December 2011
Beginner to intermediate
120 pages
2h 32m
English
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Chapter 1. Get to Know Your NOOK Tablet
You’ve opened the box to find your shiny (at least the screen is shiny; the back has a comfortable matte finish) new NOOK Tablet, USB cord, and power adapter. What now? If you’ve already found the included “Quick Start Guide” tucked under the device, you’ll know how to press the power button to turn on the device, but not a whole lot more than that.
In this chapter, you’ll take a tour beyond the power button and opening splash screen to see what’s on the surface and get a taste of what’s just beneath in this easy-to-carry, do-everything device.
What Your NOOK Tablet Can Do
When we say that the NOOK Tablet is a do-everything device, that’s not hyperbole. That’s the honest truth. Take a gander at this list of its many capabilities.
Read ebooks
The NOOK Tablet 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 books from the world’s largest bookstore, with more than 2.5 million books, sample the books for free—and when you do buy, get them at discount compared to hardcover and soft cover, with most under $10.
View multimedia inside books
With a NOOK Tablet, books really come alive, because music and video can be embedded right inside the book itself. See a recipe you like, and want details about how to go about using it? A cookbook, for example, can have videos in it showing you ...
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