Recently after my SD card somehow killed itself after installing the ManualNooter thing for the 1.2 update (I really don't think it was their fault, by the way) I decided to just take the plunge and start using CM 7 on a regular basis (in other words, heck with dealing with the B and N updates). Very impressive by the way, it's much more stable for me than it was when I first tried it shortly after it was released.
Anyway, I was wondering if anyone had ever had a book that worked fine on the stock Nook Color software not work with the Nook for Android marketplace app? It's the weirdest thing. It downloads fine (as do all my books) but just won't load. All my other books work. If anyone has any ideas, please share them, it's driving me crazy. I've tried everything I can think of (reinstaling app, logging out and back in, deleting the book completely and redownloading...) short of trying another SD card, since I don't have spare at the moment.
It's a complete collection of Sherlock Holmes, by the way. Great stuff.
I found a solution! I'm going to share it here in case anyone else runs into this problem with a book. What I ended up doing was decrypting the book and then copying it to the My Documents folder within the Nook folder, it worked after that (although that begs the question "Why on earth didn't it work in the first place?"). I kind of think we aren't allowed to link to such things so I won't, but I did a quick search and found an absurdly easy to use suite of tools for decrypting eBooks one has purchased from various sellers.
Alright, not to bump my own topic, but this information is somewhat related. I keep seeing people say that Magazine Subscriptions don't work on the Market reader. While this is true in that you can't make them, or download the magazines, I've found that I can use the website to manage/download the magazines (well, that and subscribe to things), and they work perfectly fine if I then copy them into the documents folder within the Nook folder on my SD card. It's less convenient, but there you have it. Why they don't just add full magazine support in I'm not sure.
Just a tip. My next step after 'fixing' the previous book was to see if my magazines worked.
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Alright, not to bump my own topic, but this information is somewhat related. I keep seeing people say that Magazine Subscriptions don't work on the Market reader. While this is true in that you can't make them, or download the magazines, I've found that I can use the website to manage/download the magazines, and they work perfectly fine if I then copy them into the documents folder within the Nook folder on my SD card. It's less convenient, but there you have it. Why they don't just add full magazine support in I'm not sure.
Just a tip. My next step after 'fixing' the previous book was to see if my magazines worked.
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Are you saying that B&N Magazine Subscriptions can be used with the Android Nook app under CM7?
Can you link to where you download magazines? What file type does it download as?
Another problem with the B&N Android app is that you don't see the book cover for all the sideloaded books in the MY Documents folder. It shows up just fine on the stock reader.
Anyway, I've given up on the B&N market app. Started using Moon reader and Aldiko.
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Another problem with the B&N Android app is that you don't see the book cover for all the sideloaded books in the MY Documents folder. It shows up just fine on the stock reader.
Anyway, I've given up on the B&N market app. Started using Moon reader and Aldiko.
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Aye, same. I've purchased Moon+ for the Text-to-Speech capabilities but still looking for a way to get my GF's magazines working on her NC with minimal hassle.
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Are you saying that B&N Magazine Subscriptions can be used with the Android Nook app under CM7?
Can you link to where you download magazines? What file type does it download as?
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Well, if you sign into your account on the Barnes and Noble website, you can go to the newsstand to subscribe/unsubscribe to magazines and what have you (since you can't on the app itself). If you go to your Library when logged in, you'll see all your books. You have to click on the Magazines heading on that bar on the left there to see them (This link should take you there). You should see a download button for the current issue as well as a recent issues thing you can click on to get past issues you've received.
As for your second question, it's an ePub, though as a sidenote the DRM is different than what's used on the regular books apparently (or at least SOMETHING is different). Still works when read in the Market B&N app though (it HAS to be in the My Documents folder. Won't show up otherwise, in my experience). It is true that you won't see the cover, but to me that's a minor annoyance compared to it not working at all.
