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Old 04-13-2020, 04:18 PM   #31
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If your ePub is DRM free, you can load it int he Calibre editor and edit the CSS and change where it shows...
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text-align: justify;
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text-align: left;
But before you do that, do you really want to do that because of some study? There are studies that say this or that makes reading easier and they are rubbish. For example, there's a thread on here about a font that's said to make it easier and faster to read and that is rubbish. So don't take all studies as true. Try left justify and try full justify (with hyphenation) and see what you feel works best for you.
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Old 04-13-2020, 06:20 PM   #32
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I just now got a free book from B&N, opened Nook for PC, and found the files where they should be (7 total). None are .epub, and Calibre couldn't do anything with any of them. So..things have changed.
I just got a free book from B&N (Unwanted: Dead or Alive), downloaded using the Nook Windows 10 app and the ePub is where it should be. Pleasantly surprised to find it's DRM free. Sigil was able to open the ePub before I bothered importing it to Calibre.
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Old 04-14-2020, 09:17 AM   #33
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I was shocked as I read this thread, because in the not-so-distant past, I simply opened PC Nook and then the book files would be in the location mentioned above. I just now got a free book from B&N, opened Nook for PC, and found the files where they should be (7 total). None are .epub, and Calibre couldn't do anything with any of them. So..things have changed. I guess if you buy a book you don't really buy it at all.
Nonskidsurface...

Maybe I'm reading more into this, but are you using the Nook for PC app (which is the old version that, for me at least, does not work anymore.

The windows 10 app was renamed to Nook Reading App.

I just purchased two books from B&N, downloaded them using the Nook App, and the epubs were in the proper folder....
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Old 04-14-2020, 05:00 PM   #34
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Nonskidsurface...



Maybe I'm reading more into this, but are you using the Nook for PC app (which is the old version that, for me at least, does not work anymore.



The windows 10 app was renamed to Nook Reading App.



I just purchased two books from B&N, downloaded them using the Nook App, and the epubs were in the proper folder....
The app i have is "Nook - Books, Magazines, Newspapers, Comics". I just checked Microsoft Store, and that indicates I'm using the latest version.

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Old 04-18-2020, 12:59 PM   #35
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That is strange... You should be seeing the epubs.....
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I just purchased 2 Nook books, used the Nook app to download the books and found them at C:\Users\myuser\AppData\Local\Packages\BarnesNoble.Nook_ahnzqzva3 1enc. They file names were all numerical, but they were epubs and when I imported them into Calibre, the titles were there and everything worked fine.

Edit: As a side note, in Windows File Explorer, I saved the location for the Nook books in the quick access section so that I can quickly find the downloads.
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So far, my solution has worked well - buy the e-books elsewhere. Three weeks ago got 11 e-books. Yesterday, got 8 more. They ALL downloaded, all showed up in the expected folder, and all work fine.
Wife is happy and can read books, I'm happy and don't have to deal with whatever bizarreness was going on with B&N, and B&N has enough money not to care about losing another customer.
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B&N has enough money not to care about losing another customer.
B&N thinks so, too.

They're wrong.
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There are too many sources for e-books these days to deal with a problematic or difficult vendor. Even in quarantine with time on my hands, or maybe ESPECIALLY in quarantine with time on my hands!

When places like Amazon are offering free months of Kindle Unlimited and other special prices on ebooks, it's even harder to keep going through the bother to deal with B&Ns convoluted process.

So, I don't. As always, they're big kids and it's their sandbox. They can run it any way they want, and I can find what I want elsewhere. And between the domestic associate and I, we go through a LOT of books, especially right now while we're house-bound and daytime TV is so execrable...
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There are too many sources for e-books these days to deal with a problematic or difficult vendor. Even in quarantine with time on my hands, or maybe ESPECIALLY in quarantine with time on my hands!

When places like Amazon are offering free months of Kindle Unlimited and other special prices on ebooks, it's even harder to keep going through the bother to deal with B&Ns convoluted process.

So, I don't. As always, they're big kids and it's their sandbox. They can run it any way they want, and I can find what I want elsewhere. And between the domestic associate and I, we go through a LOT of books, especially right now while we're house-bound and daytime TV is so execrable...
Yes daytime TV can be rubbish. But what I do is watch what I've recorded on the DVR. Also, I can watch movies. I have a lot of choices an I'm not stuck with daytime TV.
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