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Barnes & Noble, Inc . 122 Fifth Av enue, New Y ork, NY 10011 USA. © 2010-2012 Barnes & Noble, Inc . All rights reserved. NOOK®, NOOK Color™, NOOK T ablet™, NOOK Book™, NOOK Bookstore™, NOOK Friends™, NOOK Kids™, NOOK Newsstand™, NOOK Store™, NOOK Study™, Read In Store™, More In Stor e™, Fr ee Friday™, LendMe®, Pub[...]
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T able of Cont ents Introduction .................................................................................................................................................... 7 Contact Us ...........................................................................................................................................................[...]
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The Librar y on Y our NOOK ....................................................................................................................... 55 Pull-down Menus ............................................................................................................................................................................. 55 The Syn[...]
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Configuring Screen Settings ............................................................................................................................................................ 78 Configuring Time Settings ......................................................................................................................................[...]
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Wi-Fi .............................................................................................................................................................................................. 107 Additional Infor mation .............................................................................................................................[...]
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Barnes & Noble NOOK User Guide 7 Intr oduction This User Guide is designed to help you get the most enjo yment out of your NOOK Simple T ouch with GlowLight™. Contact Us If you have questions about your NOOK that this guide doesn’t answer , be sure to visit the NOOK online support center at: http://www .nook.com/support The online support c[...]
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8 Barnes & Noble NOOK User Guide The picture belo w shows the features on the fr ont of your NOOK. The front of your NOOK. E Ink ® T ouc hscreen Display Y our NOOK f eatures a high-resolution 6-inc h E Ink touchscr een for easy na vigation and page turns. NO TE: T o ensure the highest quality of reading imaginable, NOOK Simple T ouch™ with G[...]
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Barnes & Noble NOOK User Guide 9 NOOK Button This NOOK symbol on the lower fr ont of your NOOK is called the NOOK button. If your NOOK is sleeping, press the NOOK button to wak e up your NOOK and turn it on. If your NOOK is already on, press this button to open the Quic k Nav Bar , a navigation menu that appears at the bot- tom of the NOOK touc[...]
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10 Barnes & Noble NOOK User Guide Y ou can add more storage to your NOOK for your personal files by installing a standar d micr oSD Memor y card. The card fits into a slot on the upper right side of your NOOK. A microSD Memory Card can hold up to 32 GB of ad- ditional content. NO TE: The files on a Memory Card appear in the My Files section [...]
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Barnes & Noble NOOK User Guide 11 Getting Star ted with Y our NOOK The first time you use y our NOOK, you ’ll need to go through a short set -up proc ess that will take about 5 to 10 min- utes. Mak e sure that y ou’ re in an area that has a Wi-Fi® connection (a wir eless connection to the Internet), because part of the process is register[...]
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12 Barnes & Noble NOOK User Guide Registering Y our NOOK NO TE: Y ou will need to connect to a Wi-Fi network to complete y our registration. 1. Read the W elcome scr een. T ap the Next in the lower right c orner of the screen. Y our NOOK displays its T er ms of Service. 2. Read the NOOK T er ms of Service. If you agree to them, tap the Agree bu[...]
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Barnes & Noble NOOK User Guide 13 7. Read the message that y our NOOK display s about GlowLight. Pr ess the NOOK button and hold it for 2 seconds to turn on GlowLight. GlowLight turns on, and a Next button appears in the lo wer right corner of the screen. 8. T ap the Next button. A new screen tells you that y ou ’ re r eady to get star ted ex[...]
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14 Barnes & Noble NOOK User Guide P o wer and Charging T ur ning Y our NOOK On and O T ur ning On Y our NOOK T o turn on your NOOK, press the pow er button on the back of your NOOK. Hold the button do wn for 2 seconds and release it. Y our NOOK star ts up . T ur ning O Y our NOOK Y ou do not need to tur n your NOOK o when you stop usin[...]
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Barnes & Noble NOOK User Guide 15 Charging Y our NOOK There ar e two wa ys to charge your NOOK. Y ou can plug it into your personal c omputer . Or you can use a power adapter and plug it into a wall outlet. (If your NOOK does not inc lude a power adap ter in bo x, you can pur chase one from a Barnes & Noble store or online at http://www .ba[...]
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16 Barnes & Noble NOOK User Guide T o charge y our NOOK from a wall outlet with a po wer ada pter , do this: 1. Assemble the po wer adapter and micr oUSB cable. Insert the large end of the USB cable into the matching slot in the power adap ter . 2. Plug the small end of the USB cable into your NOOK. 3. Plug the po wer adapter into a c ompatible[...]
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Barnes & Noble NOOK User Guide 17 Wate r CAUTION: Y our NOOK, cables, and adapters are no t wa terproof . T o a void risk of overheating, melting, and burns, keep the device and all acc essories away from water and other liquids . Do not use the cable if either end of the cable gets wet or is exposed to liquid spray . Allow the end(s) of the ca[...]
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18 Barnes & Noble NOOK User Guide Caring for Y our NOOK T o take the best possible care of your NOOK, please follow the recommendations belo w . T emperature Rang es Y our NOOK should f unction as designed in these temperature ranges: • Operation: 0 C to 40 C, 32 F to 104 F • Storage: -25 C to 60 C, -13 F to 140?[...]
