Some of us over on the Nook subreddit have found that Nook ereaders and Nook apps can now sync sideloaded ebooks between units and apps.
Who is aware of how lengthy this has been attainable or precisely which fashions help it and which fashions don’t, however given B&N’s historical past with sideloading ebooks, it’s shocking syncing sideloaded content material works in any respect. In truth, it could nearly be simpler to consider this was some sort of bug than an meant function.
There’s no point out of syncing non-B&N content material anyplace on the Barnes and Noble web site or anyplace within the assist part for Nooks (a minimum of not anyplace that I can discover).
Apparently, all it’s a must to do is sideload the identical e book file on Nook units and Nooks apps to robotically sync the studying place between them. It really works with EPUBs, and it’d work with PDFs as nicely however I’m unsure (in case you strive, tell us within the feedback under).
It’s bizarre that B&N would add this function after which not hassle to say it anyplace. Why would they sync sideloaded books and never inform Nook prospects about it?
That is one thing that Kobo prospects have been asking for for years, however Kobo nonetheless doesn’t supply any technique to sync non-Kobo books. Kindles have supported syncing non-Amazon content material for a very long time, however it’s a must to use Ship-to-Kindle; they received’t sync books sideloaded over USB.
So now Nooks have one thing going for them that another main manufacturers don’t supply, and but no person at B&N thought it was value mentioning? I ponder if this implies they’re as much as one thing. I may see Barnes and Noble releasing a Nook with a shade E Ink display in some unspecified time in the future later this yr, and perhaps they’re ready for that to make an announcement of some added new options.
