Software Updates

If your NOOK is not registered, you will not receive messages about software updates in The Daily. You can download software updates from the support section of the NOOK website, www.nook.com/support.

Software updates fix problems with the software. They also contain new features. Updates are required. You can find out what an update contains at www.nook.com/support.

Wireless Updates

Each time your registered NOOK turns on from fully off or synchronizes, it checks to determine whether the software it is running is the latest available. It also checks immediately after registration. If more current software is available and your NOOK can download it wirelessly, your NOOK downloads and installs the software. It displays a message that informs you that the update is occurring. A restart is a part of the update process. Do not turn off your NOOK.

Prior to downloading the software update, your NOOK determines whether the wireless signal strength is sufficient for the download.

Your nook might not be able to download the update wirelessly in these cases:

•NOOK Wi-Fi: Your NOOK is not connected to a Wi-Fi hotspot.

•NOOK (Wi-Fi + 3G model): Your NOOK is not connected to a Wi-Fi hotspot. Your NOOK has also not detected a B&N Fast & Free Wireless network, or the update is too large to download over the B&N Fast & Free Wireless network.

Some software updates require a Wi-Fi connection. If your nook cannot download an update wirelessly, you receive a message in The Daily that contains information about how to connect to a Wi-Fi hotspot, and about how to obtain the update from www.nook.com/ support and transfer it to your NOOK using USB.

USB Updates

Some software updates must be downloaded over Wi-Fi or transferred to your NOOK using USB. Software updates for unregistered NOOKs must be transferred using USB. You can obtain the current software update from the website www.nook.com/support. Information about how to transfer the update to your NOOK using USB is also available from the website.

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