I have a few ebooks on my laptop and I am having issues moving them to my nook tablet. It has been rooted and I am using ADW launcher. Please help!
rbellis said:
I have a few ebooks on my laptop and I am having issues moving them to my nook tablet. It has been rooted and I am using ADW launcher. Please help!
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What format are your books? How are you trying to move them? via usb? dropbox?
Do you have an SD card installed? Without one, only 1GB is seen on your internal memory if you connect your noob to your pc with the usb cord (but then you can move it to anywhere else).
Install a file explorer program (file expert is a good free one, root explorer is too but it has the possibility of having you misclick and mess up permissions on system folders).
Books/anything else moved to your NT's internal memory via usb -> shows up in /media. Books that you want your nook's native book applications to see -> move them to /data/books. Books that you have on your sdcard -> will not be seen by your nook's ebook reader program but you can make any folder anywhere and put books in it.
I recommend using an sdcard and downloading a program called Coolreader (android market); it's the best ebook reader I've found on this platform. It has a ton of settings and lets you configure it entirely (font, spacing, layout, behavior, etc etc). It reads from .zip archives and supports quite a few formats. It won't see anything with DRM protection on it that hasn't been removed, nor will it see .lit or amazon's proprietary formats. Anything with DRM on it that you bought from a certain market (Kindle, Adobe DRM ebook stores, etc) will only be read in associated programs (until you remove the drm) :/ Calibre is a great program (on the pc-side) to convert between book formats and manage your library, as a side note (not related to drm removal).
if I kept them on on my SD card how would I get them to show up using the stock ebook reader? Also....what format can I use? I have them in .mobi and .opf
Since I am rooted I can access the other 15GB ... I tried using es filer explorer (enabling root) and trying to move them to the books folder but I still cant get them to show up using the google books...kindle app and the stock app on the tablet
rbellis said:
if I kept them on on my SD card how would I get them to show up using the stock ebook reader? Also....what format can I use? I have them in .mobi and .opf
.Since I am rooted I can access the other 15GB ... I tried using es filer explorer (enabling root) and trying to move them to the books folder but I still cant get them to show up using the google books...kindle app and the stock app on the tablet
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For books on your SD card go to your Library application -> my files -> press memory card, and your books should be there (at least the ones in a format it sees/reads).
Stuff in /data/books will show up automatically on your shelves, I think. Stuff in /media books will need to be imported the same way as above: library -> my files -> books (just not clicking on memory card button).
The Nook's eReader will see: EPUB, PDF, DOC, TXT, DOCM, DOCX. Epub is a great thing to convert all your books to as it's widely supported and is the public domain standard (by the way). Other reader apps will see more formats. I think .opf is epub though no? Or rather it's .epub with extra metadata, so that should be seen right off the bat. If not, do try Calibre out. One click conversions to any formats, and previews of how it looks on that format.
I am so sorry to keep asking about this...I have tried putting them in the data/books but nothing showed up in my library. I don't know what I am doing wrong. Sorry if I keep asking stupid questions...just really want this to show up on my "shelf"
Try this:
Open library -> my stuff (upper right) -> find book (sd card) -> select book/long press book -> select add to shelf from pop out menu. It will ask you to make a shelf; you can edit and add shelves via the menu that pops up (create new shelf/add to favorites).
Does that work?
Putting them in /data/books adds it to the reader+reader's directory. I could have sworn there was a way to mass-autoadd things to the shelves (checking now).
edit: Ok, I can't get it to work except through actually adding it with the Library app Rebooting the device puts the books from my files -> add to shelves in the "book" tab however, but they do not automatically appear there if you close/restart the library app without rebooting the nook. Odd behavior. If you have a lot of books the library seemed very finger intensive.
I can't figure out how to mass-move anything inside the Library app either, and I'm not sure whether it has this capability either. Yeah, I quickly moved away to using a file explorer app + another reader, as you can see
Hi ...
Nook is unable to see/read .mobi and .opf. You must convert them to epub, using a free program called Calibre.
Or they are locked by the use of a DRM... again Calibre can help you.
Try to find an ebook is an "epub," reread slowly, Zmobie's excellent posts, then try again...
ok....so I can get them to show in "my shelf" if and only if keep it on my SD card. My goal is to keep my books on my nt and music movies and pics on my SD card because it is only an 8GB.
