PurpleJedi said:

PositivityNYC said:

So, all in all, the Nook Color is very easy to navigate and I am super happy to have it, even though it becomes very costly once you add it all up. But I think of it as an investment. Everyone here loves it, especially my 12 year old daughter. She has been very busy doing all of her chores so that she can make enough money to purchase books on it, and she's bought two, so far. But the bottom line is the Nook Color is fabulous. But there is something that still intrigues me about the Kindle, mostly the battery life and the realness of the "page," but it's going to have to go color and change a few other things before it can even compare with the Nook Color!

Thanks for the info! (...and cute kid btw!)

I can't spend the extra $$$ on color, so she's getting the regular Nook.

I started seriously considering the Kobo...but that damned navigation "pad" really kills it for me.

Checking out Barnes & Nobles website in a little bit...

thx, that's my niece... I think we played the longest game of peek-a-boo ever thanksgiving weekend..

happy shopping!

johnart said:

PositivityNYC said:

I still need to hold a book in my hands..

but I know someone who recently wrote a very detailed reveiw comparing the new Kindle to the Nook (color)

I'll see if I can get a link from them

[Edited 12/15/10 11:49am]

This could change.

eew! don't fart at me!

I'll tell Daddy...

Ace said:

kindle entry level model does have a wi fi webbrowser

there are links for a kindle to 'borrow' books from an elibrary, but nook has a better method, i believe

for 139$ you cant go wrong

BlackAdder7 said:

my kindle isn't working. i can't access the books, can someone please help?

is it plugged in?

XxAxX said:

BlackAdder7 said:

my kindle isn't working. i can't access the books, can someone please help?

is it plugged in?

BlackAdder7 said:

kindle entry level model does have a wi fi webbrowser

there are links for a kindle to 'borrow' books from an elibrary, but nook has a better method, i believe

for 139$ you cant go wrong

Isn't there some way that kindle users can share a book? I thought I read that somewhere

NDRU said:

BlackAdder7 said:

kindle entry level model does have a wi fi webbrowser

there are links for a kindle to 'borrow' books from an elibrary, but nook has a better method, i believe

for 139$ you cant go wrong

Isn't there some way that kindle users can share a book? I thought I read that somewhere

in my sister's review on page 1 of this thread, she said the Nook has a LendMe service

"Another thing I don't like about it is their LendMe service. This is where you can add friends who also have a Nook or Nook Color and borrow their books for free for up to 14 days. The bad thing about that is you have to make sure you've read the book already because you can't get it back until the 14 days is up. But the worst thing about the LendMe service is that you can only lend a book out to one person, EVER. Once you lend that book to your friend, you can't loan it again to anyone else, ever."

Well...I did it. I bought the wifey a Nook. The basic black-&-white wifi unit.

$149 @ my local Barnes-&-Nobles store.

THEN, there are the screencovers, the back savers, the sleeves, and the covers.

WHAT A RACKET!!! The average price for a cover is like $40. They had some "designer" covers that were $185!!!! THAT'S MORE THAN THE &#$%*@ NOOK ITSELF!!!!

...and by the way...the color Nook is AWESOME! It's like a "mini iPad" for $249. Ah-ma-zing! I think that I'll give her the one I bought for X'Mas and give her the option to upgrade if she wants afterwards.

PositivityNYC said:

I still need to hold a book in my hands..

but I know someone who recently wrote a very detailed reveiw comparing the new Kindle to the Nook (color)

I'll see if I can get a link from them

[Edited 12/15/10 11:49am]

YES!

Depends on where and how you are going to be getting your ebooks, though. There are MANY places to get them for free, so a major point should be what file formats your reader recognizes. For instance, last I knew, the Nook didn't read a Microsoft file or two (such as .doc) but that may have changed now. Anyway, you can download epub, pdf, lit and doc files all over the place for free. So long as your reader, uhh, reads 'em, everything else it tech stuff, and I don't have a clue. Read that the Nook used to turn pages slower, but the newer ones are almost exactly the same as the Kindle. Also read (bought a Nook for my brother-in-law for Christmas because that's what he asked for) that they've made it VERY difficult to mod the newer Nooks. So if you're interested in geeking out like that it may not be the best choice. Beyond that I guess you're just comparing screen sizes, brightness, b&w or color, wi-fi or 3G, etc. I didn't read anything about any of them not doing what they're advertised as doing as far as allowing you to read books electronically goes.

