Adobe Digital Editions not recognizing NOOK

In the past I’ve encountered times where I will open Adobe Digital Editions, connect my NOOK to my PC, and find that ADE doesn’t recognize it. Here’s the work around I’ve found that works:

Open Adobe Digital Editions.

Connect your NOOK to your PC with a USB cable.

If you’re on a Mac, you’ll have to have the Android File Transfer Tool installed and open it.

If you’re on a Windows machine, you’ll find the NOOK folder in Windows File Explorer.

With Adobe Digital Editions opened, and Android File Transfer Tool or your File Explorer opened; Right click on the title you’d like to move, and from the details menu click Open in Finder, or the equivalent on Windows — likely open ‘folder/directory”.

With the Finder window or File Explorer window containing the Adobe Digital Editions content in it open, and the Android File Transfer Tool or Windows Explorer window with the NOOK folder visible, drag and drop the content from the ADE window to the NOOK folder.

With that, I was able to see it in my library on my NOOK.

Block or not?

I’ve flipped back and forth about using adblocking extensions/services for years now. I want and believe in supporting the sources I rely on for news and entertainment. At the same time I also want to keep myself secure, private, and energy efficient. I’m by no means against advertisements as sometimes they can be relevant, informative, and even sometimes useful in finding something I’d like to purchase.

There are frustrations that come with not using an adblocker in the form of staggeringly slow loading, choppy experiences when attempting to read what’s supposed to be a simple article. I will whitelist quite a few sites however if they’ve proven to not have heaps more ads disrupting the flow of an article, randomly shifts content around as it loads, or slows my device down.

My current setup is utilizing:

ublock Origin

https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/ublock-origin/cjpalhdlnbpafiamejdnhcphjbkeiagm?hl=en-US

ublock Origin Extra (optional, but I keep it around for now)

https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/ublock-origin-extra/pgdnlhfefecpicbbihgmbmffkjpaplco?hl=en-US

And appreciate the blocking Privacy Badger ( https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/privacy-badger/pkehgijcmpdhfbdbbnkijodmdjhbjlgp?hl=en-US ) does.