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Well, if you sign into your account on the Barnes and Noble website, you can go to the newsstand to subscribe/unsubscribe to magazines and what have you (since you can't on the app itself). If you go to your Library when logged in, you'll see all your books. You have to click on the Magazines heading on that bar on the left there to see them (This link should take you there). You should see a download button for the current issue as well as a recent issues thing you can click on to get past issues you've received.
As for your second question, it's an ePub, though as a sidenote the DRM is different than what's used on the regular books apparently (or at least SOMETHING is different). Still works when read in the Market B&N app though (it HAS to be in the My Documents folder. Won't show up otherwise, in my experience). It is true that you won't see the cover, but to me that's a minor annoyance compared to it not working at all.
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I must be missing something. I subscribed to a Nook magazine on the B&N website from my PC, but it won't let me download it to my PC. I don't see any link from the nook app to magazines. What am I doing wrong?
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I must be missing something. I subscribed to a Nook magazine on the B&N website from my PC, but it won't let me download it to my PC. I don't see any link from the nook app to magazines. What am I doing wrong?
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It's not in the magazine section of your Library on the Barnes and Noble website? Also, you won't see a link in the Nook app itself for magazines. After I got it from the website I had to copy it to the appropriate folder on the SD card (as said about "Nook/My Documents"). Also, make sure you refresh on the first screen of the Nook app in order to get it to see them. Sometimes it takes a second.
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Another way you can do it is to use the PC Nook program to download it (since it supports magazines). After you download the magazines in that case, you'll find them in your Documents folder, in "My Barnes & Noble eBooks\[email protected]"
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It's not in the magazine section of your Library on the Barnes and Noble website? Also, you won't see a link in the Nook app itself for magazines. After I got it from the website I had to copy it to the appropriate folder on the SD card (as said about "Nook/My Documents").
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Another way you can do it is to use the PC Nook program to download it (since it supports magazines). After you download the books in that case, you'll find them in your Documents folder, in "My Barnes & Noble eBooks\[email protected]"
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How do I download it from the website to my PC? When I click on the download link from my PC from either Firefox or IE, I get "Technical DifficultyWe are sorry. This item is not yet supported on this device.". I also tried using the NOOK app on my PC. No go for me
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How do I download it from the website to my PC? When I click on the download link from my PC from either Firefox or IE, I get "Technical DifficultyWe are sorry. This item is not yet supported on this device.". I also tried using the NOOK app on my PC. No go for me
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Aaaaaah...apparently some subscriptions are Nook Color only, some aren't. I apologize, I only just now realized this. I tried a trial subscription of PC Gamer and it did what you described...on the page for that magazine it says Nook Color under the "Read exclusively on this..." blah blah line on the page. The only subscription I tried ("Asimov's Science Fiction") is available on PC and everything else.
I'd guess that if you downloaded it with the stock Nook software you could copy it off and then read it on the marketplace app, but that doesn't do a fat lot of good I suppose. Sadly it looks like a bunch of them ARE Nook Color exclusive. I guess I just lucked out...sorry to get everyone excited. It's too bad there's probably no way to spoof yourself as a Nook Color.
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Aaaaaah...apparently some subscriptions are Nook Color only, some aren't. I apologize, I only just now realized this. I tried a trial subscription of PC Gamer and it did what you described...on the page for that magazine it says Nook Color under the "Read exclusively on this..." blah blah line on the page. The only subscription I tried ("Asimov's Science Fiction") is available on PC and everything else.
I'd guess that if you downloaded it with the stock Nook software you could copy it off and then read it on the marketplace app, but that doesn't do a fat lot of good I suppose. Sadly it looks like a bunch of them ARE Nook Color exclusive. I guess I just lucked out...sorry to get everyone excited. It's too bad there's probably no way to spoof yourself as a Nook Color.
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Nice try though. Maybe I will try one of the regular b&n magazines
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Nice try though. Maybe I will try one of the regular b&n magazines
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At the very least it seems all of the newspapers are enabled for everything (the 4 or 5 I checked anyway).
