NOOK HD: The Missing Manual, 2nd Edition

Chapter 12. Transferring Files Between Your NOOK HD and Your Computer

YOUR NOOK HD COMES with plenty of storage—either 8 GB or 16 GB for a NOOK HD, or 16 GB or 32 GB for a NOOK HD+. You’ve got lots of room for books, periodicals, files, videos, and apps. But sometimes that storage GB doesn’t go far enough and you want more, because videos, apps, and magazines can take up plenty of space.

Unlike other ereaders, though, your NOOK HD has a built-in slot for a microSD card, which means you can expand its storage, and add lots of it. There’s plenty you can do with that storage, adding space for music, Office documents, video, and more. This chapter tells you how to do that, from installing an SD card, to transferring files and then learning how to manage them.

Installing an SD Card

You can add plenty of storage to your NOOK HD—you can put an SD card with up to a whopping 64 GB of memory in it, with room for literally thousands of books, magazines, newspapers, and files.

How many you can actually fit depends on what you put there. Figure that an SD card can store about 1,000 books for every gigabyte of storage space, so a 64 GB SD card can hold an astounding 64,000 books! Even if you’re a nonstop reader, that should last you several lifetimes.

Of course, you’ll likely store more than books on the SD card. You may store magazines and newspapers as well. And that’s where your mileage will vary. ...