Appendix B. File Formats

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THE NOOK IS MORE than just an ereader; it’s also a general-purpose tablet that can play media files, let you read Microsoft Office documents, and more. Here’s a list of the file types it can handle:

Book Files, Microsoft Office Files, and Multimedia Files

Book Files, Microsoft Office Files, and Multimedia Files

Book Files, Microsoft Office Files, and Multimedia Files

EPUB (the main book format for the NOOK)

PDF

DRP

ePIB

FOLIO

OFIP

.rtf

Word (.doc, .docx, .docm, .dotx, .dotm)

Excel (.xls, .xlsx, .xlsm, .xltx, .xltm)

PowerPoint (.ppt, .pptx, .pptm, .pps, .ppsx, .ppsm, .pot. potx, .potm)

Plain text (.txt)

HTML (.htm, .html, .xhtml)

Comic book archive (.cbz)

.zip

.LOG

.csv

.eml

Music Files

.aac

.amr

.flac

.mp3

.mp4

.mp4a

.ogg

.wav

.3gp

Picture and Photo Files

.jpg

.gif

.png

.bmp

Video Files

.3gp

.mp4

.webm

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