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I have said this before and I'll say it again, I wish we could control the order books appear on the shelves.  Right now they are in alphabetical order, but when I create a shelf for a series, I would like to place them ont he shelp in sequential order.  Book one, book two, etc...  

My first enook reader, the sony reader, had a 'series' listing option where it will list books by series in sequential order.  The nook is a far better reader but I really miss that feature since I read so many series.

The wish list in the Nook Color Shop and our NB.com eBook Wish Lists should be synced. 

I cannot understand why the wish list on the Nook Color is not synced with our BN.com account.  We all register our nooks to our account so I should not have to manually sync up my lists.  This would be especially useful for those who have to reset their nook for tech issues.

This feature should have been installed from the start, but since it wasn't, it would be nice to have the next software update include it.

My husband and I both have Nooks. He reads a few of the same books I do, but mostly we have very different tastes. Both Nooks are registered under the same account, but it is a pain to manage our libraries because both sets of our books show up on both Nooks. It would be great if we could archive books from one Nook while still showing them on another.

When the My Nook section of the website was launched, I thought this was what we were going to be able to do. The Manage Ny Nook page is currently useless. Can you please pass on the request that we be able to show or hide individual books or apps by device?

Does B&N offer a replacement USB charge chord ONLY?  My Nook Color was grabbed by a child and the charge chord was 'bent' to the point of not being able to use.  I had to purchase the whole charging mechanism for $25 at B&N.  I wish the chord was available by itself (and at a reasonable price).  I do know that any generic USB chord will NOT function properly as the charging mechanism for the NC. 

I believe this is the weakest link in the Nook Color, as the charge chord is located in your stomach area if you're trying to read while plugged in.  How about a charge chord that has a 90 degree angle, or better yet, on future designs, place the charge inlet on the side or top of the reader.

I have the volume on my NookColor set to max but it is still quite soft. There's a whole thread about needing to increase the volume on the Nook Color support forum. Is there some way this could be corrected via a software update? I just purchased my NC a few weeks ago, and other than for the volume issue, I am enjoying it very much.

I think I first raised a concern about the NC contact app back in February 2011.  I had hoped that one of the updates would improve that app, but no luck.

The current contact app is insufficient for a number of reasons.  For now, I'll focus just on one issue:  no reasonable way to keep your contacts in sync with your Gmail contacts.  OK, one more issue: the fields supported in the current contact app are insufficient by any reasonable measure.

Easy answer:  provide access to the Google Contact app on the BN Nook market.  If Google won't cooperate, then one of the other Android market apps that provide for contact management would be a solution.  I checked a couple of days ago and no suitable contact manager was then available on the BN Nook market.

I suppose from the BN perspective the contact app is really there only to support Nook Friends, and not to provide a useful contact manager for NC owners.

Thoughts?

Here's my wish list of various items, after upgrading to version 1.4.

Better offline support.  The e-mail app blanks the list when refreshing, which is a problem when offline or no network is available. A workaround is to set it to sync manually.  The browser will also try to refresh when offline.

Always blank the screen after 10 seconds or so when on the lock screen, no matter what timeout is set. This minimizes backpack discharging.

Add an "always on when charging" power setting.

Add the Browser and Dictionary apps to the applications list.

Allow browser shortcuts to be added to the Home screen.

Add a gesture to return to the Home screen, to avoid overusing the Home button.  It's almost possible to get by without using this button (I'm afraid it will eventually wear out).

More file management functions, such as moving and renaming files.  For example, when I download a file from an e-mail, I'd like to be able to move it out of the Downloads folder.

A browser gesture to pop open the tool bar at the top without having to scroll all the way back up.  This would be useful on long pages.

Allow sorting and rearranging of the browser's favorites.  Folders would be nice as well.

Folders in the photo album would be nice, supporting per-folder slideshows.  This is a must for business presentations, art portfolios, design reviews, etc.

Finally, I'd love to see G-Mail integration on this device.

By the way, thank you for integrating PDF support into the built-in reader.  Remembering my spot in a 300-page PDF was very difficult; now my Nook remembers for me.

Thank you very much for your hard work.

Although this isn't the first time this has been mentioned, BUT... I would like to see a NEW category.  After reviewing the entire list or a specific category a couple of times, the typical owner probably has purchased those apps that look useful, and now would like to see only those added since their last visit, or perhaps in the last two weeks or last month.  This NEW category would be useful at least to me.

This is a pet peeve of mine. Whenever I download and read a sample then decide to buy the book, I have to hunt for wherever I left off. The page numbers don't always match up and I have to admit I don't always take note of what page I was on in the sample before hitting "Buy".

I would LOVE it if B&N could somehow make this process more seamless. It would be wonderful to be reading along in a sample, click "buy", and just keep on reading without interruption. I, for one, would buy more books if this were the case since on several occasions that extra little hassle made me think twice and decide not to buy.

I would love it if there was a way to have lockable shelves!!!

I have downloaded the Words with Friends app on my Nook Color and the best feature about it is the arrow that appears at the bottom of the screen.  The arrow allows you to move back to the previous screen and/or your home screen without using the N Button.  It would be great if this arrow feature was available when playing Scrabble as well and as a whole.

If I want to go back to the book that I am reading or to the home when playing Scrabble, the N Button must be utilized to do so.  Which means the N Button is getting pressed repeatedly.

The arrow feature would be th solution to this potential problem.

I know this has been posted several places on these boards, but I would like a calendar app that syncs with Windows Live Calendar or Google Calendar for offline viewing.

Fliq Calendar doesn't work well because the syncing software is so expensive and it doesn't work with my version of MS Office.

I would like to see an open source API for shelving so Calibre and other programs could work directly with my Nook Color to sort out shelving (as well as store backups of my shelving configurations).  This suggestion goes for the Nook Tablet and Nook Simple Touch as well.