B&N removed download option on all books in "My Nook" library

[BearMountainBooks]

Originally Posted by library addict

Here is part of the email I got back from them:
So unless there is some sort of super duper never-before-seen great sale on a book I cannot get from somewhere else, I am done with B&N. (Which is a shame because there are some books only available at Amazon and B&N, it's like some authors who self-publish their backlist are not aware of any other storefronts).

It's like B&N execs got together and said what's the one thing we can do to guarantee customers go over to Amazon

I have issues with Amazon Kindle books since I like ePub. Yes I can make them work, but they add a lot of funky coding like Kobo did in the old days.

So far I have not had any kepub only books from Kobo. Fingers crossed Kobo and Google do not go this route as well.

I cannot even fathom that. Here they are with falling sales and they pull this? Unbelievable. UNBELIEVABLE.

[Joykins]

I was still buying books from them but reading them on my Kindle.

From now on...no thanks. I guess I'll have to ask for a check for my Apple settlement money, else I'll have a tidy sum tied up at B&N.

[BearMountainBooks]

So unless there is some sort of super duper never-before-seen great sale on a book I cannot get from somewhere else, I am done with B&N. (Which is a shame because there are some books only available at Amazon and B&N, it's like some authors who self-publish their backlist are not aware of any other storefronts).

Don't ask me--I have written to two, no three authors recently asking if they could/would publish on Kobo. Of the three, ONE said, "Sure" asked me for details and went right over and did it. One of the other ones said, 'Not going to happen." The other author said, "I might look into it..."

None of the authors were exclusive to Amazon so I found it rather mindboggling. I get not publishing to Apple (it's difficult and can cost money) but Kobo has a great publishing platform.

And No. I didn't buy any of the books elsewhere.

[cromag]

It's a hassle, and they're making it much more of a hassle, but I still get gift cards from friends and family who know I like to read.

Still, it bodes ill. I have the feeling they're working on a way to download each word, individually, as it's needed, and then delete it when the next word is needed.

[conan50]

Am I correct in thinking people who have bought lots of nook books are totally fracked if nook goes completely under now?

[BearMountainBooks]

Originally Posted by cromag

It's a hassle, and they're making it much more of a hassle, but I still get gift cards from friends and family who know I like to read.

Still, it bodes ill. I have the feeling they're working on a way to download each word, individually, as it's needed, and then delete it when the next word is needed.

Time to convince people to switch to paypal gift cards?

[jgaiser]

Originally Posted by conan50

Am I correct in thinking people who have bought lots of nook books are totally fracked if nook goes completely under now?

Right now, today? Nope. But tomorrow, who knows.

Get calibre. Have a talk with apprentice alf. Download everything you can from B&N while you can. Backup, backup, backup.

[astrangerhere]

Script worked for me as well through Tapermonkey. I will be visiting my page BEFORE any new purchases, one at a time, to make sure the script is still live before I buy anything new.

[fjtorres]

Originally Posted by conan50

Am I correct in thinking people who have bought lots of nook books are totally fracked if nook goes completely under now?

Not if they act now.
At a minimum they need to download everything and back them up at multiple locations. Ideally, they should disinfect them before backing them up.

[conan50]

It sounds like they are trying to be "Google Books" where you mostly read books online, but Google at least offers the option to download for off line reading on Android.


Barnes and Noble is currently in the process of totally revising their website for purchasing content and also the way Nook books are presented. In early 2015 it will be formally unveiled and likely this change to downloading content is likely a precursor to reading everything exclusively online.
http://goodereader.com/blog/e-book-n...ad-nook-ebooks

[geertm]

From one of the comments to the Dear Author website article:
"A chat with BN on-line reveals that no customers were told of this policy, it just showed up, as a step by the publishers to secure DRM."

I do not know if this is true (this is B&N customer service ), but I thought the publishers were supposed to support B&N?
With friends like these ....

[SCION]

Originally Posted by geertm

With friends like these ....

[taustin]

Originally Posted by conan50

Am I correct in thinking people who have bought lots of nook books are totally fracked if nook goes completely under now?

Only if they haven't kept current on downloading copies. In which case, they'd have been screwed regardless. This cannot possibly affect my archives.

[Nate the great]

Originally Posted by conan50

It sounds like they are trying to be "Google Books" where you mostly read books online, but Google at least offers the option to download for off line reading on Android.


Barnes and Noble is currently in the process of totally revising their website for purchasing content and also the way Nook books are presented. In early 2015 it will be formally unveiled and likely this change to downloading content is likely a precursor to reading everything exclusively online.
http://goodereader.com/blog/e-book-n...ad-nook-ebooks

Heh. B&N has been in the process of relaunching their website since at least 2012. I fully expect for them to get it done just in time for the creditors to sell off the new site as an asset.

[Nate the great]

Originally Posted by JSWolf

The Greasemonky script for B&N can be found at userscripts-mirror.org/scripts/source/152985.user.js

Thanks, Jon.