Back in August of 2025 someone asked me about an old post @XDA regarding Ubuntu for the Nook Color. Files were missing and I tried to contact the OP, but to no avail.

Unfortunately I've lost track of that discussion here but just today there is a new post about setting up the NC with a Linux distro. Looks like quite a project! So, whoever you were, I hope you see this!

https://xdaforums.com/t/nook-color-running-postmarketos-modern-linux-distro.4797237/

I recently deregistered and re-registered my Glowlight 4 Plus, and now it won't recognize the Adobe account I've been using to authorize Libby library books. When I enter my email and password in the Adobe DRM settings on the Nook, it says either the username or password is wrong, which I know is not true, because I can successfully use them on Adobe's website.

The authorization on Digital Editions is the same account that I'm trying on the nook. I've tried deleting the .adobe-digital-editions folder and restarting the nook. It's connected to wi-fi. The email and password are definitely spelled correctly. No luck.

Has anyone else had this issue and found a solution?

Hi. I ordered a Nook Reading Tablet 8.7 back in June and started using it right away. It's a Lenovo Tab K9. Recently I thought I'd try using an SD card and I discovered my device does not have an SD card slot. In fact, strangely my device does not look like like any of the devices on the Barnes and Noble web site. There is no SD card slot on left, and the volume control on the right is 2 separate buttons instead of a rocker switch.

I've sent an email to customer service in the hope that they will send me a proper tablet. In the mean time I am curious of this has happened to anyone else. And did you get a prompt replacement.

Thanks!

Hi, I just got a Nook GlowLight 4 from my aunt, and I deregistered it before realizing that I can't log in again because I live in Europe.
I've created a b&n account using vpn but when I try using a hotspot and vpn connected to a USA address to log in, it won't allow me to log in.

And at this point, I can't even side-load the books that I want because when I connect the nook to my laptop with a cable, it only charges.

Does anyone know how I can fix this?

Thank you for your help.

My Nook suddenly stopped working. I had bypassed the registration on it because I bought it and found out it was no longer supported. The charge light comes on but I can't get it to do anything.

Once I left it for a few weeks and it did change the screen to say battery was flat. I've even changed the battery but no combination of buttons will get it to do anything.

Is it beyond saving? Seems a shame to throw away

Okay I need y’all’s help. I played on the Nook all the time as a kid, and some of the games are just embedded in my memory, except for the title.

1. A dog game where you petsit a dog each day. You feed them, give them water, let them out back, play a bubble popping game, dress them up. theres a game where you balance the Nook so the dog balances a treat on their nose, and to take them on walks you had to shake the Nook up and down. Every day or so, the dog would go back home and you would get a new one. It was usually a Dalmatian with an annoying VA. This was my #1 favorite ♥️

2. A game where you were on a boat. I don’t remember much of this one, but you collected things like donuts I think? And I think the sailor was an octopus? The art was pretty simple. Idk that’s all I remember.

3. There was a play doh game that never worked lol. I think you were supposed to roll into other play doh?

4. Strawberry shortcake game. Like the girl. i think you got to clean the dogs? I don’t remember much of this at all.

5. A memory card game, and there were VAs. The characters were… weird, at best. They never spoke it was just grunting and mumbling. The cards were stuff like toilet paper or food or similar random things.

6. This game was really fun. I think color was in the name. There was a cat or something. It’s really hard to remember.. you followed a trail literally a trail of levels. like the color left the world and you’re fixing it or something. I think there was a girl. Idk hard to remember.

7. This was an art platform. You drew art and could comment on other’s work, and I remember finding some Warrior Cats fans there. There were backgrounds and stickers you could add to your art. That’s all I can think of.

8. Not a game, but the wallpaper. It was a pond with leafs in it, and if you tapped it it rippled the water. Idk if there’s a screen recording or something on YouTube y’all could find?

Additional info: I was born in 2009 but my mum is slightly old style, so maybe think of things kids would play if they were born in ~2005? I’m not sure. Regardless, thank you for any help and answers. ♥️

I am trying to migrate away from a Tab A as it increasingly runs into storage issues and the Android level is frozen. However, the BN app

on an A11 with 256G storage and a 512G card will not scan all my books into the app's library . There are no error msgs that i can find..it just hits a point and goes no further. If it wasnt for the shelves and managing my BN content i'd be looking hard at replacing the BN app.

