Name: CHEC Rocky Mountain Homeschool Conference
Start: 2025-06-12T00:00:00-05:00
End: 2025-06-14T23:59:59-05:00
Location: Denver, CO

Tagged: Ebook format, Ebook readers, Nook

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May 7, 2013 at 6:39 pm
nerakr
Participant
And I have some questions:
From what I read in the quick start guide, it sounds as if only B&N books can be used. Please say it’s not so! I bought it at Wal-Mart, after all. I’ve got tons of free ebooks in pdf format, mostly from google books but perhaps other places, too. I don’t always pay attention when I’m linking from freebie of the day.
Will I be able to read these files once I get it set up?
TIA,
Karen
May 7, 2013 at 7:33 pm
nerakr
Participant
OK, found the answer in the user guide that has to be downloaded. But a few more questions:
Do I have to use a wifi to set it up? Why not a home connection?
Do I have to register the NOOK/set up a B&N account if I don’t intend to buy books from B&N?

May 7, 2013 at 7:55 pm
suzukimom
Participant
Welcome to eReaders!
I don’t have a nook, so I can’t answer all your specific questions (maybe someone else can…)

But – you might be interested in a free program called Calibre to help you organize your eBooks. I use it with my Tablet and Kindle (and in theory the Kindle on my phone…)
It can convert (pretty well) books from one format to another (unless they have copy protection DRM on it….) So I can take a free Kindle book and convert it to an ePub book (or the other way.) It also will convert PDF’s. The Kindle can read PDF files directly as well (and some more complicated PDF’s don’t convert well with any software…) – I don’t know if the Nook can read PDF’s directly or not.
When I connect my Kindle or Tablet, Calibre will show me which of my many books are currently on the device, and I can tell it to copy it itself. I can also set up tags to help me find my books.
I can even setup other things (but it takes a lot of learning how) – Like I setup a category called “Curriculum” that is displayed at the side that is a folder struction. Under that I have AO, SCM, MA, etc… and then under those i have things like Year 1 or Module 1, etc. I can then just click into what I want to look at, and see the books I’ve assigned to those curriculums. (To do this wasn’t super-simple, but is in the Help files)

Anyway – just thought while you are going through the learning curve, you might want to add something else to learn…
May 7, 2013 at 8:33 pm
Doug Smith
Keymaster
You can load books on your Nook by connecting it to your computer with the included USB cable. This is called “sideloading”.
Nook does limit how much of its memory can be used for sideloaded books but has no such limit for books purchased from them. The Nook can use books in EPUB and PDF format from other sources.
May 7, 2013 at 8:43 pm
nerakr
Participant
Doug, how many sideloaded books can be on there at one time?
Should I return it and get the Kindle even though it’s $30 more?
May 7, 2013 at 9:23 pm
Doug Smith
Keymaster
The limit is for a certain amount of memory so the number of books would vary depending on how large each one is. You would have to look in Nook’s documentation to see what that memory limit is since I don’t recall.
May 8, 2013 at 12:45 am
Bookworm
Participant
What KIND of Nook is it?
May 8, 2013 at 1:26 am
nerakr
Participant
It’s a Nook Simple Touch. Unsure of memory space, as I haven’t finished the registration process to download anything yet, and I couldn’t find it in the user manual. Dh is looking for supplemental memory cards.
May 8, 2013 at 3:21 am
Doug Smith
Keymaster
From WikiPedia: It has 2 GB of internal memory of which only half is available for content. Of the 1 GB of content, 750 MB is reserved for content from Barnes & Noble’s e-book store, which leaves approximately 250 MB for other files. As with the original Nook, microSD and microSDHC memory cards can be inserted to expand the Nook Simple Touch’s memory up to 32 GB.
May 8, 2013 at 10:48 am
nerakr
Participant
Thanks, everyone. We have ordered a microSDHC card so that I won’t have to worry about memory space. If I have any more questions, I’ll let you know.
May 8, 2013 at 9:05 pm
sarah2106
Participant
Have fun with your new “toy” 🙂
I have a 1st generation Nook that is still going strong after almost 2.5 years. I can sideload books on to it very easily (PDF and EPUB versions) by connecting to the computer and also down load from B&N.
I also have a Nook Tablet that is a lot of fun, but for reading, I prefer my 1st Generation and the basic e-ink, especially for reading outside while pushing my youngest in the swing.