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Barnes & Noble NOOK User Guide 19 Locking and Unlocking Y our NOOK When your NOOK has been idle, y our NOOK goes to “sleep .” Y our NOOK displays a sc reensaver on the scr een (by default, a por trait of an author). It also locks the screen so that ac cidental touches do not perform actions. T o wake up your NOOK, do this: 1. Pr ess the NOO[...]
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20 Barnes & Noble NOOK User Guide Using Gestur es to Control Y our NOOK Y our NOOK puts g reat reading material right at your fingertips. T o read that material, to share it, to rate it, and so on, you ’ll use your fingers in dierent wa ys. Y our NOOK recognizes these dierent gestur es: • Ta p • Double tap • Press and h[...]
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Barnes & Noble NOOK User Guide 21 Press and Hold Pressing and holding means touching y our finger to the scr een and holding it there for 2 seconds . In many situations, pr essing and holding causes your NOOK to open menu at the bottom of the screen. The menu oers you choices about the image y our finger is resting on. For example, if you [...]
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22 Barnes & Noble NOOK User Guide Scr oll Slide your finger up or do wn the screen to sc roll thr ough any list displaying up and do wn arrows at the bottom of the screen. A sc roll gestur e is like a vertical swipe. Y ou can scroll up and down throu gh shelves of books and periodicals.[...]
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Barnes & Noble NOOK User Guide 23 The Quick Nav Bar The Quick Nav Bar is a row of six icons that appears at the bottom of the NOOK touchscreen and enables y ou to navigate from one feature to another . If your NOOK is turned on and acti ve, you can mak e the Quick Nav Bar appear by pressing the NOOK button be - low the touchsc reen. After y ou [...]
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24 Barnes & Noble NOOK User Guide The Status Bar A Status Bar runs along the top of the NOOK touchscreen. The Status Bar looks lik e this when GlowLight is turned on: The Sta tus Bar with GlowLight turned on. The Status Bar shows a dierent lightbulb ic on when GlowLight is turned o: The Sta tus Bar with GlowLight turned o . The Status [...]
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Barnes & Noble NOOK User Guide 25 GlowLight™ Y our NOOK includes GlowLight, a built-in light that enables y ou to read even in dim lighting c onditions. T ur ning GlowLight On or O There ar e several ways y ou can turn GlowLight on or o. T ur ning Glo wLight On or O with the NOOK Button T o turn GlowLight on or o, press and hold t[...]
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26 Barnes & Noble NOOK User Guide Adjusting the Brightness of GlowLight T o adjust the brightness of Glo wLight, do this: 1. Do either of the following: • On the Home screen, in the Library , in the Shop , on the Search screen, or in Settings , tap on the light - bulb or Wi-Fi symbol in the Status Bar to open the Quick Settings window . ?[...]
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Barnes & Noble NOOK User Guide 27 The Home Scr een The Home screen gives you easy ac cess to the books and periodicals y ou have recently read or purc hased. In the top portion of the screen, you ’ll see the co ver of the most recent book or periodical you ’ve been r eading. Here ’ s an example of a Home screen: The Reading No w P anel Th[...]
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28 Barnes & Noble NOOK User Guide The New Reads List T o the right of that item, you’ll see the New Reads list–a list of three books or periodicals that y ou have rec entl y purchased or r eceived. The Recent R eads list includes: • books and periodicals you have rec ently purchased • new issues of periodicals you have subscribed [...]
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Barnes & Noble NOOK User Guide 29 The picture belo w shows an example of a details page about a rec ommended book. The Details pag e for a book. Re tur ning to the Home Screen Y ou can return to the Home screen at any time by pr essing the NOOK button (the raised button in the shape of the NOOK logo) on the low er front of your NOOK to open the[...]
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30 Barnes & Noble NOOK User Guide Reading Books on Y our NOOK Y ou can read books, magazines, and newspapers on your NOOK. Y ou can make notes about what y ou’ re reading, highlight and annotate fa vorite passages, and shar e your thoughts and r ecommendations with friends on social sites such as Facebook. Y our NOOK makes reading books fun. [...]
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Barnes & Noble NOOK User Guide 31 The Reading T ools Menu The Reading T ools menu makes it easy to mo ve thr ough a book, to search for content, shar e content, and adjust the display of text. T o call up the Reading T ools menu, tap anywhere in the center of the page or tap on the small dark ar row at the bo t- tom of the page. The Reading T o[...]
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32 Barnes & Noble NOOK User Guide Readin g T ools: content T ap on the content icon in the Reading T ools to open a window with three tabs: • Chapters - a T able of Contents listing chapters or sections • Notes & Highlights - list of all the passages you have highlighted or written notes about • Bookmarks - a list of all the [...]
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Barnes & Noble NOOK User Guide 33 T apping on the Notes & Highlights tab displa ys the Notes & Highlights scr een. The Notes & Highli ghts screen. The Notes & Highlights scr een lists all the passages you have highlighted or written notes about. Each passage is iden- tified by its page number and opening line. If the list of no[...]
