I love my nook. Awesome reader. I use Calibre as a book library. Well worth £25.

hmm why is it cold?

what store was it.

Fantastic price. love mine! if I can find one at this price I'll be buying a spare!

aren't they no longer supported for updates etc?

Great price, shame I don't have any Sainsbury's near me, I would definitely buy it.

You don't really need updates for this, you can just root it and install Google Play on this!

Then you can install apps like Cool Reader or Moon+ Reader Pro (if you got it for 10p when it was on sale) for PDF support.

What the hell is it ??

Fantastic deal, either root it and do whatever updates you want or leave it as is and don't worry about updates, either is good. Regarding reader software, Bookari is my reader of choice as it synchronises reading progress with other devices, so you can jump from tablet to eReader to phone and not lose your place in what you are reading.

If this can be rooted then can amazon app be installed and effectively you have a kindle paperwhite at a quarter of the price?

Nook have withdrawn from the uk.. so you may struggle with registration - which is required.
There are ways round this, but if you are expecting this to work out of the box - you maybe disappointed :-(

Not what they asked?, lol. :-)

They wanted clarification as per the below:


:-)

Interesting enough, both comments followed each other in the Thread above ..... lol.

I love my nook. Awesome reader. I use Calibre as a book library. Well worth £25.

I've hacked my Nook Simple Touch to run full Android (albeit an older version) and have Amazon Kindle, Dropbox, Moonreader and many other useful Android apps working perfectly. Can use SD card as well as WiFi which works perfectly to load books from Dropbox as well as via the Kindle app of course if you prefer mobi (I'm more an ePub kind of guy). Can even play games on it, perfect for Sudoku for instance. I've now picked up a few cheap used Nooks to retain as backups as you can't buy them any more. You can even get third party batteries on Amazon and other sites.

A Nook running Android makes the Kindle Paperwhite look like a proper paperweight.

http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/hack-your-nook-simple-touch-into-a-super-e-reader-in-three-easy-steps/

This is a fab ereader but I decided to go back to a kindle when they dropped the UK customers. I liked being able to access a library and buy via wifi without having to mess around rooting and downloading g epubs. Good if you don't mind putting in a bit of extra effort. This was the first ereader I had with its own light, brilliant for reading in bed.

have a standard nook, like it even for simple things like own screen saver and pictures of books on shelf!
if anyone finds a spare then lemme know :man:

edit: they only in white? would surely get filthy!

So did I when I got it, but the certificates in the Kindle app that was OK on the Nook expire, so it would not download from Amazon. There is no easy way to update them to get the Kindle app to download. Its possible but a bit of a pig to do and not really something a non technical person would want as an out of the box experience.

Heck without fiddling you can't even register it becasue B&N removed the server to get past the start up screens.

If you have bought one here's the way to get past the start up screens without registering form the XDA forums

Turn on the device, but do NOT start setting it up. B&N devilishly waits until the last step to ask you to create an account, at which point the following instructions don’t work. If you do start setting it up, just turn it off and back on again.

Hold down the top right button on the front of the device and slide your finger from left to right across the top of the E Ink screen. (It’s a little hard to see, but it’s the Nook’s default next page button if you were using your right hand. For past Kindle owners, it’s the one in the same spot as the previous page button on a Kindle.)

A ‘Factory’ button should appear in the top left corner of the screen. Press it.

Once in the Factory menu, hold down the top right button on the front of the device and tap the bottom right corner of the screen.

You should now see a ‘Skip Oobe’ button. Tap that and the Nook should finally load the home screen.


To be honest I just bought a used Kindle...

Great price point. Just be careful with screen as is easily damaged and creates "light-leaks" which are very distracting, but get a cheap case and it'll be fine

Wish I could find one of these. I love my Kobo but would like one with a light. Incidentally, I have never paid for an e-book and I also use calibre for the library, plenty of books in the local library to keep me going a while, and quite a few free ones on Amazon too.

i bought one to replace my kindle.you have to buy your e books from sainsburys. its an ok machine but a terrible and limited buying experience .

Got the Nook Simple Touch, and it's still running Android 2.3, which is no longer supported by Google Play Books.

This combined with the in-store goose chase makes this cold from me.

I have the basic touch version. it has the books I originally downloaded onto the memory card only.

Is it of any use now?

+1

Hot op. I paid double that for mine and it's worth every penny. Can read anywhere whether dark or in bright sunlight.

Unless I'm missing something the Glowlight mentioned in the deal is an E-Ink device, not a tablet, and isn't running Android.

There are other Nooks that are tablets and do run Android but this isn't one of them.

I can't believe people are complaining about having to buy e-books from a specific place. I have never bought an ebook and I have had a reader for about 7 years.

This is a good price - but in my experience the Nook Glowlight isn't reliable. I had two and in both cases they stopped responding. Might just be me, of course.

Which store was this!?

I hear what you say, but it's horses for courses really. It took me only 20 min to do the above and root it and I've had my Nook 2 years running Android perfectly. The way I get most of my ebooks is via Dropbox download or copy to SD card, but a full Android tablet with the e-ink screen and 2 weeks of battery life simply cannot compare to a Kindle, IMHO.

When they came out in 2013, maybe, but given the limitations (2Gb Memory [although expandable via SD cards], inability to play video (or anything that updates the screen quickly), Inability to update the OS [runs android 4.4] then its not really viable as a tablet today, except in very limited cases.

When mine had full android I frequently had issues where a T&C pop up for a public Wifi didn't appear correctly on the browser so I could not use some public Wifi. My Kindle handles this much better than the Rooted Nook did.

Don't get me wrong if you have to travel a lot and want to carry the least you can, its a great simple lightweight device for basic web and email they are great, but the market has moved on. The Amazon Fire 7 is only £50, and that too can be rooted to give a more versatile device for todays uses. I accept the battery life is not as good in the Fire, but that the pay off for the better screen.

I agree, but the reason I use the Nook for reading on (be it ebooks, websites) or playing Sudoku over a proper tablet is that I can avoid the eye strain that's part and parcel of using a backlit screen, not to mention the blue wavelengths of light that can cause havoc with your sleep at night. I have a couple of 'proper' tablets for Netflix, videos and photos etc but won't attempt to read a novel (or in my case text-heavy scientific publications) on any of them. With the Nook I can read for hours without straining my eyes, there's no difference between eInk and paper when it comes to eye fatigue.

I'm waiting for the day someone manages to hack a new Kindle to run full Android - inarguably the Simple Touch screen is now getting ancient - but until that happens, the Nook will have to do.

​thanks for the advice .i will do that

Customer services did a search for it in store and told me they do not stock it :/ ...anyone fancy selling one gathering dust?

preston had 1 I didn't buy it as I use kindle

D'oh!

Has anyone found any of these in a London Sainsburys?, thanx. :-)

I just called and they are showing no stock - nationally. The lady did say the odd one might be floating about so best to pop into your local store if youre in the vicinity. Shame, sounded like a bargain.

I bought mine for £60 just over a year ago...think i have used it once as much prefer my kindle and clip on light as easier to get books than the faf about to get them on pc from libiary then to download them onto nook :disappointed: