NOOK for PC

NOOK for PC is a free desktop eReader application from Barnes & Noble that allows users to access, manage, and read their NOOK digital library on a Windows computer. With NOOK for PC, you sign in with your Barnes & Noble account, download the eBooks, magazines, and newspapers you bought, and read them on your PC. The program is no longer developed: Barnes & Noble has ended updates for NOOK for PC and recommends its NOOK apps for Android and iOS or NOOK for Web instead.

Features:

• Shop link to the Barnes & Noble eBook store
• Easy-to-use library navigation in the My Library sidebar
• Download books, magazines, and newspapers directly to your computer
• Save and store your digital library on PC
• Archive titles you no longer need in the library
• Import of your own ePub, PDF, and PDB eBooks
• Support for PDF files protected with Adobe DRM
• Search the text of the book you are reading
• Add notes and highlights to your digital books
• Built-in dictionary for looking up words
• Free sample chapters before you buy
• Page numbers and a two-column page layout
• Sign-in with a Barnes & Noble account
• A desktop program that does not run inside a web browser such as Internet Explorer
• Kindle books cannot be imported because of their DRM

NOOK for PC allows users to read and purchase digital books on their computer.

NOOK for PC makes it easy for users to access and manage their NOOK library on a Windows computer. With just a few clicks, you can browse your titles, download them, and keep them stored on your PC. Pages are shown with page numbers and clean text formatting, and you can select text, look up words in the built-in dictionary, search inside a book, highlight passages, and add notes. Besides NOOK Store purchases, the program opens ePub, PDF, and PDB files, including PDFs protected with Adobe DRM. eTextbooks bought for NOOK Study stay in that separate app and cannot be read here.

NOOK for PC is no longer offered or updated, and Barnes & Noble no longer supports it. The later NOOK for Windows app was also removed from the Microsoft Store. Barnes & Noble now points readers to the NOOK Reading Apps for Android and iOS and to NOOK for Web, which lets you read in a browser. All previously purchased NOOK content remains available in these apps and services, so switching does not mean losing your library.