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34 Barnes & Noble NOOK User Guide T apping on the Bookmarks tab displays the Bookmarks screen. Here ’ s an example of a Bookmarks screen. The Bookmarks screen. For each bookmark ed page, the scr een lists the page number and either the chapter number (if you bookmark ed the first page of a chapter) or the first line of text that appears on [...]
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Barnes & Noble NOOK User Guide 35 Readin g T ools: goto T ap on the got o icon in the Reading T ools to jump to another page in the book. When you tap on go to , a navigation dialog bo x appears at the bottom of the screen, as sho wn below . The goto dialo g bo x. The dialog bo x includes a slider bar that shows y our current position in the bo[...]
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36 Barnes & Noble NOOK User Guide If instead of moving to the new page, you want to jump back to the pr evious page you had navigated from, tap the Go Back button in the goto dialog bo x. Y ou can tap the Go Bac k button repeatedly to through several previous loca- tions. T yping a P age Number to Move to Ano ther P age T o mo v e to another pa[...]
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Barnes & Noble NOOK User Guide 37 Readin g T ools: find T ap on the find icon in the Reading T ools to search for a wor d or phrase in the book you ’ re r eading. When you tap on find , a k eyboard appears on the sc reen. T ype a word or phrase you want to sear ch for in the book, then tap the search button in the low er right corner of th[...]
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38 Barnes & Noble NOOK User Guide The image below sho ws an example of search r esults. Search results within a book.[...]
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Barnes & Noble NOOK User Guide 39 If the word or phrase y ou searc hed for appears more than once in the book, y our NOOK displays a sear ch navi- gation tool at the bottom of the screen when y ou jump to the location of a searc h result. This toolbar includes a forward arrow and a backwar d arrow for moving fr om one appearance of the word or [...]
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40 Barnes & Noble NOOK User Guide Readin g T ools: text T ap on the text icon in the Reading T ools to open a window for adjusting the f ont, the font size, line spacing, and margin size. The T ext dialog bo x . The T ext dialog box lets y ou pick: • a font size • a font • line spacing - single, double, or triple • margin si[...]
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Barnes & Noble NOOK User Guide 41 Readin g T ools: more T ap on the more icon in the Reading T ools to open a page with details about the book, along with buttons for opening Social features. The More screen. The More scr een presents details about the book y ou are r eading, as well as options for sharing quotes and r ecom- mendations with NOO[...]
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42 Barnes & Noble NOOK User Guide T apping the Share button opens a dialog box like that sho wn below . (The contents of this dialog box may vary , de- pending on whether you ar e reading a book y ou own or a sample and whether the book is eligible for lending.) The Share dialog bo x. • Recommend - r ecommend the book to y our friends by ?[...]
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Barnes & Noble NOOK User Guide 43 Archi ving Books and P eriodicals T o save storage space on your NOOK, y ou can archive books and periodicals you ’ re no t currently reading. Arc hi ving keeps a c opy of a book in your ac count on the Barnes & Noble W eb site, while removing all but the most basic infor- mation about the book (such as i[...]
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44 Barnes & Noble NOOK User Guide Using Bookmarks Addin g a Bookmark A bookmark marks a location in a book. In a printed book, a bookmark helps you find the page wher e you left o reading . Y ou can set bookmarks in books to make it easy to jump to specific locations Y ou can set as many bookmarks as you like. T o set a bookmark on the pag[...]
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Barnes & Noble NOOK User Guide 45 T o visit any bookmarked passage, tap on its bookmark in the list. T o close the bookmark list without visiting a bookmark, tap the Close button in the upper right corner of the Con- tents window . Remo ving a Bookmark T o remov e a bookmark on the current page, tap on the ribbon in the upper right corner of th[...]
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46 Barnes & Noble NOOK User Guide Selecting T ext to Look up W ords, Ad d Highli ghting or No tes, and Share Quo tes with Friends Y ou can select a word or a passage of text. Once you have selected a w ord, y ou can look it up in a dictionary . Y ou can also select wor ds or passages for highlighting, mak ing notes, or sharing thr ough email or[...]
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Barnes & Noble NOOK User Guide 47 Changing the Sel ection from a W ord to a P assage T o select an entire passage, rather than just a wor d, select the wor d that you want to have at the beginning or end of the selected passage and drag the vertical bar that ’s c losest to the direction in which y ou want to extend the selec- tion. Drag the v[...]
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48 Barnes & Noble NOOK User Guide Looking Up W or ds in the Dictionary It ’ s easy to look up information about a word or topic when you ’ re r eading . Looking Up a W or d in the Dictionary Y our NOOK includes the Mer riam-W ebster’ s Collegiate ® Dictionar y , Ele venth Edition. T o look up a w ord in the dictionary , do this: 1. Pr es[...]
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Barnes & Noble NOOK User Guide 49 Sharing Quo tes through Social Media and Email Y ou can share a highlighted passage with friends through email, Facebook, or T witter . NO TE: Bef ore you can shar e quotes through Fac ebook or T witter , you need to link your NOOK to y our Facebook or T witter acc ount. Use the Social settings page to link y o[...]