I have a John Grisham collection that I have in a folder labled "john grisham" Should I not put it in a folder and just put it in the data/books folder
Ok, there are a bunch of book directories on the internal memory: media/My Files/Books seems to be the only one that automatically shows up in the Library books section but ONLY if you reboot. Copy/move the books you want on the internal memory there, to have them show up in Library.
If you (or when I did anyway) add a book through the Library application it will add it to the shelves, if you pull it from an sd card, or the 1gb media/My Files/Books storage folder. I went and pasted a bunch of books to test this and the Library app only sees things that is labeled as user storage (which I guess makes sense).
The way to mass-add books to the Library, without one by one dragging and adding through the Library app itself, is to move the files you want to automatically load up in Library (under the "books tab" - won't be added to a shelf automatically) is to copy all of them into media/My Files/Books, and restart the nook. The restart is needed as there doesn't seem to be a way to force it to scan for new books without a restart :/.
So:
It should *definitely* see all your books if you move them to media/my files/books, under the "books" tab, NOT under "my stuff" tab, if you copy and reboot the nook. You can then add them to shelves from the main "books" tab (which is what Library starts up in).
I don't know whether it scans inside folders - it *should* so you should try moving your John Grisham folder to media/My Files/books and see.
(I wonder what the three other /books locations are for :/. I don't seem to force Library to automatically recognize stuff in them. The reader does recognize anything in those directories, but then it's just a folder listing anyway).
edit: Ok it works inside folders for me. Have fun!
Thank you so much! Now if can figure out how to make folders on my desktop I will be good to go.....thank you so much
Calibre also works great for the Mac
rbellis said:
Thank you so much! Now if can figure out how to make folders on my desktop I will be good to go.....thank you so much
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On the Nook default launcher you can't, I think*? It's a reason I use another launcher (go/adw) and just create links to the Nook applications I use. You can make folders by default in either of the two above launchers.
*If anyone has managed this, do tell.
not to get off topic but when I try to add a folder...long press on the screen and select folder and nothing happens
rbellis said:
not to get off topic but when I try to add a folder...long press on the screen and select folder and nothing happens
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In Go launcher? HMMM. *tries*
edit: Oh, that's funny. You're right! I never actually make folders that way, because I have a few folders I got from accidentally dragging an icon onto another icons. They get grouped into a folder automatically I assumed the normal way worked, but if not, try that.
It doesn't work in any of the launchers. It must be disabled on the nook entirely in that case. Weird!
I wasn't able to drop appear together with ads to make a folder so I switched to go launcher and I like it so much better. It it what I use on my roped droid x2. I don't know if it was my hacked downloaded version of adw that caused this but for some reason I could not put anything on the top 1 inch or so of the screen. But I have had no issues with GO.
Sorry to keep asking newborn queriins. This is my first tablet. I have noticed that even though it is rooted and has an android os on it, there are still a lot of things that canny be done. I have not been able to download a facebook apk I have also had issues with the xda app. When I log in the app force closes. Not a big deal...I have then been going to the website. With that in mind....is there a way to put web page short cuts on the droidtop......
Again...sorry for the newborn questions and thank you again for your help
rbellis said:
I have noticed that even though it is rooted and has an android os on it, there are still a lot of things that canny be done.
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Yep, there are a lot of things disabled on the NT and won't work until apps get updated or mods are released for the tablet. It's a new (and restricted) device, so this is normal really; various things won't work off the bat. I think there is a Facebook app thread in these forums (or the dev forum) that gets that app to work somehow. I don't use it so I don't know specifics.
I heard that ADW launchers recent update changed/broke some things, so that might be why it isn't working perfectly. I use go launcher myself and ADW only for emergencies currently, yeah. Anyway, no worries on asking newbie questions - means the device is getting more users and exposure! Have fun with it.
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I love HTC phones and the 8929 hands down my FAV. had to use BB for the past 2yrs. Now I got an HTC back in my hands. I was expecting it to be familiar to the tilt but now I feel really stupid.
I can't for the life of me figure out how to load my music (not itunes, that is all the info I can find) or pictures. I don't want an App. I'd like to see my file system or even be able to see the SD card but I can't find it on my puters file system.
So I know this means I am missing something simple. The handbook talks about amazon and mp3 store and the like. i have my own stuff I want.
So, can someone please point me to a link for dummies that will tell me how i can see my SD card and drag and drop my photos, ringtones, and music onto this phone.
I guess BB's media manger got me spoiled, hell even Motorola has great software for this simple stuff. I got the HTC sync loaded on the PC and all contacts loaded up but that is it.
