Do you own an e-reader?

I have the Kindle Keyboard and love it. It was becoming a real problem for me, because I re-read a lot. Hence, I don't get rid of my books. Even with the kindle, I've run out of shelf space on the book shelf I built about 7 years ago. I've had my kindle for 2-3 years.

I did a lot of shopping around and I wanted to lean toward the Nook, simply because they're affiliated with Books-A-Million and I've been a loyal customer of theirs for years. Mainly because they were the only big book store around. I've bought their members card for years and even with the ridiculous price hike, it's paid for itself multiple times over every year. However, when looking into e-readers, Kindle was the clear winner for me and I haven't changed my mind yet.

The thing to keep in mind is what you want it for. Most people now want a device that does everything. You can't have that as of now with the e-reader. The reason being is you wind up with a device that doesn't do anything well, like the Nook color or the Kindle Fire. They suck as tablets and aren't good e-readers. The Kindle E-reader is excellent. It beat out Nook's battery life at 1 month. That's accounting for 30min a day reading, but even with heavy reading I usually get 2 weeks or more before a recharge.

It's also got the e-ink display which is excellent. It's like looking at a book page. There is no eye strain at all. No matter what setting you put an LCD on, there will be eye strain at some point. It's because you're having a light shined at your eye. There is no way to make a display on it that doesn't use some kind of light that will eventually tire your eye. Not an issue with the Kindle.

There are only a few downsides to it. One is that there isn't anyway to add storage. This isn't a big deal, though, because it can store 3500 books on it and assuming you're some kind of freak and fill it up, you can delete books anytime and redownload them at your convenience from the amazon server. So you can really have infinite books on it. There is no way you'll read 3500 books between one wifi point and another. Only issue would be if Amazon ever went out of Business and you had more books than that.

My other issue is that they don't treat the books like they're yours. You pay for them, you keep them forever, but you can only lend books if they have that ability enabled and then it's only for 14 days. After that, you can never lend it to that person again. Unless they use a different email address. I don't like that at all. Once a book is paid for, it's mine to do with as I please. I don't think that's gonna last. I think the consumers will make enough of a fuss to get it fixed. It's already happened once when amazon pulled a book for some reason. I can't remember what it was, but they pulled a book and took it off everyone kindle as well. I think they did a refund to everyone. People were not happy. They made a huge ruckus and I think the book got put back on everyone kindle who bought it. They haven't tried it again. I may have gotten that story wrong since it was before I got into them, but I remember coming across it.

Besides that, I've had a great experience with the Kindle. There may be other excellent e-readers out there, but I'm not impressed with the Nook and I like the huge selection and the free books Amazon has to offer.

Other benefits are that you don't get that hand cramp from trying to hold your book open for a long reading session, it's light, easily change the font to make it easier to read. If I had to buy one now, I'd go for the Kindle Paper White. It has a long battery life as well, holds a few less books according to the stats, but still something like 1800. It's big benefit is that it has lights, but they shine up from the bottom and not out from the screen. They say you can get the benefit of light without any glare to cause eye strain. I bought the protective leather cover for mine with the built in light and I rarely use the light, but it's come in handy a few times and the cover as definitely saved it from disaster. Good luck with your choice.

I have the Kindle 3, aka the Kindle Keyboard. My husband bought it for me around 3 years ago, and I love it. I can tuck it into my purse and carry it easily, which is nice. It's not as heavy or large as something like an iPad, and I can curl up in a room away from the computer and read on it.

I'd go for one with an e-ink / e-paper screen, rather than an LCD.

LCD types only past a few hours on a charge, the one I have (Sony PRS-T2) lasts for about a month on a charge & the screen is literally as clear as printed paper.

The Sonys are good devices, they have plenty of internal memory, card slots for extra storage, WiFi, lighter than a paperback and work very well with the free Calibre e-book library software.

That can convert just about any book format in existence to work with any popular reader.

Whichever way works for you.

I made the switch to a Kindle about 3 years ago because I got tired of having to get rid of books and sort thru what I wanted to keep and give away. A Kindle allows me to keep'em all.

Reading the book instead of enjoying the movie is the ultimate way to see what the writer planned. Reading uses your imagination, hones your reading skills, and can transform your vocabulary

Watching tv is simpler but I enjoy reading books more

i dont because i dont really need to but i dont like people who judge those who use e-readers..aslong as people are reading i dont care what they read it on!!

i know a lot of people who have kindles i think its probably the best one to get

I use an iPad, with reverse video (white letters on black background). The reduced glare by doing that is very helpful.