You don't even need the Kindle app. There is a pc epub reader, an adobe reader (other than the pdf reader), and a microsoft reader. I told my brother-in-law all this and he said the point is that he doesn't want to have to commute with his laptop and and store it at work (he doesn't have a desk job). I couldn't really argue with his logic on that point.

PurpleJedi said:

Well...I did it. I bought the wifey a Nook. The basic black-&-white wifi unit.

$149 @ my local Barnes-&-Nobles store.

THEN, there are the screencovers, the back savers, the sleeves, and the covers.

WHAT A RACKET!!! The average price for a cover is like $40. They had some "designer" covers that were $185!!!! THAT'S MORE THAN THE &#$%*@ NOOK ITSELF!!!!

...and by the way...the color Nook is AWESOME! It's like a "mini iPad" for $249. Ah-ma-zing! I think that I'll give her the one I bought for X'Mas and give her the option to upgrade if she wants afterwards.

yup

congrats on your purchase

PositivityNYC said:

PurpleJedi said:

Well...I did it. I bought the wifey a Nook. The basic black-&-white wifi unit.

$149 @ my local Barnes-&-Nobles store.

THEN, there are the screencovers, the back savers, the sleeves, and the covers.

WHAT A RACKET!!! The average price for a cover is like $40. They had some "designer" covers that were $185!!!! THAT'S MORE THAN THE &#$%*@ NOOK ITSELF!!!!

...and by the way...the color Nook is AWESOME! It's like a "mini iPad" for $249. Ah-ma-zing! I think that I'll give her the one I bought for X'Mas and give her the option to upgrade if she wants afterwards.

yup

congrats on your purchase

I guess I should have read to see if they'd already decided before I posted. That's the same model I purchased for my brother-in-law, but I'm not gettin' him ANY of the racket stuff. He can buy that stuff himself.

I got a pre-loaded Kindle

already enjoying one "book" (yes, I feel weird calling them books on this electronic thing... )

I plan on purchasing a Sony ereader touch edition, but not for reading books. I'm going to use it to have clients sign contracts electronically as opposed to wasting paper.

JerseyKRS said:

I plan on purchasing a Sony ereader touch edition, but not for reading books. I'm going to use it to have clients sign contracts electronically as opposed to wasting paper.

nook all the way, i love mine.

mynameisnotsusan said:

I love my Kindle even more than I thought I would and it's done what I hoped it would. Get me back to reading more.

It feels like a paperback holding it. I have about 140 books on it and only had to pay for 2 of them and it's just a matter of a couple of clicks and it gets downloaded in less than 60 secs. I don't need to take the time to get to the library now.

A cool feature is you just have to move the cursor over a word and it will bring up the definition at the bottom of the screen. It can play mp3s. I have the 3G version which gives you free web access. The browsers not great but it's ok. It's frozen a couple of times on me and was mildly panicked but it just needed to be reset much like an ipod so no real drama. LOVE my kindle.

I will keep abreast of this thread. I echo pretty much what you' said above. I would also like to add that I find reading on an eReader easier than a book itself. Although it's a very minor hassle, I like the ability to turn a page at the touch of a button which allows me to keep the story flowing.

PositivityNYC said:

I got a pre-loaded Kindle

already enjoying one "book" (yes, I feel weird calling them books on this electronic thing... )

My friend won a kindle, I was surprised how it was just like looking at a page right out of a book. It doesn't look like a computer screen. It's great, some time this coming year I may just get one.

JerseyKRS said:

I plan on purchasing a Sony ereader touch edition, but not for reading books. I'm going to use it to have clients sign contracts electronically as opposed to wasting paper.

have you consulted an attorney as to whether or not a signed e reader is legally binding?

I know that for credit card purchases they are..