I’ve been lurking on this. Recently a friend of my wife informed us that she had published her first book and we could get a copy from Amazon. Neither my wife nor I had a nook or a Kindle, but my new laptop had the nook app. I downloaded the Kindle app to both her machine and mine, and we both were able to read the book at the same time. My comment is that the book was only available in Kindle format, but our computers allow us to read BOTH formats. Yes, the Kindle or Nook are smaller and easier to handle, but we’re happy using our computers. But if asked and if I was going to do a lot of e-reading, I’d get a iPad and have both formats available, not to mention the other iPad benefits.
Murray From: Cameron Sent: Thursday, April 14, 2011 11:04 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: OT: e-Reader I found this website helpful in finding information www.mobileread.com On Thu, Apr 14, 2011 at 11:59 AM, Gary Slinger <[email protected]> wrote: Caliber. Whatever to whatever. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ From: Cameron <[email protected]> Date: Thu, 14 Apr 2011 11:35:21 -0400 To: NT System Admin Issues<[email protected]> ReplyTo: "NT System Admin Issues" <[email protected]> Subject: Re: OT: e-Reader I'm watching this with interest as I've just started looking at them as well. One that looks interesting is the KOBO (know know if you can get it in the US). I *believe* there is an application out there that will allow the format to be changed from *whatever* to Kindle On Thu, Apr 14, 2011 at 11:31 AM, Angus Scott-Fleming <[email protected]> wrote: On 14 Apr 2011 at 9:53, Kevin Lundy wrote: > Fine. The Nook has apps on those platforms as well :) > > Honestly, I think the decision is 2 step: > 1) e-ink or LCD screen > 2) availability of books in the chosen format. A third part of the decision is multi-platform, with syncing your reading. It is my understanding that the Nook can sync books which are side-loaded (not purchased through the B&N store) while I believe the Kindle only syncs books you have purchased. I just got a Nook but have yet to sign up for a Nook account since I have an unsupported phone (Palm Treo 755p). When I move to Android in a few months I'll probably start letting B&N monitor what I read. -- Angus Scott-Fleming GeoApps, Tucson, Arizona 1-520-290-5038 Security Blog: http://geoapps.com/ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
