{"id":14506,"date":"2010-07-22T10:37:56","date_gmt":"2010-07-22T18:37:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/198.46.88.49\/?p=14506"},"modified":"2010-07-22T10:37:56","modified_gmt":"2010-07-22T18:37:56","slug":"barnes-noble-releases-nook-for-android","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/198.46.88.49\/electrotech\/barnes-noble-releases-nook-for-android","title":{"rendered":"Barnes &amp; Noble Releases Nook for Android"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-14518\" title=\"nook-for-android\" src=\"http:\/\/198.46.88.49\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/nook-for-android.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"490\" height=\"429\" srcset=\"http:\/\/198.46.88.49\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/nook-for-android.jpg 490w, http:\/\/198.46.88.49\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/nook-for-android-300x262.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 490px) 100vw, 490px\" \/>With Barnes &amp; Noble fighting Amazon for eBook dominance, and Apple and Borders\/Kobo trying to get in on the action, it makes sense for B&amp;N to follow Amazon to every platform it has a presence on. \u00c2\u00a0To bring everything up to Amazon, Barnes &amp; Noble has finally launched nook for Android. \u00c2\u00a0The app works as you&#8217;d expect, allowing users to read all their nook eBooks on their Android devices. {<a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/2010\/07\/22\/nook-for-android\/?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed:+Mashable+(Mashable)&amp;utm_content=Google+Reader\">Mashable<\/a>}<\/p>\n<p>Like all mobile eBook apps, nook for Android will sync bookmarks and last read pages with other instances of the app or your nook eBook reader. \u00c2\u00a0Unlike the iOS version of Barnes &amp; Noble, nook for Android is an actual nice-looking app. \u00c2\u00a0It has eight choices for fonts, which is even more than is on the nook reader. \u00c2\u00a0The standard to turn the page is a one finger flick, though that can be changed to a single press on either side of the screen. \u00c2\u00a0Like the nook device, nook for Android comes complete with LendMe, so users can share eBooks with friends, giving their friends a copy of the book for up to 14 days (the eBook is then removed from the original owner&#8217;s library for that time). {<a href=\"http:\/\/www.barnesandnoble.com\/u\/nook-for-android\/379002287\/?\">Barnes &amp; Noble<\/a>}<\/p>\n<p>With Barnes &amp; Noble, that now means all the biggest eBook sellers are on Android. \u00c2\u00a0Given the fact that many publishers are switching to an agency model, making eBooks cost the same across all platforms, it really comes down to which app you prefer. \u00c2\u00a0Granted, those who own eBook reader devices would want to use the same app as the device they have, others are free to choose whichever app they like. \u00c2\u00a0Aside from Amazon, Kobo\/Borders and now Barnes &amp; Noble&#8217;s nook there&#8217;s also Adiko which can access any free eBooks, or read ePub files bought from other virtual stores.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With Barnes &#038; Noble fighting Amazon for eBook dominance, and Apple and Borders\/Kobo trying to get in on the action, it makes sense for B&#038;N to follow Amazon to every platform it has a presence on.  To bring everything up to Amazon, Barnes &#038; Noble has finally launched nook for Android.  The app works as you&#8217;d expect, allowing users to read all their nook eBooks on their Android devices.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6840],"tags":[288,167,2115,546,4049,2162,2366,166,3634,547,4050],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/198.46.88.49\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14506"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/198.46.88.49\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/198.46.88.49\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/198.46.88.49\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/20"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/198.46.88.49\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14506"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"http:\/\/198.46.88.49\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14506\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14515,"href":"http:\/\/198.46.88.49\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14506\/revisions\/14515"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/198.46.88.49\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14506"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/198.46.88.49\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14506"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/198.46.88.49\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14506"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}