Clearing the Daily ShelfTo clear your NOOK’s Daily Shelf, do this:

1.On the Settings Screen, tap Home.

2.Tap on the line that says Clear Daily Shelf.A dialog box appears, asking if you really want to clear the Daily Shelf

3.Tap Yes.

Showing or Hiding Media Shortcuts

Media Shortcuts are small icons that can optionally appear below that Daily Shelf. There are five shortcuts: books, newsstand, video, music, and apps. Tapping on a shortcut displays a list of recently accessed items in that category, along with recommendations for similar items that you might like.

By default, your NOOK hides Media Shortcuts. To make the shortcuts visible, tap the checkbox labeled Show Media Shortcuts and leave it unchecked.

Configuring the Contents of the Daily ShelfYou can control which type of items appear on the Daily Shelf.By default, the Daily Shelf includes:recommendations from friends (e.g., books recommended to you by friends)LendMe® offers from friends

recently opened Library items, including books, magazines, newspapers, comics, graphics novels, and apps

one recent issue of each newspaper you subscribe toone recent issue of each magazine you subscribe to

To use the Daily Shelf Items section of the Home settings screen to customize these settings, do this:

1.Tap the Recommendations from friends field to select whether or not the Daily Shelf should display recommenda- tions. If the checkbox is checked, recommendations will appear on the Daily Shelf.

2.Tap the LendMe offers from friends field to select whether or not the Daily Shelf should display LendMe offers from your NOOK Friends. If the checkbox is checked, LendMe offers will appear on the Daily Shelf.

3.Tap the Recently opened Library items field to select whether or not the Daily Shelf should display the covers of books and periodicals you have recently opened. If the checkbox is checked, recently opened items will appear on the Daily Shelf.

4.To control how many issues of each newspaper you subscribe to should appear on the Daily Shelf, tap the Recent issues of each Newspaper. A dialog box opens. Tap the number of issues you would like to have appear. Your choices are:

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