My mom has a glowlight and has a hard time seeing the pictures in her library, is there any way to zoom in or change the size of the pics?

I am using custom or alternate firmware on a brnv700 nook glowlight plus :

https://github.com/Ryogo-X/nook_ntx_6sl_twrp/releases

I have pushed these files to /sdcard/kOreader/settings :

event_map.lua :

return {

[192] = "RPgBack", -- Nook Left Page Back (left lower button)

[191] = "RPgFwd", -- Nook Left Page Forward (left upper button)

[193] = "RPgFwd", -- Nook Right Page Forward (right upper button)

[194] = "RPgBack", -- Nook Right Page Back (right lower button)return {

return {

[192] = "LPgBack", -- Nook Left Page Back (left lower button)

[191] = "LPgFwd", -- Nook Left Page Forward (left upper button)

[193] = "LPgFwd", -- Nook Right Page Forward (right upper button)

[194] = "LPgBack", -- Nook Right Page Back (right lower button)

}

Neither works I got the page turn button numbers from getevents in adb converted hex to decimal. This is really annoying as I want the physical page turn buttons to work. Please help !

I have a brand new in box Simple Touch with Glowlight (BNRV 350) I want to use for all my side loading. Does anyone know if it can be hacked for use without first being registered at B&N bc they aren't allowing them to be registered anymore. I also have a Glowlight 3 which is ok, and a 4 Plus (which I hate so much I'll prob put on ebay) but I'd really like to use the Simple for my personal epubs. It's friendlier with document folders than the 3. Thoughts?

Hi, I have an old Glowlight plus circa 2018ish? The battery is draining quickly now, charging every 2-3 days even with light use. What reader has the best battery life? Open to nook or other alternative, trying to break away from my Amazon dependency, so leaning away from Kindle.

Sometime ago I purchased a used First Edition Nook on eBay. Came with a bloated battery and shelved it since I had other eReaders and was just interested in the novelty of having one since I wanted it as a kid. I recently purchased a new battery and got it working, funnily enough it came with the old owners library and it was mainly stuff I’m interested in which is really cool! Was just curious about how I’d get some of my new nook books on this device now that it no longer connects to the store. Anyone able to help?

She got this thing over a decade ago while she was going for her PhD, and used her university email to sign up for her BN account. That email address is long, long gone, and she has no idea what the password for the BN account is because it was just saved to the device and hasn't been entered in years.

Is there going to be any way for her to change that password / update to her current email address and not lose her entire library? Would visiting a store in-person make a difference, or is there anything that customer service would be able to do over the phone, email, chat, etc? If there's a clear answer on this, I've completely missed it so far. Thanks in advance!

do you guys think they will restock the pink glowlight 4 on black friday this year? i’m hopeful that they will because i don’t want to buy one resold 😭

hiii i remember playing this like fashion city life game on my nook tablet, i got it from the built in app store and im pretty sure the game was made by ubisoft?? i remember there being character customization and you could shop at the mall with in game currency. i also remember a pair of burgundy leather pants my character always wore lmao. i think the year was around 2012-2013?

Those of you who moved away from Kindle, why did you pick Nook over Kobo or Kobo over Nook? I also want to not support Amazon and I’m trying to decide getting either a Nook or Kobo. I’d appreciate your thoughts! TYIA

I want to root my NGL4 to be able to go into the /system/media/SleepImageNook file directory and change my screensaver image since official support for that feature was discontinued long ago. I tried deleting the .png files in there and I wasn't able to, so I found people online saying the NGL4 has to be rooted first but idk how to go about that. Any tips?

I have a GlowLight 3. I used Calibre to sideload some library books onto it, but even though I can see the files in Windows Explorer when the Nook is connected, I can't find the books when actually using the device. I saw this post, but they don't appear in "New and Recent", and the library doesn't have a "My Files" filter. The firmware vesrion is 53.0.114 / 5.5.0.31 (assuming "App Version" is the same as firmware). What is going wrong with this process?

Black Friday Nook Deal

https://www.barnesandnoble.com/b/nook-devices/_/N-8ri

I got 3 simple touches, I got these from a library which was throwing these out, and the casing is degraded completely

https://reddit.com/link/1gx6he9/video/fyxq40yk2g2e1/player

So I just found my old nook and I want to look through it for old times sake, but it won’t load past this screen. What do I do?

I got a Nook Glowlight 4 two days ago. I fully charged it right after I got it, as the instructions recommended. In the two days I have had it so far, the battery drained to 50%. I spent some time reading on it both days, but not very long, probably an hour or two at most. I know the Nook does not have a great battery life, but is it normal for the battery to drain this quickly? I assume it is still indexing books or something, because I have Wifi off, and the Glowlight 4 has no bluetooth, so that is not a factor. There is no way I will even get a week's worth of battery life at this rate. Today I charged it up to 100% and it is now at 91% by the end of the day, which seems better, but is still not very good. Should I return it? I am used to my Kobo Clara 2E, which has a much better battery life in comparison.

Some unicode characters, for example https://www.compart.com/en/unicode/U+1E25, are not displaying in nook android app. They are sort of displaying in the nook web app (for some reason the dot appears to be under the next character).