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50 Barnes & Noble NOOK User Guide Vie wing a Note T o open a note and read it, tap the note ic on in the margin. When you ’ re done viewing the note, y ou can close the note window b y tapping the X in the upper right corner of the window . NO TE: By def ault, your NOOK displa ys a note icon next to an y passage of text about which you ’ve [...]
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Barnes & Noble NOOK User Guide 51 4. T ap the On/O switch labeled “Notes & Highlights.” T ap the switch On to display notes and highlights, or tap it o to hide notes and highlights. Sharing a Quo te If you have entered c ontacts in your NOOK or link ed your NOOK to Fac ebook or T witter , you can share quotations from the book y o[...]
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52 Barnes & Noble NOOK User Guide 6. Fill in the form to finish sharing the quote. • If you opted to shar e the quote with contacts , you will see an email form with a Select Contacts but - ton. T ap the button to see a list of your c ontacts. Select the c ontacts with whom you want to shar e the quote. When you have finished selecting c[...]
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Barnes & Noble NOOK User Guide 53 NO TE: Some publishers define rec ommended settings for their eBooks; other publishers do not. If the Pub- lisher Settings toggle switch is g rayed out, the publisher of the eBook you are reading has no t defined rec ommended settings. All other page contr ols in the dialog bo x appear grayed out. T o change [...]
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54 Barnes & Noble NOOK User Guide Reading Magazines and Newspapers on Y our NOOK Reading magazines and newspapers on your NOOK is similar to reading books . Y ou use the same gestures--tapping and swiping–to turn pages. Y ou ha ve access to the same R eading T ools, such as Contents and GoT o. Some periodicals may include their o wn table of [...]
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Barnes & Noble NOOK User Guide 55 The Librar y on Y our NOOK Y our librar y is where you keep everything you want to read on NOOK. In y our library , you will find: • Books you have purc hased from the NOOK Stor e • Newsstand magazines and ne wspaper you have purc hased from the NOOK Stor e • Free books y ou have downloaded fr o[...]
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56 Barnes & Noble NOOK User Guide The Cate gory Menu The category menu (sometimes called the filter menu) is a pull-down menu in the upper left corner of the Librar y lets you select the Library contents you want to displa y . Choices include: • All - shows everything in your Librar y • Books - shows only books • Newsstand - sho[...]
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Barnes & Noble NOOK User Guide 57 The Sort Menu The sort menu is a pull-down menu that lets you sort the content sho wn on the screen ac cor ding to rules such as Most Recent, T itle (an alphabetical listing of titles), or Author (an alphabetical listing of authors’ last names). The Sort Menu. The Sync Button In the upper right corner of the [...]
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58 Barnes & Noble NOOK User Guide Memor y Card If you have an SD Memory Card installed in your NOOK, you ’ll see two links appear at the top of the Librar y screen when you select My Fil es from the Category menu. • My NOOK • Memory Card Y ou can tap on these links to switch between viewing files stored on NOOK and files content s[...]
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Barnes & Noble NOOK User Guide 59 If you tap on a book with a Download banner , your NOOK begins do wnloading the book. A progress bar on the book’ s c ov er indicates how much of the book has been downloaded. Once the book has f ull y downloaded, y ou can open it. NO TE: When you buy a book or periodical, it bec omes available to your NOOK, [...]
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60 Barnes & Noble NOOK User Guide 5. T ap the checkbo x next to any item to y ou want to add to the shelf you just cr eated. Use the page up and down buttons on y our NOOK to scroll thr ough the list. As you add items to the library , your NOOK updates the number which appears in par entheses by the shelf ’ s name, indicating the number of it[...]
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Barnes & Noble NOOK User Guide 61 basic infor mation about the book (such as its co ver , title, author , and description) fr om your NOOK. Y ou can unar- chive a book at any time, so your reading material is no t lost. T o archiv e a book or periodical, do this: 1. In the Library , double-tap on the cov er or title of the book or periodical. T[...]
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62 Barnes & Noble NOOK User Guide NO TE: T ransf erring files from your personal c omputer to your NOOK is sometimes called “sideloading .” T o transfer files from y our personal computer to y our NOOK, do this: 1. Using the custom mic roUSB cable pr ovided with y our NOOK, connect y our NOOK to your personal c omputer . NO TE: Use onl y [...]
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Barnes & Noble NOOK User Guide 63 Using the LendMe Pr og ram Lending and Borrowing Books With Barnes & Noble’ s exclusive LendMe technolog y , you can shar e lendable NOOK Books with any NOOK Friend or any friend who has a Barnes & Noble account with a valid cr edit card number . Y our NOOK Friend or friend can read the book on any NO[...]
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64 Barnes & Noble NOOK User Guide Determining whether a Book Can Be Lent Not all books can be lent. Here ’ s how you can determine whether or not a book is lendable. • Any book eligible for lending has a LendMe badge on its cov er . • If your Library includes any books eligible to be lent out, they will appear on the shelf of lendab[...]
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Barnes & Noble NOOK User Guide 65 T o find out which of your friends have lendable books, use the Mana ge m y NOOK friends™ feature on the Social set - tings screen. NO TE: If you ’ re enjo ying a book sample or a book you ’ve borro wed, y ou can purchase the book at any time. Simpl y tap the Buy button at the top of any page in the book[...]
