Barnes & Noble has pushed out their promised NOOK app for Android, synchronizing ebook content across from the company’s standalone ereader together with their existing software readers, together with allowing access to the B&N eBookstore. NOOK for Android – a free download from the Android Market or available atwww.bn.com/nookforandroid also automatically takes you to the page you last read (though not if you’re using the iPhone client).
There’s also LendMe support, multiple fonts, font sizes and page orientations, and a choice of page turn animations. Meanwhile B&N plan to rename their current eReader apps on other platforms to fit with the NOOK brand, including the standalone readers and the NOOKstudy app.
You’ll need an Android 1.6 smartphone or higher to install NOOK for Android, and a B&N account to use the eBookstore and sync your existing content. Alternatively the app is compatible with regular ePub texts.Update: Barnes & Noble has been in touch to point out that, while the new NOOK for Android app supports ePub texts download from the B&N eBookstore, it doesn’t currently support other ePub files (i.e. such as may have been sideloaded onto your phone).