Does anyone know how to get my nook android app to display these characters? It *is* displaying some unicode characters, just not all of them.

Edit: So I figured out that changing to the font "OpenDyslexic" helps at least somewhat. I don't love this font though, so I guess the solution is to hunt down a font I like that has better unicode support.

When I had a Kindle, there was a website I could visit to download classics for free (I believe it was created by Project Gutenberg but I could be wrong). Is there something similar out there for Nooks?

I have a nook from 2011 that is no longer supported by B&N. I got it second hand and it is logged into a strangers account. If I reset the device, will I still be able to created a new profile and download books from sites like Libgen onto it? Thank you!

Did anyone figure out how to change/hack the screensaver/sleep cover on the nook glowlight 4 plus?

I have a damaged screen on an OG Nook Simple Touch Glow, model number BNRV350. Where can I get a direct screen replacement?

Just got an old Glowlight BNVR510, the one with the slightly textured screen, supposedly waterproof, brand new in box.

The form factor is great. It feels very tough and I like the flat face. The only nook I've liked more was my original simple touch (should never have given it away).

With this one, though, I'm having a very hard time getting it to connect to anything via USB - Mac, Windows, Linux.

My other nook (glowlight) connects readily, but this one barely shows up.

Are there tricks or drivers to get this model to work?

thanks much

I had a boox device for the past 3 weeks and I'm thinking about purchasing the nook glowlight 4 plus again? Reasons tbh nothing come close to the nook built & usage even Dough the software slower it's an amazing device I wish I never returned it. Anyone else have other ereaders but still use the nook almost daily?

Between keeping my Kindles, I’m selling my GL4 Plus and Kobo Libra Colour as bundles (each come with their respective case and the Kobo has the additional stylus) on eBay! I can send you the link or we can negotiate a price. Just want them to go to a good home. They are both literally brand new and I only used each for maybe a month.

I put a 3rd party launcher on a Glowlight 4 Plus and installed Libby so I could use it directly. The process was quite easy however the app is quite laggy and glitchy. The lag seems to be worse than what is normal for an eink display and it will lock up on a page sometimes and only a reboot gets out of it.

My Nook glowlight (retired) says that it needs to connect to the network to de-register before being reset to factory settings. I think this connection functionality was removed when it was retired, so now I'm stuck. Any advice on how to wipe the Nook before I donate it? Thanks!

I've had various nooks for over a decade and loved them. I want a new eInk reader device but there's enough competition that I'm wondering if I should look at alternatives? I've read a lot of bad reviews about the current nook Glowlight 4 Plus. I like the features of the new Kindle Colorsoft, could be cool to have color. But I really don't want to leave my BN book library behind if I want to re-read something (and no, reading it on my laptop or phone with the app is not a good option, hurts my eyes on those screens).

At the very least, I wonder if I leave the nook ecosystem should I go to something agnostic that doesn't lock me into one particular store like kobo, boox, remarkable. But frankly I don't even know for sure where do you buy books from on those devices? Do they have regular android so I can just install the nook/kindle apps?

Please help with advice.

I have an old Glowlight that is on the retired devices list. Is it possible to trade this in at any B&N, or do I have to call my local store and see if they will accept it? I have no more use for this device, as I was able to get all of my books onto an iPad mini. I don't care too much about credit (although any would be nice); I just want to make sure that it is properly disposed.

Apologies if this has been answered in this subreddit already. I tried looking through old posts, but there did not seem to be a consensus. Thanks!

EDIT: OK, I was able to side-load the newest version of the Nook app that her tablet can take and now the apps are working again, but its only showing 20 books in her library but I know she has probably triple that because I can see them on the BN website.

Any idea how I can get all of her books to show so she can download them and read them?

Hello,

My mom was having some issues with her Galaxy Tab 4 7" nook where the Nook Store wouldn't load. She could still read what she had downloaded but not download or buy anything else.

I attempted to clear the cache of the Store app, but that caused a bigger issue. Now, its prompting me to sign into her Nook account (which I expected) but when I put in her email and password it just opens the WiFi connection screen. I'm already connected to WiFi, so I hit next, and it takes be back to the Nook login screen. If I hit "Log In" again, it takes me back to WiFi. This continues in an infinite loop.

I know her books are safe in her account (we can see them in her digital library on the BN website) but now she can't read them because I cannot get signed in to the Nook apps.

She has the Nook app on her S24, but only 18 of her books show up in the library in that app and she has WAY more than that. We can see them on the website.

I ended up factory resetting the tablet but these issues persist. I even went as far as to install Samsung Smart Switch to try and do an Android update on the tablet but its already fully up to date.

I was worried maybe this tablet was end of life, but this is still a supported model according to BN's website so I shouldn't be having these issues signing in.

I'm worried I've lost her access to her purchased books. I'm sure if she bought a new Nook things would work fine, and I know she wants a new one anyway. But I would like to get this one working again in the meantime.

Thanks in advance for any help.

Hey all! I saw that Kindle just released a color e-reader. Do you think there will be a color Nook in 2025 to compete? What are the chances?

After the most recent software update the WC and PT showed up next to the reading time estimate. I thought at first it could be word counts and page turns, but the numbers are way to high and don't change book-to-book