I'm sorry for such a simple question but I'm lost and can't see the phone for the screen! Please help....
Thanks
when you hook it up to your pc a pop up should come up, select disk drive. if it doesnt pop up, slid open the notification tray and click on where it says "charge only" and change it to disc drive. it should pop up on your computer just like if you plugged in a flash stick.
just drag and drop the files onto your sd. the built in music/gallery apps will find the files and display them for you.
Lemcott said:
when you hook it up to your pc a pop up should come up, select disk drive. if it doesnt pop up, slid open the notification tray and click on where it says "charge only" and change it to disc drive. it should pop up on your computer just like if you plugged in a flash stick.
just drag and drop the files onto your sd. the built in music/gallery apps will find the files and display them for you.
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Thanks, I did that and your right the files did show. But the files are very different looking when compared to a windows and I didn't see a disk marked "sd card" or any files that look like they were on a sd card. So I stopped. if I move the files am I moving to the card or the phone memory?
Again, this is a very noob question for a forum of this type so Thanks for taking the time to answer. If you know of a stickies or any link where i can learn this system on my own i'd be happy to read it. But an answer would be great to. In any event looks like I have a lot of reading to do. I learned about my 8525 and 8929 from this site so I started here 1st. this site rocks.
Thanks
when you select it to go to "disc drive" it only hooks up the SD card, so no matter what you see in there, odd file folders, temporary files, etc, it's just stuff your apps put in there or you downloaded from the net, etc. not the phone's memory, just the card.
I usually follow the rule of "if I don't know what it is, don't touch it" which is a good creed to live by. sometimes apps just create folders and files on the sd card to free space up on your phone's internal memory. if you delete them, you could loose data for those specific apps, but even if you upped and deleted them all you wouldn't be doing anything that would would cripple your phone, just lose things like game saves, settings for certain apps, nothing you couldn't restore eventually.
anyway, to keep everything good and organized, just once you get it set to disc drive, go ahead and make a new folder called music, one called pictures, video, etc and then dump the files into their respective folder, the phone will pick em up no matter where they are.
I'm on the fence about this thing.
I'm seeing that you can install 3rd party apps, so I'm wondering if I just install something like Root Explorer or Astro, if I can download my books from my Dropbox Cloud, and move then to the folder in which they would show up in the actual library and not in the "My Files" section.
Because it now supports CBZ files I don't have a need for the apps I currently use. All I need is to move my ePubs to the right folder and I'll be good to go and will buy one.
I am wondering something similar, but I want Market and sideloaded apps to show up under the "Library" so they can be accessed via the stock interface.
es file explorer is what most of us have been using to do exactly this. I demo it on my video, especially one about reverting back to 1.4.0
I'll check out your youtube channel.
If I can move files, then I'll be good to go and will grab this unit up once I sell my Nook Color.
Rooted my NT successfully! But..I mistakenly assigned BOX as my video player and cannot seem to find the way to undo it back to MX Video Player (which was working fin until I hit the wrong button choosing BOX as default). Now, all my .AVI video's launch BOX! Also...how do I access the extra memory freed up? I know it's there because I saw it, but I'd like to be able to move files to it easily.
OK, a few more. I am using GO Launcher EX and want to delete some of the icons at the bottom...how? Finally, when I connect my NT to my laptop and go into Android market, it recognizes my NT as "Barnes&Noble BNTV250." Is this limiting what I can install and/or should it be seeing it as something else - it is preventing me from installing many apps.
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wedmiston said:
...lastly, I am using GO Launcher EX and want to delete some of the icons at the bottom...how?...
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My experience with HC, ADW, & Zeam Launcher is you - ClickHold the Icon then drag it to a trashcan that pops up as a result of the ClickHold.
for the vid player problem you wanna go to the market and download "Manage Applications" then open it find BOX and clear the defaults. This will allow the prompter screen to come back up when clicking a movie.
As for the icons I dont know if your talking shortcuts or just the way GO launcher has the bottom main icons looking...you can download countless themes for this particular launcher and every theme makes the bottom icons look different. Im rocking the windows 7 theme for the GO launcher.
Hope some of this helped.
Got to the same place you specified. Have tried clearing defaults for BOX multiple times and its not working - keeps opening BOX.
uninstall box? then reinstall when it uses mx as default?
