Thinking of getting the Nook. Anybody looked at it and have some thoughts. Of course, B&N website says it has a few better features than Kindle. One concern I have is B&N not being around for ages like I am sure Amazon will be. I suppose someone could pick up the Nook business.
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I don't know much about the Nook but I love my Kindle. They just dropped in price, too.
Don't have one yet, but I am leaning toward the Sony eBook. Haven't seen the Nook yet, but the Sony reader looked more natural to me than the Kindle. I believe all three have access to the same book sources.
And then there are the planned entries from microsoft and apple.
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I agree, as I just wanted to read books on it, and I love the kindle for that(and for the fact that overseas, I can get any book I want on it, which was pretty impossible before). Don't have any comparisons to make with other system, but am a very happy kindle owner.
There is no "service," you pay the up front cost of the device and then on a per book basis(to be technical, with Amazon's Kindle, the price of the whispernet access to Sprint's network is covered in the cost of the book). Most major new releases tend to be $9.99 or so. There are also a large number of general paperback type releases that are more like $6 or $7(akin to the books you'd find for $6.99 or whatever at a bookstore). The really nice thing is that most of what you'd consider the classics are free. Also, at least with Amazon, each month a number of books are offered free(often the first of a series, trying to get you hooked into something). As a result, since this summer when I got the device, I've read about 20 books on it, but only paid for about 5.
I own a Kindle and am not familiar with the Nook, but I would suggest that the availability of books would be a major deciding factor. Amazon has a bit of a head start in that department, but I still often run across books that I want that are not available on the Kindle. Will be interesting to see if Nook has better "coverage."
Also I would recommend the regular Kindle over the larger DX model. The regular one is about at the limit of how much weight I want to hold up when I'm reading in bed, so I would expect the DX to be really cumbersome and require you to lay it in your lap or have a stand.
I have the original Kindle and I love it.
By the Nook info I saw yesterday, it looks like the number of available titles is HIGHER on Nook than it is on Kindle. I wonder if the PRICES will be comparable. The device itself is about 20 bucks cheaper (Nook, that is) than a second-generation Kindle.
I buy and read mostly classics, and they cost me anywhere from 99 cents to about $4.99. Most new books are $9.99.
I'm considering getting the Nook for my teenage son for Christmas. It just looks a little less clunky than the Kindle (Kindle is fine for me, though).
I decided to go with the Nook. We'll see. . .
I like to go to my local library and check out books.
Why/how are these readers better than a book?
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Every time I see the tread title I think I am going into contracts class, or something - and that was a heck of a long time ago.