NOOKcolor For Dummies E-Book

Corey Sandler

• Herausgeber: John Wiley & Sons
• Kategorie: Wissenschaft und neue Technologien
• Sprache: Englisch

Seitenzahl: 164

Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2011

Beschreibung

NOOKcolor For Dummies provides readers with all the information they need in order to get the most out of their NOOKcolor e-reader. Key topics covered include: * Introducing the ebook and e-reader concept * Navigating the technical aspects of The NOOKcolor, including touchscreen technology, wireless access, software updates * Downloading and shopping for e-books * Listening to music on your NOOKcolor * Powering the NOOKcolor * Formats * Reading an e-book on an e-reader, including lighting, font adjustments, and so on * Using the Android-based applications that come with the NOOKcolor * Listening to audio books on the NOOKcolor * Creating your own ebooks * Personalizing the Nook, including accessories (B&N expects a strong revenue stream from what they call the "NOOKcolor Eco-System," which will include the accessories, personalizations, applications, and more) * Sharing books on The NOOKcolor * Internet Resources * 10 Things Other Than A Book to Keep on Your NOOKcolor

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NOOKcolor™ For Dummies®

Table of Contents

Introduction

About This Book

Conventions Used in This Book

Foolish Assumptions

Icons Used in This Book

How This Book Is Organized

Where to Go from Here

Chapter 1: Looking into a NOOKcolor

Unlocking the Box

Laying Hands on the NOOKcolor

The front

The top end

The bottom end

The left side

The right side

The back

Going Left, Right, Up, or Down

Getting More Bits on SD or SDHC

Installing a microSD or microSDHC card

Formatting a microSD or microSDHC

Charging Up for Reading

Powering from the wall outlet

Low power

Chapter 2: Telling a Book by Its Cover

Selecting a Book from Your Library

Opening a book

Making gestures

Configuring Your NOOKcolor

Setting you up for success

The home screen

Adjusting font and brightness

Checking Your Status Bar

Left

Center: The quick nav bar

Right

Reading Books, Magazines, and News

Turning the pages

Understanding page numbering

Using reading tools

Adding a bookmark

Selecting text for sharing or definition

Using the Text Selection Toolbar

Passing notes

Searching in a book

Reading a magazine

Reading a newspaper

Reading for children of all ages

Traveling Abroad with a NOOKcolor

Chapter 3: Building and Managing Your Library

Knowing What Goes Where

Synchronizing your Library

Asking for a manual download

Registering Your Intentions

About your Barnes & Noble account

Setting shopping security levels

Shopping on Your NOOKcolor

Browsing categories or searching

Buying magazines or newspapers

Making a purchase

Creating a WishList

Archiving and syncing your books

Using NOOKcolor in a B&N retail store

Lending and Borrowing Books

Lending a book

Borrowing a book

Setting Library privacy

Managing Your Library

Badge-ering the titles

Building your own shelves

Buying Books from Somewhere Else

About Adobe Digital Editions

Using Google eBookstore

Transferring Files to the NOOKcolor

Copying from a memory card to the NOOKcolor

Moving files from a computer to your NOOKcolor

Using a flexible word or image processor

Loading the right calibre

Working with DRM-protected files

Ejecting NOOKcolor from a Computer

Ejecting NOOKcolor from a Microsoft Windows-based machine

Ejecting NOOKcolor from an Apple PC or laptop

Chapter 4: Going Wireless, the Web and Apps

Working Without a Wire

Using the Web Browser

Bookmarking your spot

Adjusting the Web browser appearance

Setting your home page

Configuring Web privacy and security

Putting Your Social Affairs in Order

Facing up to Facebook

Tweeting your thoughts on Twitter

Googling the world with Gmail

App-lying Yourself

Music player

Pandora Internet Radio

Video player

Chapter 5: The Part of Tens: Tips and Tricks

Reawakening a Dead NOOKcolor

The battery doesn’t have enough power

Your recharger isn’t getting juice

Getting the Most from the Battery

Keeping a NOOKcolor Happy

Turning Off, Tuning Out

Caring for the Touchscreen

Improving Your NOOKcolor Warranty

Resetting Your NOOKcolor

Configuring Security Settings

Fixing Wireless Weirdness

Updating the NOOKcolor Software

NOOKcolor™ For Dummies®

by Corey Sandler

NOOKcolor™ For Dummies®

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About the Author

Corey Sandler is a voracious reader and an indefatigable author of books. Also magazines and, ages ago, newspapers. He has written more than 160 books at last count, and of those 52 are about computers and technology, and the others are about history, sports, and business. Sandler travels all over the world conducting research and lecturing and consulting; he is within half a dozen of reaching the real century mark of countries visited: watch out Moldova, Kaliningrad, and Bolivia. You’re up next.

Okay, so sometimes he is fatigable. That happens when you carry 150 pounds of luggage including a laptop, three cameras and lenses, a dozen books to read and consult, and a hogshead of lecture notes printed out and neatly bound to sit on a lectern. And that’s why he’s a fan of electronic books. It’s good for his back.

Sandler studied journalism (and took some courses to program a gigantic mainframe computer) at Syracuse University. He began his career as a daily newspaper reporter in Ohio and then New York, moving on to a post as a correspondent for Associated Press. From there he joined Ziff-Davis Publishing as the first executive editor of PC Magazine. He wrote his first book about computers in 1983 and hasn’t come close to stopping. When he’s not on the road and living on his smartphone and computer, he’s at home on Nantucket Island thirty miles out to sea off the coast of Massachusetts. He shares his life with his wife Janice; their two grown children have their own careers elsewhere on the continent.

You can see Sandler’s current list of books on his web site at www.sandlerbooks.com and send an e-mail through the links you find there. He promises to respond to courteous inquiries as quickly as he can. Spam, on the other hand, will receive the death penalty.

Dedication

This book, like so many of the 160 I’ve written, is dedicated to my family. To Janice, who has put up with me for more than thirty years and still laughs at most of my jokes. To my children William and Tessa, who have progressed from laptops (in diapers) to careers and lives of their own. I am proud to be husband, father, and personal IT consultant to the clan.

Author’s Acknowledgments

This book bears just one name on the cover, but that’s only part of the story.

Thanks to the smart and capable crew at Wiley, including Katie Mohr and the rest of the editorial and production staff, who turned the taps of my keyboard into the book you hold in the electronic device in the palm of your hand.

Also, my appreciation to long-time publishing collaborator Tonya Maddox Cupp, who managed the process with grace and humor.

I received invaluable assistance — right in the middle of the crazy time of a product launch — from Carolyn Brown, James Balog, Brooke Barona, and Arielle Berlin at Barnes & Noble.

And as always, thanks to you for buying this book. Go forth and enjoy your NOOKcolor and millions of great works of literature, as well as humble works like the very one you are reading now.

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