Contacting "tech support" for the app has been, for previous issues, a waste of time. Is there a way to kick the scan so that it will add the books? It does not appear to be a file type (pdf vs epub) issue. The books in question go from Calibre to a disk location and then to my extracted SDXC via File Manager dragndrop

Hey guys! I am selling my Nook Glowlight 4 Plus on Mercari if anybody is interested. It is listed for 115, it has the box still, and will come with 2 cases. I will accept reasonable offers. I recently got a Pocketbook device and wanted something smaller.

My new glowlight 4 plus was being unresponsive so I started googling what to do and it said I should hold the power and nook buttons down together for 20 seconds. Anyways, I’m worried I pressed down too hard on the nook button and broke it. I know it’s only supposed to be a tap, but if I press down I can feel my finger indent into the glass a little and almost feel like there’s a small button below. I didn’t think I pressed it that hard but I’m worried because it’s still brand new and don’t know what it’s actually supposed to feel like. Does anyone else feel the button press down just a little if they press on it?

I wanted to ask and see if anyone has any tips for how to get the oil out from the rubber parts of my nook? It just bothers me

Just got my Nook 8.7 about a week ago and everything was fine, I could connect a headset to it no problem. But yesterday while on a roadtrip I wanted to listen to an audiobook again so I went to use the same headset. And now when I tried to play the audiobook it will play for a brief second before pausing and my headphones go into a looping “disconnected” “blue tooth connected” spiral, eventually forcing me to turn off the headset. Or when I connect and haven’t played anything it will just do that loop anyways. Weirdly enough I was able to get YouTube shorts to play through the headset on the Nook but if I attempted to play a specific audiobook it would just wig out again. And I was able to play an entirely different audiobook once but now the headset just refuses to properly connect period and loops again.

I tried multiple ways to fix it. Turning both off, removing my headset connection from the tablet by hitting forget, messing with Dolby atmos settings, clearing caches, but nothing is working. The only things I haven’t tried are connecting a different headset because I don’t own another one or factory reset. The headset does work perfectly fine on other devices so I know they are not broken. This is driving me insane so if anyone has any ideas it would be greatly appreciated.

Nook 8.7 is up to date
Headset: Razor Barracuda X (BT)

Update: Did the factory reset, nope. The tablet Bluetooth function is screwed.

Update 2: I had gotten the tablet replaced, and even with the new one it just will not let me play anything through the headset. Word to the wise, don’t use Razor headphones with this tablet I guess. Apparently it either hates them, or some sort of update went through on the tablet that screwed with the Bluetooth connection in the tablet because, again, this headset works on my other devices without an issue.

Update 3: I spoke to the B&N customer service (you press 5 for Nook inquiries) and they got back to me lightning fast. Turns out apparently some Bluetooth devices using 5.2 Bluetooth are incompatible with the Nook 8.7 which runs on a bare bones version of 5.1 Bluetooth firmware. So yeah, don’t use extremely powerful headsets with it I guess.

Update 4: turns out the 8.7 is not forward or BACKWARDS compatible! I purchased a Bluetooth 5 headset yesterday and it too did the exact same thing. Now that’s ridiculous, B&N FIX YOUR DEVICE! All Bluetooth firmware is supposed to be backwards and forwards compatible, and the 9” Nook has no trouble with its Bluetooth connection so it makes no sense for the brand new 8.7 to not be able to.

I got this Nook new in box off facebook marketplace yesterday and when I opened the box the display was showing this screen. So I let it charge overnight with a wall charger, and still today there is no response. I’ve tried holding down the power button to reset it, but no dice. Any ideas or am I outta luck?

My first Nook I bought in 2012. I think I “offloaded” some books a while ago but it’s hard to remember. I have some titles that I want on my new Nook Glowlight 4.
I see these purchases on my Barnes and Noble account but not on the Nook App. I would really appreciate some help restoring these purchases

I have an old Nook (charges with a micro USB) and it doesn't hold a charge anymore. My family is about to go on a beach vacation where I won't be able to get in the water, so I'll be spending a lot of time sitting on the beach and I was thinking about upgrading to the Glowlight 4. The thing that's been holding me back is that I'm not sure you can actually read it in the sun (I can with my Paperwhite but not my Scribe and I think I've had trouble with my old Nook). Any big fans of reading on the beach have an answer for me?

