her nook, she has only the one "read to me" book that it came with.
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That's odd, the stock reader (still there with rooted stock) can handle the kid's books, but Nook for Android can't.
Sent from my NookColor using xda premium

stolenmoment said:
That's odd, the stock reader (still there with rooted stock) can handle the kid's books, but Nook for Android can't.
Sent from my NookColor using xda premium
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I may have miscommunicated...the kids books work, but she can't get them from B&N anymore (or something, I may not have been paying attention when she was talking...opps...)

You want Aldiko Free version, not the "pro/pay" version (it has some graphic bug).
It is absolutely the best E Reader, way better than the Nook app as well.
The only problem is that you have to add the books manually to the phone, I use Calibre to convert and add but you can just drag and drop them to the Nook drive when it is connected in USB mode if you are comfortable doing that too.

MuGGzyx said:
You want Aldiko Free version, not the "pro/pay" version (it has some graphic bug).
It is absolutely the best E Reader, way better than the Nook app as well.
The only problem is that you have to add the books manually to the phone, I use Calibre to convert and add but you can just drag and drop them to the Nook drive when it is connected in USB mode if you are comfortable doing that too.
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How else are books added? Most of my library is in Calibre. Is the format for Aldiko the ePub format?

tightwad said:
How else are books added? Most of my library is in Calibre. Is the format for Aldiko the ePub format?
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Aldiko handles ePubs very nicely.
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I can't get books I copy over from my Calibre library to show in Aldiko. I copied them to the Nook>myFiles>Books folder on the nook (emmc) drive. I also tried the "ebooks" folder on the SD card where the 1 book in Aldiko is located (Jack London's)
Any ideas?
I found out how...good ole google search finally came through. This is about as annoying a way as there could be...I have 3K books in my library!
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Here are the instructions.. from the Aldiko website:
I was able to use the SD Card feature in Aldiko to import DRM'd Nook books on my Android Device.
At the Home screen in Aldiko, tap SD Card.
Navigate to the Nook folder on your device
Navigate to the Content folder within the Nook folder
Tap on the book you want to import (not on the check box, just tap the title)
You will be prompted to open or import, tap "open"
you will then be prompted for a username and password. The user name is the name on the credit card associated with your Nook purchase. The password is the credit card number itself, no spaces.
Once you have been able to open the book, go back to the home page and follow steps 1 through 4.
This time, when you are prompted to open or import, choose "import". The book will be imported to your Aldiko Library.
The reason I open before importing is that there is no password prompt when importing. I did find that once I had entered my credit card info for one book, I was able to import all of the rest of my Nook purchases without opening first, the app seemed to just need this information once
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tightwad said:
I found out how...good ole google search finally came through. This is about as annoying a way as there could be...I have 3K books in my library!
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I can't imagine they were all purchased from B&N. If you're managing them with Calibre, I also doubt they're all B&N DRMed. Just drop them all in one folder, and import the whole folder using Aldiko like so: from Aldiko home, go to SDcard, navigate to the folder, longpress it, and choose Import.

Taosaur said:
I can't imagine they were all purchased from B&N. If you're managing them with Calibre, I also doubt they're all B&N DRMed. Just drop them all in one folder, and import the whole folder using Aldiko like so: from Aldiko home, go to SDcard, navigate to the folder, longpress it, and choose Import.
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No, lots of classic books etc. I discovered your method as well...took awhile to load about 1K books.
Now I need to figure out how to use the bookshelf.

Lost Wireless when I installed CM7 on SD 201 nightly
I lost my ability to use wireless when I upgraded to 201 nightly. YouTube also bit the dust. I am most interested in regaining the ability to hook up to my router or other wireless access points.
When 201 was installed, I had wireless. Then I installed a few applications and then I noticed YouTube was not working. I deleted Youtube and reinstalled but it was no use.
I shut off the wireless so that I could reconnect thinking a better connection might make Youtube work. NOW wireless would not hook up to my router at all. I deleted my router from the list of wireless sources and tried to find it again. Even with the Nook 1 meter from the router it could not pick up a wireless signal.
Next I saw in the discussions about the most recent nightlies and found out there is a bug. If you hit AIRPLANE MODE in the settings, you can not undo the choice merely by unchecking the box.
A potential work around was discussed, by using the terminal mode and typing:
SU
sqlite3 /data/data/com.android.providers.settings/databases/settings.db
delete from system where name = 'airplane_mode_on';
.exit
I tried this but failed to get it to work. I may have entered it incorrectly but I don't think I did. The poster suggested copy and paste but that is not easy with no wireless.
Can anyone help me and others in my situation. How far back would I have to go in the nightlies to correct this and update to 201 again?
Not having wireless is a bummer.
UPDATE:
After my nook sat for a while I tried to hook up to wireless again. It worked! I don't know if it was the script for certain, but I did not re-install anything. I believe it was oldman_58 that resolved this for me. I can't respond to his post, but thank him nonetheless.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=17811412&postcount=5111
The above link goes to his post on this issue.
Thanks Oldman!
Update 2:
Wireless is again missing. The only thing I can think of is to start over with a formatted SD card. If you know a better way please tell me. I am able to get wireless for short periods if there is an application that would help. I installed nightly 202 today, but it did not restore the Wireless.

