Barnes and Noble just announced a new back-to-school promotion where they are giving away twelve ebooks from their classics series, twelve SparkNotes, three Nook Study guides, and four Nook Color apps with the purchase of a Nook Touch, Nook Color, or 1st Gen Nook. The offer is good both online at B&N.com and in Barnes […]
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Firmware Update for Nook Touch, Doesn’t Seem to Work Rooted
Barnes and Noble has released a firmware update for the “All-New NOOK”, or is it the “Nook Simple Touch Reader”, B&N’s marketing department can’t seem to make up their mind what to call it :). Who knows why they can’t just go with something simple like “Nook Touch”. Calling something “All-New” is going to become […]
Nook Color Refurbs on Sale Again – Good Deal for a Budget Tablet/eReader
Refurbished Nook Colors are on sale yet again, this time for one day only at 1saleaday.com. They are selling them for $179. However, that website is known to take their sweet time shipping products so if you are in a hurry to get it (let’s face it, who wouldn’t be) Buy.com is selling them for […]
Nook Touch Working Apps List
The Nook Touch is the most versatile E Ink ebook reader ever created thanks to its hackable Android operating system. A surprising number of Android apps work exceptionally well on a rooted Nook Touch, including several ereading apps. Below is a list of apps that I’ve personally gotten to work on a rooted Nook Touch. […]
Free Nook Color Apps
Unless you own a Nook Color, it can be difficult to find what kind of selection of apps are available, and especially free apps since the Barnes and Noble website refuses to sort Nook Color apps by price. So I decided to put together this list of free apps for the Nook Color via Barnes […]
PDF Review: Nook Touch, Rooted and Stock
One of the more common questions I get asked here lately is how the Nook Touch handles PDF files. So here it is, the Nook Touch PDF Review, complete with a ten minute video tour. The review covers both the Nook Touch’s stock PDF functions as well as some different Android apps on a rooted […]
Rooted Nook Touch: Fixing Market Search and Other Tips and Tricks (Video)
Since posting the Nook Touch Rooting Guide, I’ve received a lot of questions about the Android Market search not working, the buggy stock web browser, button savior, and various other details about getting started with a rooted Nook Touch. So that’s where this post and video tutorial comes in, where I’ll show you how to […]
Getting Library eBooks on the Nook Touch the Easy Way
I’ve been experimenting with different ereading apps on the rooted Nook Touch to find out which ones work the best. Yesterday I went ahead and installed the OverDrive Android app in order to try downloading a free ebook from the library. Of course you don’t need to have the Nook rooted to read library ebooks […]