Borrowing an eBook on a NOOK
This section is written from the viewpoint of you receiving a notification about a lending offer. It applies equally to others with registered NOOKs receiving lending offers.
Rules
Here are some rules regarding borrowing eBooks from your NOOK:
•You can only borrow on a registered NOOK.
•The Barnes & Noble online account to which your NOOK is registered must have a default credit card and billing information defined.
•You can borrow an eBook from anywhere with supported wireless connectivity (including
•You can borrow an eBook for which you have a free sample.
•You cannot borrow an eBook that you already own.
Notification that Lending Offer Will Expire Soon
If a friend offers to lend you a book, you receive a lending offer notification among the notifications in The Daily. You have seven calendar days to accept or decline the offer. At the beginning of the seventh day, you receive a warning that the lending offer will expire today At the beginning of the eighth calendar day, the lending offer expires.
When viewing a lending offer notification, Yes, Borrow This and No, Thank You are choices in the menus. You do not need to navigate to the original lending offer notification.
Expiration of a Lending Offer
If you receive a lending offer and neither accept nor decline the offer before the end of the seventh calendar day, the offer expires. The notification remains in The daily, but it cannot be accepted or declined. You receive an additional notification informing you that the lending offer has expired.
Declining a Lending Offer
When you receive a lending offer on your NOOK, you can accept the offer and borrow the eBook, or you can decline the offer.
Why decline a lending offer if it will expire automatically after 7 days? Because until you decline the offer or it expires, your friend cannot read the eBook or make the lending offer to someone else.
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