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66 Barnes & Noble NOOK User Guide Shopping on Y our NOOK Introduction NO TE: T o access the Shop on y our NOOK, you must be c onnected to a Wi-Fi network. If you are not c on- nected to a network but y ou are in an ar ea with Wi-Fi access , your NOOK will guide y ou through the process of connecting to a network. T o begin shopping, tap on the [...]
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Barnes & Noble NOOK User Guide 67 Bro wsing Lists and Categories T o browse lists and categories of books and periodicals, tap the Browse button at the top of the Shop screen. The Shop displays a menu sho wing lists, such as BN T op 100, and categories such as books, magazines , and newspa- pers. T apping on the Books link under the Browse Shop[...]
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68 Barnes & Noble NOOK User Guide Buying a Book Once you ’ r e in the Shop , you can buy any book you see that has a button displa ying the book’ s price. (If you don’t see a button with a price next to a particular book, it ’ s because you ’ve alr eady purchased the book. A label reading Purchased or Read appears wher e the price but[...]
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Barnes & Noble NOOK User Guide 69 Buying a Single Issue of a Magazine or Newspaper T o buy a sin gle issue of a newspa per or magazine, do this: 1. Open the details page for the magazine or newspaper you want to buy . 2. T ap the Buy Current Issue button. The button changes to a gray Confir m button. 3. T ap the Confir m button to confirm yo[...]
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70 Barnes & Noble NOOK User Guide Addin g to Y our Wishlist T o add a book, magazine, or newspa per to y our Wishlist, do this: 1. T ap on the book or periodical’ s co ver to displa y the details page for the item. 2. On the details page, tap on the chec kbo x next to the wor d Wishlist. Y our NOOK adds the item to your Wishlist. Vie wing Y o[...]
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Barnes & Noble NOOK User Guide 71 Using Y our NOOK in a Bar nes & Noble Store When you turn on your NOOK in a Barnes & Noble store, y our NOOK automaticall y detects the Wi-Fi network running in the store. Y our NOOK displays a special windo w , ask ing if you would lik e to connect to the InStor e net - work. • T o connect to the [...]
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72 Barnes & Noble NOOK User Guide Sear ching Y our NOOK Y our NOOK includes a search tool to help you quickly find what you’ r e looking f or . T o pro vide you with the most relevant results possible, y our NOOK customizes its sear ching acc ording to what y ou wer e doing when you started the search. Searc hing from the Quic k Nav Bar When[...]
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Barnes & Noble NOOK User Guide 73 Configuring Y our NOOK Y our NOOK gi ves you f ull contr ol over man y areas of its operations, fr om Wi-Fi connections to font sizes . T o adjust the configuration of your NOOK, y ou’ll often w ork with the Settings tool. T o call up Settings, do this: 1. T ap the NOOK button to open the Quick Nav Bar . 2.[...]
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74 Barnes & Noble NOOK User Guide Configuring GlowLight™ Y ou can use the GlowLight settings screen to turn GlowLight on and o and to adjust its brightness. (Y ou can also make these adjustments using the Quick Settings windo w , which is described earlier in this guide.) T o configure Glo wLight, do this: 1. On the Settings scr een, tap[...]
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Barnes & Noble NOOK User Guide 75 Viewing and Configuring De vice Info T o displa y de vice information, do this: 1. On the Settings scr een, tap Devi ce Info . Y our NOOK displays the Device Info page, which shows: • a Battery charge status bar , showing ho w much po wer is left on your battery • an Av ailable stor ag e status bar ,[...]
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76 Barnes & Noble NOOK User Guide Displaying S ystem Inf or mation T ap the About Your NOOK menu c hoice to displa y the following infor mation: • Owner , the name of the owner of this NOOK • Account , the email address of the Barnes & Noble account link ed to this NOOK • Softw are version , the version number of your NOOK so[...]
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Barnes & Noble NOOK User Guide 77 Configuring Wireless Settings The Wireless settings scr een pro vides: • a switch for turning on and o Wi-Fi networking • a list of all the Wi-Fi networks your NOOK has detected T ur ning Wi-Fi Ne tworking On or O On the Wireless settings page, tap the Wi-Fi button to change its status fr om On[...]
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78 Barnes & Noble NOOK User Guide Configuring Scr een Settings On the Screen settings page, y ou can: • Change the amount of time your NOOK should wait when no activit y is taking place before turning o the screen. • Select the screensaver y our NOOK displays when it turns o the screen and g oes into sleep mode. T o display the[...]
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Barnes & Noble NOOK User Guide 79 Adjusting the Screen Timeout When your NOOK has been setting for some amount of time and no acti vity has taken place (e.g ., y ou haven’t tapped the screen or pr essed any buttons), your NOOK turns o its scr een to conserve pow er . When that happens, you can turn on your NOOK again simply by pressing the[...]
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80 Barnes & Noble NOOK User Guide Configuring Time Settings On the Time settings page, y ou can contr ol whether your NOOK uses a 12-hour cloc k or a 24-hour clock. Y ou can also select a Time Z one for your NOOK. The Time Settings screen. T o return to the main Settings page, tap the back arrow under the title Settings . Switching to a 24-hou[...]