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At the very least it seems all of the newspapers are enabled for everything (the 4 or 5 I checked anyway).
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I tried the NYT and that one didn't work. I guess there is no way to tell which ones work until after you purchase them?
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I tried the NYT and that one didn't work. I guess there is no way to tell which ones work until after you purchase them?
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No, if you click on the name of the magazine/newspaper it will say part way down the page. When I said "tried" I should have said "looked at on the webpage". You might have to click on it, the thing that says something like "Read Exclusively on these apps and devices:" in the little informational section next to the picture.
This is unfortunate that only some newspapers work and others don't. Chicago Tribune is available on nook for android but my WSJ is not. Gonna have to keep my dual boot BN1.2 stock and CM7/2.3 and flip back and forth. Arghhh!
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I was wondering if there was some other eReader out there that I could install on my rooted NC. The one that comes with the NC is pretty basic I was also hoping that I could find one that has text-to-voice.
Any advice ?
The only one I know that can do text to voice is called Wordplayer but it's a pretty clunky app.
You can try Moon Reader which is pretty good and has a fancy 3d page turning affect.
But my ultimate recommendation is to stick to the build in app since no other app will have access to B&N purchased stuff. And if you don't use B&N, you should return your nook.
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And if you don't use B&N, you should return your nook.
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Thanks for the recommendations I will look those apps up. I would never return my NC. Even tho I don't use the B&N store I have 100's of books that are ePub and work perfectly well on my Nook. B&N is not the only source for books.
Cheers
FBReader is what I use.. I didn't like Moon+ because it's WAY too easy to flick when I want to turn; and I don't like flicking to scroll personally.. I like to just tap and let it change the page..
I've found the B&N Book app is slow as balls, has anyone else noticed that? I have some epub's that load fine on my computer, Moon+, FBReader... but they take 2+ minutes to open in the B&N reader app.
I'll just keep using FBReader. If I actually have some B&N books (buy or borrow from wife) I'll use the built-in but otherwise.. Oh, and for night reading, I like white on BLACK with the brightness down, TYVM. No more white on grey.
FYI, this is how I set up FBReader:
First off, you gotta have Softkeys working so you can hit the menu button as the notification/status bar is hidden by default. I personally set the Softkeys tool to Double-click home button and launch Softkeys, works pretty well when I need to access it.
So then hit the Menu, pick the More option, then the Settings option. Fiirst thing I do is to make it easier to get to settings and such, I go into Appearance and check Show status bar. Then in the Scrolling options, I uncheck everything. That makes it scroll on tap, and scrolls "up down", ie: you tap the bottom half of the screen anywhere, and it scrolls down. top half anyway, scrolls up. If you like the left/right (like the Nook app does), leave the "Horizontal Scrolling" option checked.
As for book locations, you guys might have a place you put them.. I left it /sdcard/Books and just put my epubs there for now. I might revise this later so the Nook app and FBReader are looking in the same place.
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And if you don't use B&N, you should return your nook.
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Thanks for telling us how to use our stuff.
Thibor69 said:
Thanks for the recommendations I will look those apps up. I would never return my NC. Even tho I don't use the B&N store I have 100's of books that are ePub and work perfectly well on my Nook. B&N is not the only source for books.
Cheers
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Well, of you have a source of free ebooks then that's cool. But if you are buying books, B&N should be your first stop. They built the awesome tablet and some suspect that he hardware is subsidized by book sales. Just a recommendation. I mean if you can find book cheaper somewhere else, I guess the choice is obvious.
Thibor69 said:
Thanks for the recommendations I will look those apps up. I would never return my NC. Even tho I don't use the B&N store I have 100's of books that are ePub and work perfectly well on my Nook. B&N is not the only source for books.
Cheers
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Forget using the B&N store. If your going to buy a book i'd recommend Amazon solely based on their whispersync.
