Can't read books-screen turns black

[donnamae]

My Nook turns on ok, but when I click on a book that read fine yesterday, after the cover page the screen goes black.  Any ideas of what may be wrong?

[Harmony22 · Accepted solution]

I had the same problem and I held down the power button for 20 secs which will reboot your Nook.  It worked.  I know can enjoy my books again!

[mwonook]

Thank you!  I've been losing my mind trying to make it work.  I thought it was because i loaded books from my library!  All better - ahhhhh!

[mrsbeaseley]

I am so glad I just read your response!  I ran into the same problem!  Whenever I tried to open a book my screen went black as well.  Now I'll know to reboot.  Glad to know other people can figure this stuff out!  Thank you! 

[yo]

Thank you, thank you, thank you!!  I just got my Nook & didn't know what to do.  You saved me!

[thorne46]

Thanks for the info, it worked great. thought I was going to be without for awhile.

[Cait-Hammy]

Thank you sooo much!!! I've been googling every possible option to figure this out when I had the same problem! I was going crazy, especially since one of the books I need for a major report is on my nook! You're a life saver!

- Cait

[Inquisitive30]

There is a timeout feature that can be changed if that is something that might be happening.  By default it is 2 minutes and the screen goes black.  I changed my timeout to 5 minutes and it allows me to read my book without my screen going black on me.

[kyrisaean]

You are a lifesaver. I was putting me in a foul mood when it just wouldn't come back on.

It's working great again now.

Thank you.

[MimiCW]

Thank you, Community. Each time I've had a problem with my Nook, you've fixed it!.