This Nook is pretty sweet. With a Kindle, you can't check out eBooks from local libraries. I mean, I've never been a big library person because it's an extra trip. I'd buy books and they get shipped to my house. I was never too worried about the dollars. But with the eBooks, I have online access to library books and I can check them out instantly and put them on the Nook. Some using the free library is easy and convienent. And in DC, I can get not only the DC library but also all of the libraries in the entire DC metro area...arlington, montgomery county, etc. That's still not everything, but probably 80% of the books I'd like to read. Awesome.