Is there any way to download Barnes and Noble ebooks directly now?

https://apprenticealf.wordpress.com/2012/09/10/drm-removal-tools-for-ebooks/ People I know that do this on a large-scale basis use a modified version of the Alf's tools. I'll send you details on the modified workflow by mefi mail.

By far the easiest thing to do is buy the ebook and then download a cracked copy from someplace like libgen that you can then load in Calibre and then onto your device.

There is a http://ms-windows-store:PDP?PFN=BarnesNoble.Nook_ahnzqzva31enc as well-- might require Win8. That link is an microsoft app store URL and I stripped out the uid and referrer stuff, so I'm only 90% confident it's going to work for other people. If not, search for same; it'll come up in google. You can also track down a copy of the discontinued "Nook for PC" application, which allegedly still works (win2k through win7-- should work on win8/10 really) The downloads will have DRM, but from what I'm reading, that's not a major obstacle; I just can't advise you to do anything like that. Nook books are EPUB with DRM, and I'm sure EPUB is at least passingly familiar to a Calibre user. If you have an Android or iOS device, you can install the Nook app, and that will give you a local file you can put through the ringer in Calibre. The hard part will be locating the files once they're on your device, and from my experience I imagine that iOS would make that really difficult, while Android will be relatively easy. Get yourself a free ebook for Nook and see what you can do.

The last time I had to deal with a Nook e-book, it was a gigantic butt-pain. I had to spin up a Windows VM to run the NookStudy app, because the diagnostic log it writes was the only place to get the unique ID string that the Calibre de-DRM plugins needed. If NookStudy is no more, I'm not sure how to proceed. According to http://the-digital-reader.com/2015/06/25/how-to-add-a-nook-drm-removal-plugin-to-calibre/ from 11 July 2015, the NookStudy app still works, though. It might be worth another try. A Google search will lead you to various other tools that supposedly remove DRM from Nook epubs. However, because B&N used your credit card number as an input to the key generator, the third-party decryprtion tools need it too -- making them scary to use. On preview: Yes, the Apprentice Alf tools are what you want for Calibre. Hopefully ryanrs has a working way to get the keyfile you need to use them.

My way still needs your cc number.

Anything you can open in Adobe Digital Editions can be added, without DRM, to Calibre, using the plugins suggested above. (I still use ADE 2.0, though.) This link http://teleread.com/barnes-noble/opening-nook-books-in-adobe-digital-editions/.

Am I missing anything or am I correct in understanding I won't be able to transfer my 100 or so books to my Macbook. Darn I wish i'd bought a kindle!

For the record, the problem I'm having isn't that I'm not sure how to remove DRM--the problem is that I'm having a rough time downloading any epub files (DRMed or not) from my B&N account. I've tried the Nook for Windows app as well now, and while it's telling me I've downloaded the books I'm having a difficult time finding the file path where they're being stored. The "My Barnes & Noble Ebooks" folder in Documents (which does exist!) is completely empty as far as I can tell. If it helps, I'm using Windows 10.

The "My Barnes & Noble Ebooks" folder in Documents (which does exist!) is completely empty as far as I can tell. Yeah, um, something's not right here, because mine is full of epub files (Documents--->my Barnes & Noble ebooks -->my email address). When you open the nook app, can you a)see your books and have you b)actually downloaded (not just purchased) your books. If the book is downloaded there will be a big green "read now" button as well as a smaller gray "remove local copy" option. (Everything you've ever bought with your email will show up in the app; mine has things from years ago before I had this computer, and some of the old stuff I've never bothered to download again, but I can whenever I want to.) Also, just spitballing, but on the off chance this is the issue---if you can't even SEE your books in the app to download, double-check that you are signed into the app with the same email you used to buy your books. Like, if you signed into bn.com as sciatrix@gmail and then signed into the app as sciatrixjones@hotmail, it doesn't know you're the same person, and you have to sign out and then back into the app with the same email address as you did on the site. In the app, your email is displayed on the upper left. Am I missing anything or am I correct in understanding I won't be able to transfer my 100 or so books to my Macbook. Yes, of course you can transfer your books to a mac. The instructions I wrote above are for a windows 10 pc, but the steps are the same. The easiest way to do it is just to plug the nook into your mac with the usb.