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Updating the Software on Your NOOK

From time to time Barnes & Noble will release software updates for your NOOK. Your NOOK will automatically

install these updates.

NOTE: Updating software does not delete any of your books, magazines, or newspapers, nor does it delete any

of the ﬁles you have transferred onto your NOOK from your personal computer. The software update simply

installs new NOOK software to give you the latest features available from Barnes & Noble. Your NOOK

remains registered to your Barnes & Noble account, and all your reading material remains accessible.

Installing a Software Update over a Wireless Network

When a new software update is available, your NOOK will download it and install it sometime over the course

of a couple of weeks after Barnes & Noble releases the update, and while your registered NOOK device is idle and

connected to a Wi-Fi hotspot. There is nothing else that you need to do to receive these automatic software updates.

Software installations take only a few minutes. Updating your software doesn’t aect the contents of your Library

or the titles listed in your Keep Reading list. Once the software installation is complete, you can continue reading or

shopping or doing whatever else you were doing before the new software was installed.

You check for the availability of a new release by tapping the

Check for System Update button on the Software settings

screen, which is described below.

Discovering the Version Number of Your NOOK Software

To discover which software release your NOOK is running, do this:

1. Tap

Settings in the NOOK Navigation menu to open the main Settings screen.

2. Scroll to the bottom of the screen and tap

Software.

Your NOOK opens the Software settings screen, which lists the version number of the software release

your NOOK is running.

Checking for the Availability of a New Software Update

NOTE: You must be connected to a Wi-Fi network to check for a new software update and to install that update

on your NOOK.

1. Open the Software settings screen, as described above.

2. Tap the

Check for System Update button.

Your NOOK checks for the availability of a new software update. If one is available, it begins downloading the

update. Your NOOK automatically installs the update after your device next goes to sleep.

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