SteveL
Recycles dryer sheets
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- Aug 1, 2005
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I recently joined the ereader crowd with the purchase of a Nook Simple Touch (AKA Nook Ver2). I got this instead of the Kindle because of the ease of getting books from the library.
Anyway, this Nook comes with 2gigs of memory of which 1 is available for storing books. Of this 1gig, 75% is reserved for content from BN and the other 25% for content added from other sources. For me this would be about 500 library books, or public domain books, far more than I need. However, I was curious about the microSD slot included in the device.
I happened to have a 2gig microSD chip which I inserted into the device with some difficulty. It did go in, and I was able to see it on the Nook, and on my PC when connected.
I then went to epubbooks.com and downloaded some books and then transferred them to the chip on the Nook. Unfortunately, I was unable to read the books which were on the chip. Guessing the cause, I moved one to the Nook internal memory, and presto, the book was readable.
Made a call to Nook Support, and asked if this was really how the thing was designed. Yes, I was correct. The device can't do anything with anything on the chip. You can store anything from your PC on the chip, but you are unable to anything with it. Sort of a stupid addition.
You can store lots of books, but then move them back and forth between the internal memory and the chip in order to read them.
As far as reading, the Nook is pretty good. I have several library books. I had to install Adobe Digital Editions on my PC. This allows the library to sunset the book off the device after the two week subscription period.
Anyway, this Nook comes with 2gigs of memory of which 1 is available for storing books. Of this 1gig, 75% is reserved for content from BN and the other 25% for content added from other sources. For me this would be about 500 library books, or public domain books, far more than I need. However, I was curious about the microSD slot included in the device.
I happened to have a 2gig microSD chip which I inserted into the device with some difficulty. It did go in, and I was able to see it on the Nook, and on my PC when connected.
I then went to epubbooks.com and downloaded some books and then transferred them to the chip on the Nook. Unfortunately, I was unable to read the books which were on the chip. Guessing the cause, I moved one to the Nook internal memory, and presto, the book was readable.
Made a call to Nook Support, and asked if this was really how the thing was designed. Yes, I was correct. The device can't do anything with anything on the chip. You can store anything from your PC on the chip, but you are unable to anything with it. Sort of a stupid addition.
You can store lots of books, but then move them back and forth between the internal memory and the chip in order to read them.
As far as reading, the Nook is pretty good. I have several library books. I had to install Adobe Digital Editions on my PC. This allows the library to sunset the book off the device after the two week subscription period.