Who exactly is a NOOK Friend? It’s someone who has signed up for a Barnes & Noble account, is in your Contacts list with an email address, and who has accepted your invitation to become a NOOK Friend—or whose invitation you have accepted. It’s a reciprocal arrangement; once you become someone’s NOOK Friend, he’s also yours, and vice versa.
To start, in the Quick Nav bar, tap Apps and then tap the NOOK Friends app. That’s it; you don’t need to do anything else. The NOOK already knows who you are and your email address, and it doesn’t need anything else to begin.
When you first launch the app, you may be surprised to see that even though you haven’t added any friends yet or accepted any invitations, you’ve already got friends and are already tracking your friends’ activities. What gives?
If you’ve linked your NOOK account to your Facebook account, then any Facebook friend who also has a BN.com account is automatically added to your NOOK Friends, and you are added to theirs.
The NOOK Friends app has five buttons on it:
Friends’ Activities. A constantly updated screen that presents a stream of news about your friends’ recent activities, such as book recommendations and quotes they want to share.
About Me. Your NOOK Friends profile, which includes your name and photo, how many NOOK books you own, and other information.
LendMe. Lets you lend and borrow books.
Add Friend. As the name says, lets you invite someone to be your NOOK Friend.
All Friends. Displays all your NOOK Friends, and lets you borrow books from them if they have any to lend.