I have friends who have the Kindle and others who have the nook. They both like them.
With the Kindle you have the first succesful to market andit's Amazon. You also have a proprietary ebook format. With the Nook you have the standard, widely available epub format. One of the things I have found is some publishers offer ebooks but not through Amazon. So you can buy ebooks elsewhere then Barnes and Nobles or Amazon and side load them. Ultimatly, I suspect it will be preference. I am looking at the Nook (not the color) mianly becasue of epub but really, it's a preference thing in the end. See if you can find someone to borrow both/either from and look for yourself. On Thu, Apr 14, 2011 at 2:54 PM, Jon Harris <[email protected]> wrote: > I saw a couple of reviews on that device on Cnet and they were all > negative. Funny thing is the Cnet reviews mentioned both the Kindle and > Nook in the KOBO review. I could only find reviews on the Kindle and Nook > on supported sites. Supported sites tend, at least in MHO, bias on who is > supporting them. > > Jon > > On Thu, Apr 14, 2011 at 11:35 AM, Cameron <[email protected]>wrote: > >> 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
