NOOK HD: The Missing Manual, 2nd Edition

Introduction

WHAT GIVES YOU ACCESS to the world’s greatest literature, today’s bestsellers, tomorrow’s up-and-coming authors, the world’s top newspapers and magazines, TV shows and movies, great games, email, and more?

It’s the NOOK HD and its larger cousin, the NOOK HD+—the two new models of combo ereader and Android tablet from bookseller Barnes & Noble.

This book will help you get the most out of your NOOK HD or HD+, and there’s a lot you can get out of it, as you’ll see. Whether you’re looking just to get started or want to dig deep into the tablet’s capabilities, this book’s got you covered.

Note

This book covers the features available on the NOOK HD+ as well as the NOOK HD. When the HD+ differs in any significant way from the NOOK HD, we’ll let you know.

About the NOOK HD and NOOK HD+

You likely already know that the NOOK HD and NOOK HD+ let you read thousands of books, magazines, and newspapers, as well as Microsoft Office documents and PDF files—and do all that in an elegant, easy-to-carry piece of hardware.

But that’s just the beginning of what these amazing devices can do. Even though they pack plenty of power and have spectacular screens, they’re smaller, more portable, and less expensive than many other tablets. They do just about everything that bulkier, costlier tablets can do.

Want to stream the latest movies and TV shows to it? You’ll find the screen well suited for TV and movie watching, because it’s crisp and clear with a high resolution. Movies and TV shows are often ...