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Barnes & Noble NOOK User Guide 81 Selecting a Time Z one T o select a time z one for y our NOOK, do this: 1. T ap the Select Time Zone field on the T ime Settings screen. Y our NOOK display a screen for selecting time zones . NO TE: By def ault, the list of time zones includes only time zones in the United States. T o see a list of all time zo[...]
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82 Barnes & Noble NOOK User Guide Configuring Navigation Buttons in the Reader When reading a book or periodical, y ou can use the buttons built into the frame of your NOOK to page forward or backward. By def ault, the top buttons turn the page f orward, and the bottom buttons turn the page backwar d. If you would lik e to switch the functions[...]
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Barnes & Noble NOOK User Guide 83 Configuring the Shop Requirin g Y our Account P assword for Purchases By def ault, your NOOK asks y ou to confirm all purchases b y tapping a Confirm button. If you like, y ou can requir e that your Barnes & Noble acc ount passwor d be entered before y our NOOK authorizes a purchase. If other people migh[...]
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84 Barnes & Noble NOOK User Guide Clearing Y our Wishlist If you have added any items to the Wishlist on your NOOK and no w want to clear y our Wishlist, tap the Clear Wishlist menu button. If you have not added any items to y our Wishlist, this menu choice appears grayed out. Clearing the List o f Recently Vie wed Items Y our NOOK keeps track [...]
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Barnes & Noble NOOK User Guide 85 Configuring Social F eatures Y ou can use the Social settings screen to manage: • your links to y our Facebook, T witter , and Goog le acc ounts • your email c ontacts • your NOOK friends™ • the visibility of your lendable books to your NOOK friends A NOOK friend™ is a friend who has a [...]
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86 Barnes & Noble NOOK User Guide Linking Y our NOOK to Y our Fac ebook Account Y ou can impor t your friends on Facebook as c ontacts for lending books, sharing quotations, and o ther social activities. Y ou can post a LendMe o er , a quotation, and a r ecommendation on the wall of a friend. Y ou can also post a quote, a rec ommendation, an[...]
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Barnes & Noble NOOK User Guide 87 T o link y our NOOK to y our Goo gle account, do this: 1. On the Social sc reen in Settings , tap the button labeled Link your Facebook, T witter, and Goo gle Accounts . 2. T ap the Link Y our Account button under the Google logo . Y our NOOK displays a Google login screen. 3. T ap in the Email address field. [...]
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88 Barnes & Noble NOOK User Guide Inviting Indi vidual Fri ends to Become NOOK Friends T o send an NOOK Friends™ in vitation to a user in your Contacts list, do this: 1. On the Manage my Contacts page, tap on the user’ s name. Y our NOOK displays the Contact Infor mation page for that user . 2. T ap in the checkbo x labeled Invite as NOOK f[...]
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Barnes & Noble NOOK User Guide 89 Managin g Y our NOOK Friends™ T ap the Manage my NOOK Fri ends™ menu choice on the Soc ial settings screen to sent and ac cept NOOK F riends invitations and to see a list of all your current NOOK Friends™ . The Manage m y NOOK Fri ends™ feature includes three tabs under the Mana ge m y NOOK Friends titl[...]
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90 Barnes & Noble NOOK User Guide If the Sug gested button is not grayed out, y ou can tap it to see a list of your c ontacts who already have Barnes & Noble accounts and who can easily become your NOOK F riends™. T ap the In vite button next to a contact’s name to send that contact a NOOK Friends™ invitation. If you have not imported[...]
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Barnes & Noble NOOK User Guide 91 4. T o control the visibility of indi vidual books, use the Show/Hide toggle switches next to book titles . • Set the toggle to Show to show the book to y our NOOK Friends. • Set the toggle to Hide to hide the book from y our NOOK Friends. NO TE: Onl y NOOK Friends can see the books you mak e visible,[...]
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92 Barnes & Noble NOOK User Guide Configuring Searc h Y ou can clear your NOOK’ s histor y of items that you have searched for and selected. T o clear the list of search-r esult shor tcuts, do this: 1. On the Settings scr een, tap Search . 2. T ap the menu choice Clear rec ent NOOK searches . A dialog bo x appears, explaining that this will [...]
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Barnes & Noble NOOK User Guide 93 Using Y our NOOK at Wi-Fi Hotspots In addition to connecting to y our Wi-Fi network in y our home or oce, you can use y our NOOK to connect to Wi- Fi hot spots in stor es, r estaurants, hotels , and restaurants . This section summarizes how y our NOOK works with various types of Wi-Fi hotspots . Wi-Fi Networ[...]
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94 Barnes & Noble NOOK User Guide Updating the Softwar e on Y our NOOK From time to time Barnes & Noble will release softwar e updates for your NOOK. Y our NOOK will automaticall y install these updates. NO TE: Updating software does not delete any of your books, magazines , or newspapers, nor does it delete any of the files you have trans[...]
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Barnes & Noble NOOK User Guide 95 Using an SD Memor y Card Y ou can install an SD Memor y Card in your NOOK to add up to 32 GB of memory to your NOOK—enough for many thousand more books , along with periodicals, music, and personal files. NO TE: This extra storage space appears in the My Files section of your Library , not in the Books or Ne[...]
