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4. Tap on the menu choice you for the communication channel you want to use: Contacts or Facebook.

• If you selected Contacts, a dialog box opens that lets you select a friend from your Contacts list and send that

friend a message.

• Tap the Select a Contact button. A window opens, listing your contacts. Tap on the name of the friend to

whom you want to lend the book.

• Tap in the Message ﬁeld. When a keyboard appears, type a message to your friend. You might want to

mention why you like the book or why you think your friend would like the book.

• Tap the Send button to email your LendMe oer and message to your friend.

• If you selected Facebook, a dialog box opens that lets you post a LendMe oer on the Facebook wall of a friend.

• Tap the Select a Friend button, and tap on the name of the friend to whom you want to oer to lend the

book.

• Tap in the Message ﬁeld. When a keyboard appears, type a message to your friend. You might want to

mention why you like the book or why you think your friend would like the book.

• Tap the Post button to post the LendMe oer and message on your friend’s wall on Facebook.

Borrowing a Book

You can ask a NOOK Friend to lend you a book from his or her library.

To ﬁnd out which of your NOOK Friends have lendable books, do this:

1. Launch the NOOK Friends application, if you haven’t already launched it. To launch NOOK Friends, do either of

the following:

• Tap the Apps button the Quick Nav Bar to display the apps installed on your NOOK. Tap the icon for

the NOOK Friends app to launch it.

• Tap the My Stu icon in the Media Bar of the Library, and tap the LendMe menu choice. On the LendMe

page, tap the red bar that says Borrow Books from Friends with the NOOK Friends App. This launches the

NOOK Friends app.

2. Once the NOOK Friends application is running, tap the LendMe button at the top of the screen.

3. Find a book to borrow. Do one of the following:

• Swipe to scroll horizontally through the books on the shelf labeled Friends books to borrow. When you

see a book you would like to borrow, tap its cover. A dialog box opens, listing the friends who own this

book.

• If you would like to view the books you can borrow in a vertical list, tap See All. When you see a book

you would like to borrow, tap the Borrow button next to it. A dialog box opens, listing the friends who

own this book.

• Enter a book title or author’s name in the search ﬁeld at the bottom of the LendMe page. Tap Look Up.

The LendMe page lists any books that match the title or name you searched for. Tap the Borrow button

next to the book you would like to borrow.

4. Tap the Request button next to the name of friend from whom you would like to borrow the book. A dialog box

opens. Write a brief message to your friend, and click Send.

NOTE: If you’re enjoying a book sample or a book you’ve borrowed, you can purchase the book at any time.

Simply tap in the center of a page to open the Reading Tools, tap on the blue ﬂag at the right end of the

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