As far as ereaders apps, i have tried most of them. FYI the smoothest browser i've found so far has been Opera 10. With skyfire being second and dolphin HD third although its pretty slow. My current favorites ereaders are Aldiko, and the Amazon Kindle reader. Both run much smoother on the nook than the stock app.
Aldiko: It will read several different types and will allow you to import epub files directly which is great if your have a lot of epub books. I like the layout of the books a little bit better than fbreader but thats a personal preferance. Fb reader has a lot of the same features. They both allow you to change the brighness of the screen on the fly but sliding your finger vertically along the left side of the page. I think thats a great feature that i wish more apps would incoporate.
Amazon Kindle:
I use this a little bit differently. If you have an account with them it allows you to use their whispersync. This basically syncs up the page number you are on across different devices, this works for books you already have not just ones you buy from them. This allows me to read things on my nook and on my phone without having to chase down my current position in the book on each device. I also like that it offers a sepia background option.
Importing books you already have or books from other sources is a little more involved with the kindle app. I use a free program called calibre to convert my ebooks, any format, to a .mobi format. Then you have to copy them onto the sd card of each device you want to read them on. Dropbox is your friend with this.
If you buy the book off amazon you don't have to go through this as you can just download them from amazon. But i'm not one to buy books really so i have to go through all the steps.
Anyway good luck, this post got long quickly.
A side note, sightly off topic: The NC can view any epub or txt file uploaded to your SD card., so even if you don't get your material from B&N you can still use the NC very well.
http://www.androidtablets.net/forum/nook/3902-side-loading-books-not-buying-frm-b-n.html#post22438
Aldiko is my personal favorite. (epub format)
Has anyone been able to run the Nook Android Application on a rooted Nook Color?
When I try to run it, it just exists immediately.
Why would you want to run the android app, when you already have the nook.
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Nookie Froyo can and from what I've been told works fine, therefore the app works on the screen and such, but for some reason no it doesn't work properly in the B&N ROM.
I have the same experience, that is, immediate exit.
Why run it on the NookColor??
Because the Market app is just better.
Page turning is more like a page turn, the interface is better......
Tried killing native processes and it still won’t work..
No, ideas. I guess I’ll wait for Froyo.
moemoney12 said:
Why would you want to run the android app, when you already have the nook.
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I knew someone was going to ask that.
Easy - once you add about 2700 books, the library app on the nookColor shows 0 books. You can still search, but you can no longer browse. (That's using up 2.5GB of space - so just about half).
I have 0 faith that B&N will fix this, so I was thinking perhaps that the android app would not have this limitation.
Whoa....have you reported this bug?
If that's the case i have no doubt it WILL be fixed. Has anyone duplicated this issue with that many books?
cabbieBot said:
Whoa....have you reported this bug?
If that's the case i have no doubt it WILL be fixed. Has anyone duplicated this issue with that many books?
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I really hope you are right, but I wonder where you get your optimism.
E-mail technical support @ Barnes and Noble is non-existent. So far, the suggestions have ranged form hard resetting the device, to telling me how I can unarchive my books. So I gave up on that.
I called in a few times, and managed to get to the next level up of support, but can't seem to get them to file a bug report in their system. Previous companies I worked for, we would gladly file a bug report and give the customer the #. Not here.
As you can imagine, 2700 books might be considered an edge case - but not for long - especially given that the Nook reads PDFs, etc. 2700 is not all that much.
There's a post here: http://bookclubs.barnesandnoble.com...ks-in-Library/m-p/770718/highlight/true#M3277 which shows another user concurring. I have seen others with the same issue as well...
Two things.
First, another valid reason to utilize the android app is the ability to use multiple accounts. I personally use three accounts on B&N, and it is super annoying that I have to wipe my account just to read my other books.
Second, if this is a real bug present in the stock Barnes and Noble library, they will fix it. The original NOOK has had five updates to fix bugs and add features, and Barnes and Noble will continue this with the NOOKcolor. The main reason they chose the android OS as opposed to creating their own ( a la kindle or sony) was the easiness of OTA updates.
