Moving Your E-Books to a New E-Reader

We recently heard this question from one of our readers:  My old Nook e-reader died. Did all the books I purchased on it go with it? Can I get the books again on a new Nook?

Well, I’m sure you are concerned, however, the demise of your Nook hardware does not mean that the e-books you purchased from Barnes & Noble’s online store are lost forever. Like other e-book shops (including those for the Amazon’s Kindle, Apple’s iBooks app and the Kobo eReader), the titles you purchased are connected to your account with the company — and not tied to any particular
device.

When you purchase a new tablet or e-reader and set it up for the first time, log in with the old username and password you used on the previous device. Once you have logged in on the new screen, you should see the list of titles you previously purchased with the account. If you wish, you can download each book again to keep on the new gadget.

Keep in mind that files not stored in your online account — like documents you copied manually from the computer or had stored locally on a microSD card — will need to be recopied (or the memory card moved) to the new device.

Barnes & Noble, Amazon and the other ebook companies, also make free mobile reading apps that you can download and use to read your Nook  books on Android, iOS and Windows hardware.  BTW that includes your smart phone, so you can always have the book you’re currently reading at hand.  It will even go to the correct page.  This is particularly handy when you don’t have your tablet or e-reader with you.