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I got my Nook Glowlight Plus today and I'm surprised at how nice it is. It's very thin and light. I like the flush screen a lot. I find the font selection and the controls to adjust the page adequate although I would have liked a little more control. That's not really very important to me, though.
I read a couple of chapters of my current book on it and the screen is sometimes excellent. In less than perfect room light where I have to set the front light a bit brighter the contrast diminishes a bit but not enough to really be a problem. In good light it looks as good as my Voyage. In so-so light it still looks better than my Kobo Glo but not by much. I read on all of these devices and I like them so this shouldn't be taken as a complaint. Just a comparison. There are a couple of disappointments. I seem to have no way to control the look of the home page. On my Voyage I've set it to show a text listing of books instead of covers. On my Kobo I can't set it that way permanently but when I'm browsing I do set it that way before I begin. On the NGP there seem to be no options. I have a single scrolling line of covers and that's it. I put about 20 or so books on it and then went to find the book I'm reading an I had to scroll a bit till I found it. And with only cover view it's not that easy to spot. But at least when I did find it and opened it and then closed it it left it as the leftmost book so I won't have to scroll next time. This would not be a good device to have hundreds of books on. I don't usually do that anyway but if I did I'd pick a different device. The other thing is that tapping controls and menu items is iffy. I often have to tap twice or even more times. Swiping to turn pages always seems to work the first time and that's the main thing. All in all I like it a lot. If they'll fix these issues in future updates this could easily become a favorite reader. [edit] I almost forgot to mention the thing I like least about it: the N button. I keep accidentally touching that thing and bringing myself back to the home screen. If I don't get used to it soon I'll probably put a piece of tape over it, maybe with a hole in the center so I can still use it. At least then I might not hit it by accident so easily.[/edit] Barry Last edited by barryem; 11-05-2015 at 04:44 PM. |
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Either way, I can think of worse things to do than "mistakenly" encourage people to not bother trying to DeDRM library ebooks. ![]() In an ideal world, we wouldn't have DRM except for library books. ![]() Then the tools could be retired, and everyone would be happy. |
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I'd agree there are worse things than trying to make sure folks don't circumvent what is really the only thing DRM should be enabled to prevent.
I was under the impression that most if not all metadata was generally not protected by DRM and that it was generally the text of the book itself that was protected. |
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I got the update, it even told me "Now compatible with digital editions"
but I can't get ADE to recognize my nook. |
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the only change log would be on BNs site, and currently the only update listed there is the one posted the day before the NGLP launched which added support for BN's new feature 'readouts'
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I got an update shortly after I got my new Nook and it added the Readout feature. I don't use ADE so I don't know if it added that or not. I don't recall seeing it mentioned.
My new software version is 4.5.073. I didn't notice what it was before the update. Barry |
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This was the update BN issued on the October 21st, it doesn't add ADE support.
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Ps. I am on the above version and my device says it is up to date and it seems that BN does not post downloadable software. ![]() |
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Mine is 4.5.1.29. Must be mad scientists at B&N trying to fake us out by sending different people different versions! Very strange.
Edit: Wait... my NGP is upgrading again... Software Version 4.5.1.33, aka Platform Version 45.1.8. Looks like a bug fixing upgrade. Don't see anything new. Last edited by downeaster59; 11-07-2015 at 06:17 PM. |
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Darn it! I am still stuck at 4.5.0.73 Software 45.0.25 Platform What the heck is wrong with BN! (well that's a long list) ! ![]() ![]() |
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![]() Got another update. Software Version 4.5.1.33 Platform Version 45.1.8_user now under Settings > Account & Profile there is a "Adobe DRM Settings option. There I added my Adobe ID, but still can't get the NOOK to show up in ADE Last edited by TheDudeJoe; 11-07-2015 at 06:55 PM. |
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the nook won't work with ADE because it's using MTP instead of showing up as a removable drive. Use Calibre to manage your ADE eBooks and you'll be able to easily put them on your nook.
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