February 2013
Intermediate to advanced
496 pages
13h 4m
English
Content preview from NOOK HD: The Missing Manual, 2nd Edition
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Chapter 1. Getting to Know Your NOOK HD
WELCOME TO THE NOOK HD, the easy-to-carry, do-everything device that lets you read books, newspapers, and magazines; watch TV and movies; listen to music; browse the Web; check your email; run countless apps…and that’s just for starters. In this chapter, you’ll find out everything it can do, and get a guided tour of the NOOK HD (and NOOK HD+) so you can get up and running quickly.
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This book covers the NOOK HD+ as well as the NOOK HD. When the NOOK HD+ differs in any significant way from the NOOK HD, we’ll let you know.
What Your NOOK HD Can Do
To say that the NOOK HD is a do-everything device is not hyperbole. Take a gander at this list:
Read ebooks. The NOOK HD has been designed from the ground up to be a great ereader. It’s easy on the eyes, lets you carry thousands of books in its thin frame, and adds many reading extras, such as bookmarking, note taking, and more. It lets you get NOOK books from the world’s largest bookstore—2.5 million titles and counting—with most under $10.
View multimedia inside books. With a NOOK HD, books really come alive, because music and video can be embedded right in the book. (Try that with a paperback!) See a recipe you like, and want details about how to make it? A NOOK cookbook can contain videos showing you exactly what to do.
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Books with additional content like this are called enhanced books. You’ll see ...
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