Two things.
First, another valid reason to utilize the android app is the ability to use multiple accounts. I personally use three accounts on B&N, and it is super annoying that I have to wipe my account just to read my other books.
Second, if this is a real bug present in the stock Barnes and Noble library, they will fix it. The original NOOK has had five updates to fix bugs and add features, and Barnes and Noble will continue this with the NOOKcolor. The main reason they chose the android OS as opposed to creating their own ( a la kindle or sony) was the easiness of OTA updates.
Also, the reason I am looking for it, is the ability to read holding the nook landscape, it is more confortable to me that way.
I prefer the Phone version of the UI in the Nook App and would like my CM7 NC to look the same as some of the button in the tablet version are hard to hit for some reason (especially 'go to shop', 'settings', etc).
I installed the APK that my phone downloaded but the app knows it's a tablet and converts to that. Anyone know how to make it look more like the phone version?
MOD EDIT: This does not affect the nook color. This is for the monochrome Nook.
What's new in V1.5?
NOOK V1.5 improves performance while adding great new features. Key updates include:
1. NEW! Stay in Sync Across Multiple Devices
Automatically sync the last page you read on your NOOK or NOOK app with another. For instance, if you stop reading on a certain page on your NOOK, you'll automatically open to the same exact place on your iPad, iPhone or Android-based Smartphone using our FREE NOOK apps.
2. NEW! Stay Organized with "My Shelves"
Create, name and organize shelves in "My B&N Library" and "My Documents" in "My Shelves". For instance, you can put all your cookbooks on one shelf, all your spy novels on another shelf, for quick and easy access.
3. NEW! Password Protect Your NOOK
Your NOOK can now be secured in two ways to prevent unauthorized use. First - you can set up your NOOK to lock when it goes into sleep mode, then unlock it with a pass code. Second - you can require a password to purchase content, so others using your NOOK cannot buy anything without your permission.
4. Faster page turns, improved search, and other optimization
How do I get Version 1.5?
The V1.5 update is available immediately as a manual download and, for those NOOKs connected to Wi-Fi®, as an automatic download. To get the software update right now, follow the instructions above for manual download. If your NOOK is registered and has Wi-Fi® connectivity (Airplane mode should be OFF and Wi-Fi® should be turned ON and connected to a hotspot), the device will automatically download the software and install it on your NOOK. If connected to Wi-Fi® and you'd like to get the update, you can tap 'Check for new B&N content' under My Library. However, if the update does not start automatically, please try again in a couple of hours or the next day or follow the instructions above to download the update file manually.
The process takes approximately 5-7 minutes via Wi-Fi® or 4-5 minutes for the manual download (depending on your connection). You should NOT turn your NOOK off while the new software is being downloaded. Once the software update is completed, your NOOK will automatically restart and display the Home screen. The software update will preserve your personal settings, including your registered account information, content, display settings, and Wi-Fi® settings.
This is for original nook, not nook color. This should be deleted.
acomiskey said:
This is for original nook, not nook color. This should be deleted.
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Agreed... This isn't a "Report to mod" incident but it's disinformation at best.
How did the OP not read the information and see that this was for the original Nook?
shame on the OP getting my hopes up like that...
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shame on the OP getting my hopes up like that...
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Hopes up? I was panicking. I had my wifi turned off for 3 days until 1.1 was figured out.
Kodeen said:
Hopes up? I was panicking. I had my wifi turned off for 3 days until 1.1 was figured out.
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^^
Exactly what I was thinking. Was about to shut down my nook!
The shelves thing would be nice, though. Why haven't they implemented this on the NC?
Unless they have... Ignorance, my old nemesis!
Mod notified - hopefully they get rid of this soon and stop panicing users.
I have edited the title and added a message to the OP so people don't get unduly worried about this.
zstick said:
The shelves thing would be nice, though. Why haven't they implemented this on the NC?