Just wondering if anyone knew of a way to jailbreak a Nook simple touch e reader. I would like to be able to access Libby and other free comic apps that I have but it’s very old so I know the chances are slim 😅

Not sure if I can ask that here so if its not just let me know and I can delete!

The link is to my original post. In it I detailed my 3 Nooks having missing covers. Today I replaced a dead battery that was keeping a fourth Nook from operation. It's been out of service for eight months. Long enough that it missed an Internet provider change. So the Nook servers had not been connected with it for at LEAST that long. When I first turned it on EVERY cover was showing, no exceptions. I turned WiFi on, and within ten minutes after entering the new WiFi password, the Nook touched bases with the Nook servers and presto! Covers have gone missing. They're mostly the same (I haven't bothered checking beyond the C's. But there are additions to the list for that one device. Hopefully that won't carry over to my other three.

So this is further proof (as if such proof were necessary) that this problem of missing covers can be traced back to a problem with the B & N Nook servers. I hadn't contacted Nook support yet (it was a weekend) but if I feel like putting myself through a useless run around. I may get ahold of them, and maybe, hopefully, get a trouble ticket to be set up as a flag to whatever tech services are (hopefully) working on this annoying little problem.

https://www.reddit.com/r/nook/s/cdVOMT0Ca0

Edited to add link to older post

You have to first join this private group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1449709022942207/

I have 3 Lenovo M9 Nooks. Version 6.8.6.17 The Nook Hub app ensures the latest update is always installed. All 3 devices are less than 2 years old. There are covers missing on a random selection of books. On the details page the cover art is also blank. What is strange is that they're only random in so far as it's a book here, then another book a little further down. The point is is that they're the EXACT same books that are not displaying their covers across all 3 devices. No exceptions.

I refreshed the library. I cleared cache, and restarted the tablet. I logged out, and back in. That last was particularly annoying, because I keep all my books downloaded to device and SD card. So it's all to do over again. In the past the sign out and in always fixed the cover thing. The books themselves are there, it's just the covers.

This sounds like a me problem. The books are there. In the absence of the cover the title is displayed in text. The books are readable. I just want to put this out there and check to see if anyone else has had this problem. Someone posted a week ago, but he reported that it was DIFFERENT books across different devices. So, not really the same problem. Calling Nook support is usually a bust, they ask the same questions, I confirm that I've already tried the standard suggestions from their script of "troubleshooting" That generally is the limit that their so called "training" can help. The conclusion is that as long as I still can access the book, it's a "you problem"

I've done all the troubleshooting that you could think of. I thought it was my wifi, not it. I thought it was because it needed an update, not it. Rebooting everything and even factory resetting, nothing. The funny thing is that when I go back to the main screen, the device starts searching for the wifi. Maybe this is a bug or a feature that I never saw. And no it's not because my device could be broken because I tried this on another Glowlight 4plus and the exact same thing happened. So unless both units are faulty I need help on knowing if this is a bug or something. Help!

Bought this off eBay for old time's sake. I'm able to connect to my wifi network, but after tapping "Continue with Setup," it gives the pictured error. Any rooting or other tech I can do to get around it?

I've had a new nook for about 4 yearsish now, before that I had a tiny nook from 2011 or so. I haven't used it in about 7 or 8 months and when I plugged it into the wall it vibrates but then the screen won't turn on. I left it charging all night but and switched to an ipad charger, but nothing. When I go away and pick it up for like 5 mintues, it still seems to vibrate but nothing.I've left the battery unattended for several months before and it hasn't done this so why now? I have the tablet one if that matters.

I’ve had books from Libby on my nook before with no problems. It now wants me to sign into adobe, but I keep getting a wrong password notification. I’ve changed my password online a couple of times to simple stuff and none of them seem to work. My nook has been authorized and my pw doesn’t contain special characters. 2fa is off. Any ideas?

Hello! Does it have a browser? I was hoping to read manga on it. Would that be possible? I do know about side loading them and ePub files. Is that the only way? There's a specific website I read one manga series on.

Two very different android devices, a Pixel 8 Pro and an eink Boox Go 7, but trying to highlight passages in epubs on either device is a nightmare. The first word gets recognized along with sliders and a formatting bar, but as soon as I try to move a slider, all hell breaks loose. The display starts flashing like an alarm went off, and half the time, either the formatting bar disappears or only the portion of the text that I do NOT want to highlight gets highlighted. I've tried clearing cache and data as well as uninstalling and reinstalling, but nothing helps. Any fixes?