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96 Barnes & Noble NOOK User Guide 5. Push gently against the card, guiding it into the slot until it clicks into plac e. 6. Close the small gray lid and snap it into place. 7. T ur n on your NOOK. Opening the microSD slo t on the upper right side o f your NOOK.[...]
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Barnes & Noble NOOK User Guide 97 P ositioning the mi croSD card in the slot. Formatting a Ne w Card If you have installed a new , ne ver-before-used microSD Memory Card into your NOOK, a dialog bo x appears, re- porting that the SD Memor y Card is unformatted and that it needs to be f ormatted. T o format the memory card, do this: 1. T ap the [...]
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98 Barnes & Noble NOOK User Guide T ips and T roubleshoo ting Solving Problems I want to change m y BN.com account pass word. Wha t should I do? Before you change y our passwor d on BN.com, first der egister your NOOK, so y our NOOK isn’t configured to use a passwor d that you have made obsolete. NO TE: Y ou must be connected to a Wi-Fi net[...]
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Barnes & Noble NOOK User Guide 99 I transferred a ZIP archi ve from my personal computer . Why can ’t I access the fil es? Unzip files on your personal c omputer before transfer ring them to your NOOK. Y our NOOK can read EPUB files and PDFs, but not .zip files .[...]
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100 Barnes & Noble NOOK User Guide A ppendix A: P age Numbering and File Formats When you r ead a book or periodical on your NOOK, y ou’ re reading the same wor ds that appear in the paper edi- tion of the book or periodical. In most books, the page number that appears at the bottom of the screen is the page number you w ould see if you wer e[...]
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Barnes & Noble NOOK User Guide 101 A ppendix B: International Use and Languages This chapter summarizes information about using your NOOK outside of the United States and explains your NOOK’ s suppor t of languages. Using Y our NOOK Abroad Y our NOOK is designed f or use in the United States and United States territories. Y ou can use it to r[...]
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102 Barnes & Noble NOOK User Guide Langua ges Y our NOOK has f onts that support languages based on a Latin character set f or reading eBooks and other digital content, when fonts are not embedded as part of the eBook or digital content file. Examples of supported languages include: Afrikaans, Basque, Catalan, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, [...]
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Barnes & Noble NOOK User Guide 103 A ppendix C: One Y ear Limited W arrant y THE FOLL O WING W ARRANTY TERMS WERE IN EFFECT AS OF THE D A TE Y OUR DEVICE WAS MANUF A C- TURED , AND ARE PR OVIDED FOR Y OUR REFERENCE ONL Y . THE ACTUAL TERMS OF Y OUR WARRANTY ARE THE TERMS THA T WERE IN EFFECT AS OF THE D A TE OF Y OUR PURCHASE, WHICH MA Y BE DIF[...]
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104 Barnes & Noble NOOK User Guide HO W DO I RETURN MY NOOK T O B&N? When you c ontact B&N at one of the numbers above, B&N will pr ovide instructions to y ou as to how and wher e to return your NOOK. Y our NOOK must be shipped, prepaid and insured, in appr opriate pro tecti ve packaging, together with proof of purc hase and the Ret[...]
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Barnes & Noble NOOK User Guide 105 negligence or other external causes; third-party products; Internet or telecommunications f ailures; commer cial use; unauthorized opening, use, service, tampering, alteration, repair or modification; or inadequate packing or shipping proc edures . This Limited W arranty also does not co ver cosmetic damage o[...]
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106 Barnes & Noble NOOK User Guide Applicable Law This Limited W arranty is valid onl y in the United States of America. The la ws of the State of New Y ork, U.S.A. will appl y to this Limited W arranty , though the laws of your state of residenc e may apply to any tort claims and any claims under any consumer pr otection statutes , as pro vide[...]
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Barnes & Noble NOOK User Guide 107 A ppendix D: T rademarks and Copyrights Adobe Reader Mobile Softwar e Y our NOOK contains Adobe® Reader® Mobile software under license fr om Adobe Systems Inc orporated, Cop y- right © 1995-2011 Adobe Systems Inc orporated. All rights reserved. Adobe and Reader ar e trademarks of Adobe Systems Inc orporated[...]
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108 Barnes & Noble NOOK User Guide A ppendix E: FC C Notic es FCC IDs NOOK WI-FI: XHHBNR V300-A MODEL: BNR V350 This device complies with P art 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following tw o conditions: (1) this de- vice ma y not cause harmf ul interference, and (2) this device must accept an y interference r eceived, including[...]
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Barnes & Noble NOOK User Guide 109 • Y our NOOK has a Wi-Fi setting that tur ns o the radio . Wi-Fi networking should be turned o on airplanes. For more information, see “ Airplanes ”. • When around sensitive electronic equipment, ask whether you can use y our NOOK. Y ou might need to tur n Wi-Fi networking o. In some pla[...]
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110 Barnes & Noble NOOK User Guide A ppendix F: Industr y Canada Notice The term “IC” bef ore the equipment c ertification number onl y signifies that the Industr y Canada technicalspecifica- tions were met. IC: 8961A-BNR V300A Operation is subject to the following two c onditions: (1) This device may not cause harmf ul interference, and[...]
