I’m not throwing dirt around, just suggesting that readers look out for their own interests. We apologize for any inconvenienceīut until they say they can fix it, let’s assume they can’t or won’t and start looking for a workaround. Update: I just read on MobileRead that an official Nook Twitter account tweeted, the following, confirming that this was not a technical We’re sorry, but the ability to sideload NOOK purchased content has been discontinued. I don’t know why some of the buttons are missing, but I can add that I have apprised B&N of the problem and asked them to fix it. I will update this post if I receive a response. In particular, the ebooks which had been self-published through Fictionwise can still be downloaded. While I can’t download the ebooks I bought from B&N, I can download some of the titles which had been transferred to B&N when they shuttered Fictionwise. I can’t speak for other B&N customers, but I checked my Nook account and noticed that one particular subset of the ebooks in my account could still be downloaded. There are numerous other reports, and I can confirm myself that the buttons are gone – for the most part. It seems they have suddenly removed the "download" option from all of the books in my library. It was one of the multitude of now closed stores anyway). I have purchased books from B&N in the past (mostly due to some good sale prices) and they have the books I purchased from Fictionwise there (I think it was Fictionwise. I have a Sony, Kobo, and Nexus tablet, but not a Nook. Many of the reports echo this post from MobileRead: (While B&N is known for having mutant DRM, there are a number of apps that support it.) These buttons enabled readers to download a copy of their ebook and transfer said ebook to another app or device. Nook customers on MobileRead Forums and on B&N’s own support forums are reporting that the download buttons for their Nook ebook purchases are no longer present in the My Nook section of the B&N website. Reports are coming in from multiple sources today that Barnes & Noble is locking down the Nook platform. B&N Removes Download Buttons from Website, Stranding Millions of Customers’s eBooks
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