Unless they have... Ignorance, my old nemesis!
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You are correct, it is your nemesis.
Not only that, v1.5 for the e-ink classic Nook (black & white) ereader has been out for months and is hardly news. This thread really has no relevance and should just be deleted.
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Not only that, v1.5 for the e-ink classic Nook (black & white) ereader has been out for months and is hardly news. This thread really has no relevance and should just be deleted.
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Agreed. There is no reason at ALL to keep this thread. Why leave it mods?
Dear sir
i have nook color and I bought to keep my books and to listen (like kindle ebook reader) books , but i have got several problems with my nook color
for pdf books I have to scrol scrol and scrol for hours to reach a specific topic
pdf does not work like original books from barnes and noble as they display so many options when you soft tap on the screen that what topic you need , contents and many other options.
i can not download apk files because so many books need apk support. and bye the way what is apk?
i can not synchronize my NC with my PC
i can not install third party software into my NC.
no flesh also
I have so many other problems as well.
please help me
thanks alot
Riaz
Amazon cloud service is not working on my rooted nook. I have it running on my cell but on the nook its saying no cellular or wi-fi availible? Un installed reloaded and im getting the same thing?
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Working great on mine.
Phiremod 5.1 on internal.
Edit - works on 5.2 also...
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Wont let me connect. claims i don't have a connection. Nook Color 1.0.1 stock rooted stock kernal.
Same with me - error 70 - no connection (although Wifi is working well) - NookColor 1.0.1 stock rooted.
Same here. I installed the Amazon MP3 app from the Android Market first. Just for grins I uninstalled and reinstalled from the Amazon Market. Exception #70 for me every time.
But I can shop for MP3 from the app just fine, and all other wifi connection seems to be working. Autonootered v3, 1.1.
I don't have my NC with me right now as I'm at work and there's no point. I will look at this as soon as I get home to see if I'm having the same issues. I'm on stock rooted as well.
Same problem here. Running rooted stock nook color v1.1.
Error 70 with me as well.
Sad panda.
Works beautifully on my phone though.
Someone needs to call Amazon about this. I would, but I'm too lazy. When you call you get a real human who actually speaks English. I'm also not sure what reaction I'd get from admitting to Amazon that I own a Nook Color.
[email protected]
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Better to smile and dial for stuff like this rather than wait for someone to email you back 24-48 hours later.
WTF? Getting same error.
And, while I was trying to sign into the cloud, the damn thing rebooted. Hmm.... Something is fishy here. Maybe the stock NC ROM has something to block connectivity? I looked in the hosts file, and didn't find anything. Digging around some more.
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WTF? Getting same error.
And, while I was trying to sign into the cloud, the damn thing rebooted. Hmm.... Something is fishy here. Maybe the stock NC ROM has something to block connectivity? I looked in the hosts file, and didn't find anything. Digging around some more.
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Much, much love if you can find the problem. I don't think it's a hosts issue as you can browse the MP3 store without any problems. I could be wrong though.
I emailed them and got some canned response about the NookColor not being able to use Amazon Market due to restrictions - even though the email was clear in that what was not working was their cloud drive. This may be a dumb question but does it have anything to do with the required Adobe Air? Neither my iPad nor touch will work with it either, but in those cases I assumed it was because of their inability to use Air?
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I emailed them and got some canned response about the NookColor not being able to use Amazon Market due to restrictions - even though the email was clear in that what was not working was their cloud drive. This may be a dumb question but does it have anything to do with the required Adobe Air? Neither my iPad nor touch will work with it either, but in those cases I assumed it was because of their inability to use Air?
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That's why I suggested calling.
I think someone with a net sniffer needs to see what internet hosts a successful AZCloud connection makes, then see what (if anything) is coming out of the NC. I bet the stock NC ROM is blocking something and there is nothing wrong with the AZCloud app or Amazon's cloud. That would explain why a new ROM would connect and the stock ROM (but rooted) won't connect. I bet there is some transport that is disabled, or ports blocked on the NC side.
