FreeBooks and More for July 4

Planning on traveling this July 4 weekend and looking to load up before you hit the road? FreeBooks and more in the July 4 news roundup edition.

Calibre has been bumped up to v0.7.6–with new and improved startup speeds.
The University of Chicago Press’ freeBook for July is (appropriately) Making Patriots by Walter Berns.

Individualism and self-interest are at [...]

More In Store for June

Wondering why and when to hit your local Barnes and Noble in June? Barnes and Noble serve up the schedule of More In Store goodies, essays and articles exclusive to nook owners.

June 6
Frankenstein and Me by Dean Koontz
Master of horror and multiple New York Times bestseller Dean Koontz is no stranger to demons, both literally and [...]

May More In Store

Barnes and Noble have announced May’s More In Store offers for nook owners. Enjoy a free Seven Layer Bar while browsing exclusive content by Damon Wayans, speculative fiction reviews by Paul Di Fillipo, poetry by Joe Hill (!), the Harlequin Insider with Debbie Macomber and several other articles [...]

April More In Store

Read about lowering your tax bill (Jim Cramer), how to get green (Erin Bried) and greener (Jeff Goodell) and about themes (Mitch Albom) and characters (D. J. MacHale) in April’s More In Store. The best I’ve left for last as has BN–an actual MIS short story by No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency author, Alexander McCall Smith, [...]

New More In Store

Barnes and Noble has updated the More In Store content listings for this week. Some of the new downloads include author Rebecca Skloot’s (The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks) essay about her her first attempt writing a short story, an interview with Steven Hockensmith (Dawn of the Dreadfuls, Pride and Prejudice and Zombies) and Kate Douglas’ [...]

More In Store: Alice in Wonderland

Barnes and Noble continues to tie-in to the Alice in Wonderland movie. Besides the Wonderland nook screensaver released last week, BN is offering nook users a free copy of the Sterling Unabridged Classic Edition of Alice’s Adventures via More In Store through April 7. The eBook currently retails for $3.73 in the digital realm. Also, Melanie [...]

More In Store at My Local BN

With the next impending snowstorm of doom on its way, I took care of a few errands this morning. Since I was going to be out and about anyway, I decided to take my nook and drop by the local Barnes and Noble to check out the More In Store before the roads became impassable again.

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More In Store Book Reading Experience?

MichaelXNR asks about your experiences using nook’s “More In Store” feature in the forum. Being snowed in and under, for the almost the past two weeks, I haven’t had the opportunity to check out MIS since the v1.2 update and the big “MIS is coming!” announcement. Michael is particularly interested in any experience with reading books [...]

More In Store and Check for nook Availability

Barnes and Noble emailed a fat press release earlier today that details some big motion on the More In Store feature, as well as some other nook-related issues. The full PR follows below. A far more concise version follows immediately.

Barnes and Noble are getting serious about More In Store. You can track this Month’s More In [...]

Known nook Issues and Work-arounds

Since Barnes and Noble are continuing to acknowledge known issues with nook and because this information seems to slip through the cracks, I’ve decided to compile a list of “Known nook Issues and Work-arounds.” (I’ve also started a thread in the nookverse forum so that the list can be easily updated and made more visible.)

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