User Guide
Table Of Contents
- Introduction
- Getting Started with Your NOOK
- Using Gestures to Control Your NOOK
- The Quick Nav Bar
- The Status Bar
- GlowLight™
- The Home Screen
- Reading Books on Your NOOK
- Reading Magazines and Newspapers on Your NOOK
- The Library on Your NOOK
- Pull-down Menus
- The Sync Button
- Searching Your Library
- Memory Card
- Viewing and Sorting the Contents of Your Library
- Organizing Your Library on Shelves
- Archiving Books and Periodicals
- Unarchiving Books and Periodicals
- Opening Files on a microSD Memory Card
- Transferring Files from Your Personal Computer to Your NOOK
- Using the LendMe Program
- Shopping on Your NOOK
- Using Your NOOK in a Barnes & Noble Store
- Searching Your NOOK
- Configuring Your NOOK
- Using Your NOOK at Wi-Fi Hotspots
- Updating the Software on Your NOOK
- Using an SD Memory Card
- Tips and Troubleshooting
- Appendix A: Page Numbering and File Formats
- Appendix B: International Use and Languages
- Appendix C: One Year Limited Warranty
- ONE YEAR LIMITED WARRANTY
- WHAT WARRANTIES APPLY TO MY NOOK?
- HOW DO I MAKE A WARRANTY CLAIM OR OTHERWISE ARRANGE FOR THE RETURN OF MY NOOK?
- HOW DO I RETURN MY NOOK TO B&N?
- IF I MAKE A WARRANTY CLAIM, WHAT WILL B&N DO WHEN IT RECEIVES MY NOOK?
- WHAT WILL BE THE WARRANTY PERIOD IF MY NOOK IS REPLACED?
- WHAT IF MY NOOK IS NOT COVERED BY THIS LIMITED WARRANTY?
- WHAT IS NOT COVERED BY THE WARRANTY?
- WHAT OTHER LEGAL TERMS APPLY TO THIS LIMITED WARRANTY?
- Appendix D: Trademarks and Copyrights
- Appendix E: FCC Notices
- Appendix F: Industry Canada Notice
- Appendix G: NOOK® Terms of Service
- Appendix H: AT&T Terms of Service & Acceptable Use Policy
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NOTE: Some publishers define recommended settings for their eBooks; other publishers do not. If the Pub-
lisher Settings toggle switch is grayed out, the publisher of the eBook you are reading has not defined
recommended settings.
All other page controls in the dialog box appear grayed out.
To change the appearance of the book, do this:
1. Tap the center of the page to make the Reading Tools appear.
2. Tap the text icon.
Your NOOK opens a window displaying font and spacing controls.
3. Tap the controls to select the font, font size, line spacing, and margins you want.
4. Tap anywhere outside the text dialog box to close the dialog box.
Reviews and Recommendations
To view a summary of the book, along with reviews and recommendations for similar books, tap in the center of the
page to bring up the Reading Tools and tap the more button.
For details, see “Reading Tools: more”.
Opening DRM-protected Files
DRM stands for Digital Rights Management. DRM software protects books from being copied, sold, or distributed in
an unauthorized manner.
Your NOOK and the Barnes & Noble website automatically make sure that when you buy and download a NOOK
Book, the NOOK Book recognizes you as its legitimate owner and presents its contents for you to read on your
NOOK.
In some rare cases, you might need to unlock a book or periodical that you have bought from Barnes & Noble. In this
case, you’ll need to enter the following information to unlock the book or periodical:
• Your name as it appears on the billing address of your BN.com account
• The number of the credit card associated with your BN.com account when you downloaded the book or peri-
odical