First Nook Newbie Question

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So, I downloaded books (yes, bookS; for I am a bookaholic. Which is why there not only isn't any room on my bookshelves; there's no room for more bookshelves in the house. Which is the third or fourth reason why I thought an eReader might be a smart idea.), and I put them in Calibre and then I jacked in the Nook and moved the books over. And, since the Nook was showing up as a J Drive and it asked if I wanted to make a new directory, I did, calling it, creatively To Be Read. I put all the new books into this directory.

I then opened my Nook and behold! there are the new books, but! They are listed as "unshelved" and I needed to moved them to the TBR "shelf". And there's no sound nor sight of the directory I made on the J Drive.

What's up with that? Do I need to install an SD card (*stares at Nook, decides she'd somehow have to Open It Up in order to do this*) in order to make files and file names actually stick?

Abundant Spanish Aunts


ETA: I also made a PDF of "Intelligent Design" and brought it over to the Nook, so I can retire to the couch and read it, thus saving 20-ish pieces of paper. Go, me.

Comments

Newbie Question and shelves

[(Anonymous)]

Hi, this is my first LJ post ever although I have been following your blog for years. I have had my Nook for over a year and I love it. The shelves on the Nook only became a feature last November. The Shelves are created on the Nook itself and are very easy to set up. Touch the shelves option on the touchscreen under your library (either your BN or your documents library) and you see the option to create a new shelf. You can make as many as you want then highlight a book and use the place on or remove from shelf option. I love the way I can organize my books now and view them by author, title or shelf. Calibre is a fantastic program for ebook organization and conversion but it can only put books in the My Documents folder of the Nook. Any books purchased from Barnes and Noble will already be in the My B&N Library folder and the two libraries are seperate with seperate shelves. You should not need a SD card for a long while. I have about 480 books on my nook and still 83% of total memory left. Enjoy your new toy!
Edith from PA