Foo - Nook or Kindle?

What's your favorite ereader? And what would you recommend for reading books downloaded from the library?

playbook.

Dead trees.

I've been using tea leaves, but I'm looking for something a little more digital.

Samsung Galaxy Tab with Nook and Kindle apps

I'd go with a Kindle. I think they're bigger.

Kindle - easy to use, cheap... and Amazon isn't likely to go bankrupt anytime soon. Kindle has thousands of free books, too. Get it with the free "whispernet" download! I think I've read about 250 books since I got mine last x-mas!

My wife has one of the original Kindles. She literally reads from it while brushing her teeth she loves it so much.

I have Kindle WiFi.I went with it over Nook because it had latest e-ink. Now nook has it also, it's a tougher choice. Basically it comes down to whether you want to use microsd card, and whether you like Barnes and Nobles or Amazon.

there's a suspiciously flat package under the tree with my name on it. Hmmmmmmm.

Capt - is one end slanted? If so, you're in luck!

While my husband complains I use my Kindle too much, he also told me to buy a Kindle for one of our friends who is seriously missing all the paperbacks I used to pass on to him......

Kindle for sure.

I'm not really in the market for a tablet, but something like the Samsung Galaxy looks interesting. You can get the keyboard to go along with it and do some typing.

fine, i'll say it. nook simple touch. all the way. .pdf support, don't have to have a smart USB to charge it, and it has page turn buttons on the device (which is great for reading through gloves/ ziploc bags (to keep the water out, duh!), or if you hate smudged screens. also longer battery life. kindle claims 2 months based on 30 minutes of reading per day, B&N claims 2 months based on an hour of reading per day. plus my mom was a B&N member, so i got to use her discount card on mine.

I have a Kindle but prefer the new Nook.

Right now I read all my books on my iPhone :p

We have 2 nooks, they have had a couple of problems with them. Files sometimes disappear. I bought my son a kindle fire for Christmas.

I received the Fire for Christmas. A couple interesting things I learned about it: I can charge it with a conventional micro USB cable from the computer, the same as my Samsung Android smartphone; and downloading the Overmedia software allows me to access the free ePub books at my library, not just the Kindle books.

I got a Kindle for Christmas, when I went to download a book from my library(for free), I had to go to Amazon to download the book to the Kindle. Kind of a pain in the a$$, since I can download directly to my iPhone from my library.

Can both devices use books downloaded from the local public library? (In this case, Denver)

My wife loves her Kindle I got her last Christmas. Got her the 3G version, she can get new books on the road any time she needs one. The e-ink is easy on the eyes and the battery.

I love my Kindle. I have the 3G keyboard version (bought October 2010). I've read over 100 books on it now.

Kindle for Android, here.

I use my iPad

I also have an iPad. Son gave my wife a Nook as a present a couple years ago and she is an avid reader getting a lot of use out of it. It was the basic model. He visited last month and didn't bring a computer with him, just the newer color Nook. He loaded Android OS in and basically had a tablet, accessing my home network and surfing the web.

By contrast, last year he gave our daughter a Kindle as a graduation present. She had a job in Europe and it ruled Nook out. Apparently, you can't purchase books over the Nook unless it is from a US ISP. You can download pre-purchased books from a foreign ISP, but not purchase. While most people will not have extended stays overseas, as a tourist, if you wanted/needed a particular book while traveling outside the USA, you would be SOL. Apparently Kindle doesn't have that limitation.

My wife thought I would go blind if I continues to read from my iPod and iPhone, so she bought me a Kindle Fire. It is easier to read from because the page is full size, and the 'print' is full sized. But loading books onto the iPod/iPhone into iBooks is much easier than loading stuff on to the Kindle. With the i-devices, I can download directly from the iBooks store, my local library, or any other source. With the Kindle, I have to go through Amazon to download books from my local library, it is a multi step process that is just enough to make it a minor+ PIA. The more I use Apple devises, the more I like the OS, but the iPad is about twice the price of the Kindle.

I originally wanted the Kindle Fire but took a bunch of time to research the two, and changed my mind to the Nook Color. Didn't hurt that they were dropping the price on the Color to 199 same as the Fire. I do wish however I would have just dropped a few more hundred and got an iPad.


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For less than half the price of an iPad, both the Kindle Fire and the Nook Color are great deals for tablets. Seem to be pretty hackable too (Cyanogen has a build for the Nook, and people have gotten the Fire to do various non-stock things). But I wouldn't call either one an e-reader any more than any other device, lacking an e-ink screen.

For less than half the price of an iPad, both the Kindle Fire and the Nook Color are great deals for tablets. Seem to be pretty hackable too (Cyanogen has a build for the Nook, and people have gotten the Fire to do various non-stock things). But I wouldn't call either one an e-reader any more than any other device, lacking an e-ink screen.

I found the tablet screen bright enough under sunlight conditions to read from.
It might drain the batteries quite fast, but who really sits outside for days reading a book?

I use my iPad simply because I have it. (it is an assume device) but I bought it for the other things it can do. I would not buy it if I was only looking for an ereader. I do have to say it is a fantastic ereader though and very simple to read & download books to. I can not say anything about the other devices because I have never used them.

You buy the device, you buy the books to download.

There's this newfangled way to read books for free. It's called a library card.

You buy the device, you buy the books to download.

There's this newfangled way to read books for free. It's called a library card.

All, true, All true.

I visit 3-4 libraries on occasion, love 'em.

And in the future, I won't be driving or biking to the building, I'll be checking the database and downloading to my reader. Actually doing that now, thought the selection is limited currently.

I suspect the on-line book sellers - I.E. Amazon and B&N are watching closely this trend of free/loaned books as it does cut into the sales. They seemingly are walking the fine line of selling the readers as well as the books at a reasonable price, so as to not lose market to free stuff from libraries, especially with the convenience of on-line/instant access.

I know that sometimes the library e-book I download comes from the Kindle or Nook "Library" as a free loan, so there's some sort of arraignment with the public libraries in all this, not sure how it all works.

You buy the device, you buy the books to download.

There's this newfangled way to read books for free. It's called a library card.

And some libraries actually let you download the books for free "checked out" (valid) for a certain amount of time. Locally, it is a weird download process though.

Can both devices use books downloaded from the local public library? (In this case, Denver)

My local library has a class on how to use these. I haven't taken advantage of it yet, but plan to now that I ended up with a Kindle (to go with that newfangled library card SIU likes).

I ended up buying a Nook. It is relatively simple to download library books onto one. Install Adobe Digital Editions, download book, plug Nook in, drag book onto Nook. Enjoy.

I got my mom a Kindle Fire and it's way cooler than the netbook I bought for $50 more.

i have a nook but not the nook colour. whenever i find free books I always wonder why it needs my credit card.