[Q] App to transfer B&N books to PC?

Hi, all. First post.
I have a NST w/ Glowlight that I just rooted. I want to get my B&N purchased books onto my PC, but I can't figure it out. Is there an app for that? Some painfully obvious method I'm missing? Or am I just sol?

The files you download into the B&N library are stored in /data/media/B&N Downloads/ (at least on my NST). Unfortunately, you won't see these files when you mount the NST on your desktop. You'll need to use noogie to expose that partition.
An easier solution might be to run the B&N NOOK desktop app. If you're using Windows, it will download files to C:\Users\<yourname>\My Documents\My Barnes & Noble eBooks\<registered email>\
A few things to keep in mind:
1. Any files will still be B&N DRM-encumbered using their "social" DRM. You need the name as entered on your credit card + credit card number used to purchase the book to unlock. Deal with DRM as you see fit.
2. Not every NOOK title will be usable on the desktop app. Notably, some "enhanced" titles such as Wired Magazine require a NOOK Color or Tablet running B&N firmware to view. This is probably not an issue for anything you read on your NST.
If you care to provide more details about what you're trying to do, there may be some better suggestions!

There is more cumbersome way to pull whole folder from nook via adb:
Code:
adb pull "/data/media/B&N Downloads" "C:\B&N Downloads"
IMO, not all purchased files are DRM-ed.
Calibre can take care of DRM
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2. Not every NOOK title will be usable on the desktop app. Notably, some "enhanced" titles such as Wired Magazine require a NOOK Color or Tablet running B&N firmware to view. This is probably not an issue for anything you read on your NST.
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Do you have one - wanna take a look.

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IMO, not all purchased files are DRM-ed.
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Good point. In fact, most magazines I get on my subscriptions are not. Most purchased books do seem to be, however. It's also worth mentioning that you can re-download purchased books to update the DRM info if you change credit cards on file with B&N. You don't need to keep a list of what title was purchased with which card, so long as you refresh the download.
Calibre can take care of DRM
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You do need additional plugins to strip DRM, but yes, once configured with the plugins, Calibre can remove DRM. Legality varies, I am not a lawyer, etc.
Do you have one - wanna take a look.
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Not anymore, as I've dumped the B&N firmware, and my wife won't let me near hers. From everything I read, the enhanced titles are actually apps. They're pretty crappy apps in that you can't bookmark reading positions or many other common reading functions. I've replaced my Wired B&N subscription with a Calibre recipe, though I keep a dead tree subscription active.

bobstro said:
Not anymore, as I've dumped the B&N firmware, and my wife won't let me near hers.
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:laugh::laugh::laugh:
What firmware do you use now?

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[...] What firmware do you use now?
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Sorry, didn't mean to get your hopes up. I meant the firmware on my NOOK Color (which can read the "enhanced" titles). NOT my NST. I'm running CM7.2 Mirage on the NC. I run the NOOK Android app on it to download my subscriptions, but it won't download the enhanced titles.

bobstro said:
Sorry, didn't mean to get your hopes up. I meant the firmware on my NOOK Color (which can read the "enhanced" titles). NOT my NST. I'm running CM7.2 Mirage on the NC. I run the NOOK Android app on it to download my subscriptions, but it won't download the enhanced titles.
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Ok. Thanks for clarification

I wrote a Clockwork mod that lets you link your BN media folder to your sdcard.
This does a couple of things:
- lets you see your whole library without an ADB pull -- the BN app is storing your library on your sdcard now by virtue of the link and both the internal and SD storage are visible when you connect your Nook to your computer.
- gives you much more storage for your content (you can put both BN and sideloaded content on the card, and read both with whichever reader you prefer, if you decide to manage your DRM for yourself, as I do.)
The file is posted in
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1649699
my guide to managing your own DRM is at
http://nookworks.blogspot.com/2011/09/information-security-and-digital-rights.html

New owner of Nook Simple Touch with Glow

should i root and add apps
or is the rom 1337 still good enough to use
i just want to use my nook mainly for reading comics and epubs

sutty86 said:
should i root and add apps
or is the rom 1337 still good enough to use
i just want to use my nook mainly for reading comics and epubs
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The 1337 ROM will still require rooting in the long run, won't it? If all you want to add to the already present epub reader is a comic reader then you could root using NookManager (uninstall the Amazon App store, as it is broken), and then you could side load from an SD card whatever comic reading app you want. You don't even need to do the Google Apps installation if you just want the basic functionality you describe.