Figured it out
Uninstalled BOX. Accessed AVI file through ES File Explorer. Click and hold on it until menu opens, then selected "open as" and chose video, then got the options to select a new video player.
good. glad it worked
Any ideas on how to access the additional space freed up bu rooting? When I plug into my PC I get two new drives, MyNook and Removable disk. Double clicking on MyNook brings up all the basic folders, but clicking on the removable drive does nothing except give me a message "Please insert a dsik into removable drive G"
Is this partition still hidden or unrecognizable in some way?
wedmiston said:
Any ideas on how to access the additional space freed up bu rooting? When I plug into my PC I get two new drives, MyNook and Removable disk. Double clicking on MyNook brings up all the basic folders, but clicking on the removable drive does nothing except give me a message "Please insert a dsik into removable drive G"
Is this partition still hidden or unrecognizable in some way?
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Do you have an SD card? That's what the other drive is for. The B&N storage is not yet accessible in that way.
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I do not have an SD card installed. I rooted the unit so the extra memory is out there somewhere. I tried using ES File manager to move a file to it per a video i saw, but it would not move it to that location.
From my experience the extra space is available on the NT but is not accessible when connected to my computer. I just copy what I need to my sd card or the public space in /mnt/ to make it available. I haven't tried using WiFi Explorer yet though.
So that appears to confirm what I was thinking- that everything has to go to the /mnt/ partition first (or come off an SD card), then it can be transferred to the B&N partition.
Is it still considered a B&N partition once you root and free it up? And what becomes of the B&N Downloads folder within the media folder?
What's an app I can use to encrypt the media on my SD card and still be able to see it with the normal gallery/video players on the phone?
brownhornet said:
What's an app I can use to encrypt the media on my SD card and still be able to see it with the normal gallery/video players on the phone?
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Why encrypt just put a .pics or name it something weird with (.) In front of it the file will stay hidden unless you turn on show hidden files with root explorer or another app. You can view your stuff .
For example .my**** will stay hiddden
You can encrypt your stuff with windows or Linux . Tho I wouldn't encrypt it. You tryin to hide Nsfw pics?
pretty much what said....
i would instead just create a file tree on windows or linux on your comp, files, sub files, etc.
have them be numbered 1 - 100... have each one of those numbered 1 - 100, then sub files there 1 - 100....
three number password, password is the file numbers to click to locate the file storing your media, and give your media an odd name like he said....
use root explorer if you wish, and you can even create a bookmark to that media, so you don't have to go to it using a dragged out process (but somebody not familiar with the functionality of your device would never think to open a bookmark for your root ex app)
you can also have a bunch of other random bookmarks in there too... so if somebody goes to bookmarks, it would still be a crap shoot.
or book mark a bunch of other numbers... so when they click one, and nothing comes up, they assume the rest are also empty and they stop searching through your files.
bam.
I just download cypher rom, but I really miss reader and pdf apps can someone compile an apk, thanks...
Load up whatever ROM had those items on it, download and install Astro file viewer (free app).
Create a backup (application backup)of the apps you want to keep, and then transfer them to your SD card.
Install on Cypher rom.
I just got reader working on my cypher rom flashed evo view.
I've attached the reader apk that I took from A Clever Name's ROM.
Simply add this to your system/app folder and restart the tablet, the reader should pop up in your applications tab.
I tried to look for the apk for the pdf reader, but since I primarily use ezpdf I couldn't find it and wasn't too worried about it.
If you can get me the name of the apk for the pdf reader I can see if it was in his ROM (or you can do that yourself)
Can I add my own books to that Reader and if so in what format. I have a couple of books here in two different formats.
This is the default reader app that comes from the stock HTC. So you use it exactly like that one and it supports the scribe fuctions and so forth.
Thank you for your prompt response
JOKERx2 said:
Can I add my own books to that Reader and if so in what format. I have a couple of books here in two different formats.
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I have some epubs in a folder in my sd card, reader search and add all the compatible files. You can convert books to epub using a free app calibre
Hey guys thanks for the solution for recap, the only missing step was how to access system/app folder, just download root explorer from market (maybe anyone can suggest a free app) and paste the apk in system/app folder restart the device and you are ready to go.
Installing it was perfect. As long as your rooted, lol. To get the books to show up on your phone. A restart is required. I placed the books on my SD Card and left it there the whole day and the Reader did not pick up on them. But when I did a restart a few minutes ago an alert popped up telling me that it's importing my books and there they were on the Reader. Thanks again for the app; now to sit back with a cup of tea and enjoy reading =D