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Barnes & Noble NOOK User Guide 111 A ppendix G: NOOK ® T er ms of Service The NOOK T erms of Service are located here: http://www .nook.com/legal[...]
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112 Barnes & Noble NOOK User Guide A ppendix H: A T&T T er ms of Service & Acc eptable Use P olic y These T erms of Service & Acceptable Use P olicy (the “T er ms ”) gov ern your use of A T&T Internet Ser vices ’ A T&T Wi-Fi service (“Service”) and the A T&T Inter net Services network (“Network”). If you c [...]
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Barnes & Noble NOOK User Guide 113 your lic ense to use any Software. A T&T may also terminate or suspend your Service if you pro vide f alse or inaccurate infor mation that is requir ed for the provision of Service or is necessary to allow A T&T to bill you for Service. Mem- bership customers: customer cancellation of Ser vices is go v[...]
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114 Barnes & Noble NOOK User Guide Pri vacy P oli cy Registration data and certain other information about you is subject to the A T&T Wi-Fi Pri vacy P olicy . For mor e infor mation see: http://secure.sbc.com/privacy_statement.adp . General Us e Restrictions Subject to your acc eptance of and compliance with these T erms, payment to A T&am[...]
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Barnes & Noble NOOK User Guide 115 Disclaimer of Warranties UNLESS O THERWISE EXPLICITY ST A TED , THE MA TERIALS AND THE SER VICE ARE PR O VIDED “ AS IS”, AND ARE FOR PERSONAL USE ONL Y . ALL EXPRESS OR IMPLIED CONDITIONS, REPRESENT A TIONS AND W AR- RANTIES, INCLUDING ANY IMPLIED W ARRANTY OF MER CHANT ABILITY , FITNESS FOR A P ARTICULAR [...]
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116 Barnes & Noble NOOK User Guide Kingdom and Australia. Y ou acknowledge and ag ree that Materials ar e subject to the U .S. Export Administration La ws and Regulations. Diversion of such Materials contrary to U.S. law is prohibited. Y ou ag ree that none of the Materi- als, nor any dir ect product ther e from, is being or will be ac quired f[...]
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Barnes & Noble NOOK User Guide 117 Customers are r esponsible for a voiding the pr ohibited acti vities and strictl y following the AUP terms set for th herein. AUP Co vera ge The A T&T Accep table Use P olic y (“ AUP”) applies to the services that provide (or inc lude) access to the Internet, services pro vided over the Internet, and H[...]
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118 Barnes & Noble NOOK User Guide it may terminate your Service without fur ther notice. In such case, y ou are r esponsible for any applicable earl y termi- nation charges. A T&T will not issue any r ef unds, cr edits or other forms of compensation for the period when IP Ser vice(s) have been suspended as a result of violation(s) or alleg[...]
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Barnes & Noble NOOK User Guide 119 damage or security breaches to A T&T’ s network or to the network of any other IP Service provider . Customer shall not cr eate or attempt to utilize a domain name that is fraudulent, indecent, oensive, deceptive, threatening, abusi ve or harassing. Interaction with Minors A T&T has a zero toleran[...]
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120 Barnes & Noble NOOK User Guide posting messages to or canceling or superseding messages on an online forum or newsg roup in a manner that violates the rules of the forum or ne wsg roup or that contain forged header information. sending bulk electronic messages in quantities that ex c eed standard industry nor ms or that create the po ten- t[...]
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Barnes & Noble NOOK User Guide 121 unauthorized monitoring of data or trac on any network or sy stem without express authorization of the owner of the system or netw ork; this would include use of sni ers or SNMP tools; f alsifying packet header , sender , or User inf ormation whether in whole or in par t to mask the identity of the sende[...]
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122 Barnes & Noble NOOK User Guide Customer ag rees to indemnify and hold A T&T har mless from any claim, action, demand, loss , or damage (including attorneys’ fees) made by an y third party against A T&T as a provider of the IP Ser vice(s) arising out of or relating to any violation(s) of this AUP b y Customer (or its Users). Incide[...]
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Barnes & Noble NOOK User Guide 123 Index A archiving books or periodicals 43, 60 A T&T T erms of Service & Acceptable Use P olicy 112 B back swiping left to move to a pr evious acti vity 21 tapping the book icon in the Status Bar to r eturn to your most r ecent book, magazine, or newspaper 24 Barnes & Noble account 11 view the accou[...]
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124 Barnes & Noble NOOK User Guide sync button 57 viewing and sor ting 58 Like on Fac ebook using the Facebook Like feature for the book or peri- odical you ’ re r eading 42 M MAC addr ess 76 magazine buying a single issue 69 buying a subscription 69 free 14-da y trial 69 memory adding an SD memory card 95 Memory Card display in the Library 5[...]
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Barnes & Noble NOOK User Guide 125 configuring 85 software updates 94 software version 76 sorting Librar y items 58 Status Bar 24 subscribing to a magazine or newspaper 69 swipe 21 Sync button in the Library 57 T tap 20 T erms of Service A T&T 112 NOOK 111 viewing legal notices 76 time settings 80 time zones 81 trademarks 107 transfer ring[...]
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