Running nookie froyo on an older oc kernel (2.6.29-omap1 [email protected]#44) and was able to download the app from amazon's app store and run it perfectly.
Not sure I'll use it, uploading to the cloud's a PITA IMO. There's no drag and drop support and their idiotic uploader app takes my neatly organized library (by artist) and presents it to me sorted by album making it a painstaking process to upload select artists to the cloud. I suppose it's their way of encouraging us to purchase extra space beyond 5gb.
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I suppose it's their way of encouraging us to purchase extra space beyond 5gb.
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Buy any album and get 20gb space for a year. You can buy albums priced as low as $0.69 cents.
A. Nonymous said:
I don't have my NC with me right now as I'm at work and there's no point. I will look at this as soon as I get home to see if I'm having the same issues. I'm on stock rooted as well.
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I can't speak for the all of us, however i have been up all night with anticipation for your answer.
It seems this issue is exclusive to those running elcair, one semi work around i discovered is to login to the service via the browser, you cannot stream due flash however you can dowload your library.
Hi everyone
is there a way to get calibre to recognise the nexus 7 without having to root it?? I have read all the instructions on FAQ and Im having no luck!
HELP!
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Hi everyone
is there a way to get calibre to recognise the nexus 7 without having to root it?? I have read all the instructions on FAQ and Im having no luck!
HELP!
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What's calibre?
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Its an ebook reader manager program
I use Mantano Reader (the only one I found that actually renders books properly - the rest are all trash) and setup its feed to read Calibre's OPDS catalog, then download epubs over Wifi. Simply go to 'My bookstores' and click the icon on the right under 'My feeds' to add a new feed. Give it a name, then type in
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<ip address of PC on your LAN>:8080/opds
as the url. Go to Calibre's preferences and click 'Sharing over the net', then 'Start Server' and boom you can browse your entire Calibre catalog on your Nexus 7, ordered any way you like (Author, title, series, tags, etc) - no need to plug it in and sync.
Other ereader programs like Moon+ Reader, Aldiko and FBReader will also support opds.
I just output my epubs to disk (harddrive) and copy them to the Nexus 7. It'd be nice if calibre supported MTP or made it easier.
I have my calibre attach to my drop box, since books don't take up a lot of storage space. Epub format ONLY. I just download book i read with drop box. incase you didnt wanna load all your books.
mwalt2 said:
I just output my epubs to disk (harddrive) and copy them to the Nexus 7. It'd be nice if calibre supported MTP or made it easier.
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This is what I do. I had a mare trying to get Calibre to recognise my Nexi. Two days I tried for. If anyone manages it please post here. The next joy was trying to get Aldiko to display my book covers.
I just use the web interface (OPDS) with any relevant eReader (Moon+ and FBReader both work fine with it). That works just fine.
aussieangel84 said:
Hi everyone
is there a way to get calibre to recognise the nexus 7 without having to root it?? I have read all the instructions on FAQ and Im having no luck!
HELP!
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I've just changed my copy of Calibre from a Sony ereader to a smartphone and it works. Are you sure your USB drivers are installed and working? - If you open Windows Explorer you should see "Nexus" in the same section as your hard drives, cd etc.and if you click on Nexus you should see Internal Memory and clicking again shows the folders you can access.
For the official USB drivers go to http://support.asus.com/Download.aspx?SLanguage=en&m=Nexus%207&p=20&s=16
midnkight said:
I have my calibre attach to my drop box, since books don't take up a lot of storage space. Epub format ONLY. I just download book i read with drop box. incase you didnt wanna load all your books.
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Me too! Works pretty well. No real time sync, if you change alot of info for each book. But for the most part I do not.
What not just get the calibre android app?
