Kindle, Nook, Ereaders in general?

Hey, CJ, current e-Ink Nook is much better than current e-ink Kindle as Nook has the latest generation touch screen display, no page turn lag, it weights less, its battery lasts twice as long, and it doesn't blink on each page turn. You should then decide which screen you want: e-Ink or LCD. It depends on what you're reading. If just black & white novels then the better one would be e-Ink Nook from Barnes & Noble. If you read electronic magazines or college text books with a lot of color graphs and charts or children’s' books with a lot of pictures then the better would be Nook Color LCD from Barnes & Noble. Whichever device you choose, here's the advantages of the Nook’s (both e-Ink black & white and Nook Color) over Kindle:

- When you walk in with the Nook to Barnes & Noble store, you’re allowed to read any available eBook for free while in the store via free provided in the store Wi-Fi. With Nook, while in BN store you get exclusive articles from top authors, and great offers including cafe treats and unique deals.

- Nook allows for lending Nook books for two weeks to friends and family or share with your other devices that run B&N app (PC, MAC, Android phones, Apple iPhone, iPod and iPad, etc.)

- Nook (unlike Kindle) can be used for library ebooks.

Kindle only supports eBooks in its proprietary AZW format. Nook, on the other hand, supports both DRM-protected and DRM-free ebooks in ePub format thus it supports ebooks from B&N store, from any other DRM-free source on the web, and from public libraries.

Nook Color is worth mentioning separately as this is a hybrid Android eReader/tablet device, something between e-Reader and iPad. Even though Nook Color has LCD touchscreen, it's a new generation screen which is anti-glare coated and is better performing in sunlight and produces less glare all of which are dooming reading on iPad. The screen is amazing and readable/viewable at wide angles.

Overall, Nook Color is more than e-Reader as you can also watch video and use Android applications on it. It's a hybrid device, much more than just an e-Reader but not a full tablet as it doesn't have a camera. If all you want is to read novels, the e-Ink Nook might be better for you. If you want something more from your device (color graphs and charts of college text books, childrens books, photos and videos, web sites in full color) at half of the price of iPad or Galaxy tab, then Nook Color is your best bet.

Nook Color has several apps that already come with the device (Pandora Internet radio, QuickOffice, etc.) and hundreds of other apps are available for download. Also, you can use the Social Settings screen to link your NOOK Color to your Facebook account and your Twitter account. You can also import all your contacts from your Google Gmail account. Once you have linked to Facebook and Twitter and set up email contacts, you can lend and borrow books, recommend books, and share favorite quotes with your friends.

You can buy Nook’s at Barnes & Noble, Books-A-Millon, Walmart, BestBuy, Staples, OfficeMax, Fred Mayer, P.C. Richard etc. stores and web sites.

Kindle isn't on the Droid platform, meaning in the event that they replace and make a clean Kindle with all varieties of bells and whistles, you will could purchase an fullyyt new gadget to get the hot stuff. corner is on the Droid platform, meaning all units replace like a clever telephone or pill as quickly as the replace rolls out. additionally, there are a number of subject concerns with moving books to a Kindle from a corner and vice versa. many cases, books are lost or distorted while going from ereader to ereader. additionally, the corner HD and corner HD+ have exceeded Amazon's Kindle (the hot Kindle is catching up technologically with the corner pill, which has considering the fact that been replaced with the aid of the HD and HD+), so the Kindle is extra of a technological step backward. The HD and HD+ Nooks are extra like an definitely pill adapted for a examining and multimedia journey, while the Kindle remains mostly an ereader. additionally, a perk of a corner is which you have 1000's of shops you could bodily walk in to once you have a question or subject with your corner, and BN workers are experienced that can assist you and confirm you walk out the door with solutions. Amazon has a hotline with a wait time and elevator song. To me, the non-public help makes a extensive distinction because of the fact there isn't something extra troublesome that having a controversy with a gadget and being on carry for an hour.

I have a nook and it is amazing. I think it is rated high:) but you get the one you desire.