Easy-to-Use Free Apps Offer UK Customers Customisable Reading Experience on Android Devices, iPad, iPhone and iPod touch
NOOK Media LLC, a subsidiary of Barnes & Noble, Inc. (NYSE: BKS), the worldâs largest bookseller and leading retailer of content, digital media and educational products, today announced its popular, free NOOK for Android and NOOK for iPad and iPhone apps are now available for download in the UK, giving British customers even more flexibility to Read What You Love, Anywhere You Like⢠on a multitude of mobile devices. With free NOOK Reading Appsâ¢, UK customers can use an iPad, iPhone, iPod touch, Android smartphone or tablet to easily shop the expansive NOOK Store⢠(www.nook.co.uk [1] ) of over 2.5 million books, magazines, newspapers and comics, and access their digital library anywhere they go.
Smart NOOK Sync⢠technology means that customers can also automatically sync their entire library on the go, including last page read, bookmarks, notes and highlights across all of their devices. Start a book on a NOOK tablet or eReader and seamlessly pick back up on an iPad, iPhone, iPod touch or Android smartphone or tablet to keep reading anytime, anywhere â" all without losing the page.
âFollowing the successful launch of our award-winning NOOK line in the UK, weâre delighted to introduce our free NOOK Reading Apps that seamlessly bring millions of digital titles to the fingertips of customers who use Android and iOS devices, and to put our unmatched digital reading experience into the hands of even more Brits,â said Jamie Iannone, President of NOOK Media LLC. âOur popular collection of reading apps have been downloaded millions of times in the US, and now UK customers can enjoy the flexibility to shop our vast digital catalogue and enjoy titles from their NOOK Library anywhere they go, whether theyâre using one of our award-winning NOOK products, an iPad, iPhone or Android device.â
Combining a fully integrated shop with NOOKâs award-winning digital reading experience, customers can browse one of the worldâs largest digital bookstores featuring new releases, bestsellers, classics, and a large collection from independent publishers and self-publishing authors through NOOKâs PubIt!⢠programme. UK customers can enjoy a free sample of NOOK Booksâ¢, and purchase and download titles in seconds to begin reading instantly. NOOK for Android and NOOK for iOS also offer access to the highly acclaimed NOOK Newsstandâ¢, so customers can try digital periodicals for free for 14 days and enjoy a large and growing selection of popular newspapers and magazines by subscription or single copy purchases.
Barnes & Nobleâs adoption of open standards like EPUB format and its Adobe® technology partnership allows customers to enjoy their NOOK content on a wide variety of devices and platforms. Purchased content is always safe and secure through the free NOOK Cloudâ¢, making it easy for UK customers to access digital books, magazines and newspapers from their NOOK devices, tablets and smartphones for reading on the go.
Featuring NOOKâs award-winning digital reading platform perfectly optimised for iOS and Android devices, customers can personalise their reading experience by selecting from a variety of supported languages, professionally designed or customised themes and multiple font types and sizes. While reading a book, seamlessly search, add notes, highlights and bookmarks, look up words using the in-built British English dictionary and more. Pinch and zoom to navigate and explore even the tiniest details of popular NOOK Magazines⢠and use innovative ArticleView⢠to focus only on the text, and get closer to favorite superheroes and characters in NOOK Comics⢠with Zoom Viewâ¢, which puts the focus on individual panels for an even more immersive digital comics experience.
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