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charlesky said:
I use Mantano Reader (the only one I found that actually renders books properly - the rest are all trash) and setup its feed to read Calibre's OPDS catalog, then download epubs over Wifi. Simply go to 'My bookstores' and click the icon on the right under 'My feeds' to add a new feed. Give it a name, then type in
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<ip address of PC on your LAN>:8080/opds
as the url. Go to Calibre's preferences and click 'Sharing over the net', then 'Start Server' and boom you can browse your entire Calibre catalog on your Nexus 7, ordered any way you like (Author, title, series, tags, etc) - no need to plug it in and sync.
Other ereader programs like Moon+ Reader, Aldiko and FBReader will also support opds.
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I have been having the same problem with my Nexus 7. My solution was to export my epub ebooks from Dropbox to the B&N Nook android app.
It works one book at a time but is kind of cludgy plus it requires the extra step of putting epubs in Dropbox. Your solution is much slicker. I tried it with the free version of Mantano. I plan to upgrade to the premium version. Thanks for providing a nice solution. :victory:
aussieangel84 said:
Hi everyone
is there a way to get calibre to recognise the nexus 7 without having to root it?? I have read all the instructions on FAQ and Im having no luck!
HELP!
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Calibre does not support MTP and will only sync to devces that mount as 'usb storage' - i.e., not Nexus devices...from what i've read the developer doesn't plan on changing this
if you have a large library copy all your books to a folder on your N7, then use your N7's ereader app to import the books...after the initial set up new books would need to be added one by one...if you rely on tags and don't want your tags messed with, do NOT use Aldiko...i tested most ereader apps some time ago and Mantano and Moon+ were the only ones which read calibre tags properly and did not add anything...i stuck with Moon+ as it can sync my reading status across multiple books (syncs to Dropbox) so no matter which device i open a book with i can go to the last page read
also, as an alternative to the previously mentioned opds setup which is only accessible if you are on your home wifi, if you want to view your library from any browser and download to your device wherever you have an internet connection (or just share your library with your mates), you can set up a No-IP account...with that, the No-IP DUC client, your Calibre library located within a public folder in Dropox, you can host your own books as a 'net library' directly accessible from within Moon+ as well as via a standard url (eg, http://name.no-ip.org:1234)...this setup is simply PERFECTION!
http://www.no-ip.com/
http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/combine-dropbox-calibre-universal-access-ebooks/
n7of9 said:
you can host your own books as a 'net library'
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Something to be careful about: Looks like Dropbox is getting pissy about publicly-accessible libraries. So if you do this, don't go telling people about it.
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Something to be careful about: Looks like Dropbox is getting pissy about publicly-accessible libraries. So if you do this, don't go telling people about it.
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i don't use calibre2opds, but besides that it's not dropbox getting pissy, it's the user getting busted
n7of9 said:
if you want to view your library from any browser and download to your device wherever you have an internet connection (or just share your library with your mates)
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n7of9 said:
i don't use calibre2opds, but besides that it's not dropbox getting pissy, it's the user getting busted
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Chances of that depend on how many mates you have, I suppose... Calibre2opds's html layer does increase the visibility, but it's pretty trivial these days to do a blind scan for open opds catalogs. You just need to be aware of the dangers.
Thanks For the tips everyone. Will give it another go tonight. I have moon+pro
peterk-1 said:
I've just changed my copy of Calibre from a Sony ereader to a smartphone and it works. Are you sure your USB drivers are installed and working? - If you open Windows Explorer you should see "Nexus" in the same section as your hard drives, cd etc.and if you click on Nexus you should see Internal Memory and clicking again shows the folders you can access.
For the official USB drivers go to http://support.asus.com/Download.aspx?SLanguage=en&m=Nexus%207&p=20&s=16
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Tried this, no go for me. USB stuff def working
charlesky said:
Something to be careful about: Looks like Dropbox is getting pissy about publicly-accessible libraries. So if you do this, don't go telling people about it.
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I noticed in this article, he says to use a NAS....we have this...what do I need to do to use this option?
FYI all
http://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=185620