Honestly, the drag and drop solution isn't an issue for me - not much more effort than dragging and dropping within ADE. The worst thing is that my non-techie DH is 'trained' on ADE/Nook Simple Touch.

• How to Reset a Nook. If your Nook freezes, crashes, or otherwise does not work reliably, resetting it is the place to start with troubleshooting the issue. A soft reset, or reboot, will fix most problems; this will simply restart your Nook.
• Now this guide will tell you how to remove Nook DRM in 2 ways. Nook will not open in Mac OS Sierra. In fact Nook has removed the Nook for Mac option a long time ago. You can only keep using Nook for PC or Nook Study. Notice: The Calibre method is not guaranteed to work with new Nook DRM.

Yesterday a reader tipped me about some strange goings-on at Barnes and Noble that is leaving people wondering what direction B&N is headed with their reading apps.

For some reason unknown Barnes and Noble has taken down the Nook for PC and Nook for Mac ereading programs from their website. The only program that remains from the download page for accessing Nook books from a computer is the Windows 8 PC app. That’s a very perplexing move considering how few people use Windows 8.

Perhaps B&N is thinking that everyone who wants to access their Nook books from a computer should use “Nook for web” that works with web browsers, including Internet Explorer 9+, Chrome, Firefox, and Safari. But the problem with that is you can’t save books for offline reading or even make a backup. Nook for web also doesn’t work on older web browsers. The biggest problem, though, is the fact that a lot of Nook books aren’t available for reading online. About a third of my Nook books are unavailable through Nook for web.

According to reports over at B&N’s Nook forum, B&N customer service isn’t giving any reasons for the removal of the Nook for PC and Mac programs. They are telling people to download the Nook Study program instead. The problem with that is B&N doesn’t even bother to mention Nook Study from the Nook reading apps page. It’s located in a different section entirely under textbooks. Customers are expected to go and track it down themselves, apparently. Here’s the link to Nook Study if you want to download it. There’s a version for Windows and Mac.

However, Nook Study may not be supported for much longer either. B&N recently removed both of the Nook Study forum boards and placed them in the archives.

Whatever is going on at B&N, they aren’t being very open and transparent about it. Suddenly removing programs and making it more difficult for people to access Nook books from a computer is a good way to send customers in another direction entirely. I doubt very many people actually use the Nook programs to read on a computer, but taking it away is going to turn people off if they think they can’t easily have offline backups of their purchased ebooks.

Perhaps B&N is just updating their programs or website and the removal of the Nook for computer apps is just temporary. After all, the download links for Nook for PC and Nook for Mac still work if you know how to find them. The download links are located below but I don’t know how long they will remain active.

(Thanks for the tip, Doug!)

Hi Deepak,

Welcome to Microsoft Community. Your interest in Windows 10 is much appreciated.

Do you get any error code or error message? If yes, what is the complete error message?

Let’s follow the methods provided below and check if it helps.

Method 1: Run the Hardware troubleshooter and check.

Follow the steps to run the troubleshooter:

1. Open Control Panel.
2. Type Troubleshooting in search and click Troubleshooting.
3. Now type Hardware Troubleshooter in the search option.
4. Click on Hardware troubleshooter to run the troubleshooter.

Method 2: Install latest drivers for the USB device and check.

E-reader For Mac

Download the Windows 10/Windows 8 drivers from the Manufacturer’s website and install them in compatibility mode.

1. Right click on the driver setup file and select “Properties”.
2. Select “Compatibility” Tab.
3. Make a check mark next to Run this program in “Compatibility mode” and select previous version of Windows supported by the software, from the drop down list.
4. Then click on “Apply” and “Ok” option.
5. Then install the driver.
6. Then restart your computer and check how it works.

Method 3: Install optional updates and check.

At the Start screen, type Windows Update. Click on “Check for Updates” on the top left corner to receive a fresh list of updates.

Method 4: Update the chipset drivers

Visit the manufacturer’s link and select the appropriate model number of your device and download the chipset drivers and install it.

Nook Reader For Mac

Keep us posted if you face any issues on windows in future. We will be glad to help you.