How to Get Your Nook Books on Your Android Device

The Nook app offers magazines and newspapers on high-resolution tablets.

Barnes & Noble provides a free Nook app for Android smartphones and tablets. You can use the Nook app to get your Nook books onto your Android device and read them. The Nook application requires Android 2.1 or later. After installing the Nook application from the Android Market, tap the “Nook” icon on your device’s home screen to view your Nook library. Books that you download from your Nook library are also available when your device doesn’t have an Internet connection.

Instructions

1. Tap the “Market” app icon on your Android device’s home screen.

2. Tap “Apps” in the Market application. Tap “Search” and search for “Nook.”

3. Tap the “Nook for Android” app in the search results.

4. Tap “Install” on the Nook for Android screen and tap “OK.”

5. Tap the “Nook” app icon that appears on your Android device’s home screen.

6. Tap the “Sign In” button on the Nook screen and sign in with your Barnes & Noble account’s username and password.

7. Tap a book in your Nook library to download it to your Android device and read it.

Tips & Warnings

• You can also read unprotected ePub book files in the Nook application by placing them in the My Documents folder on your Android device.

References

• Barnes & Noble: Nook for Android
• PCWorld; Install and Manage Apps in Android Market; J.R. Raphael; May 2010
• Unbound: The Nook Blog; Introducing Nook for Android; Paul Hochman; July 2010

Resources

• Android Market: Nook for Android by B&N