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We gave our daughter a Nook last year and she loves it. We got the Nook instead of the Kindle because of horrible customer service we've experience from Amazon. Just something to consider... Good Luck and Merry Christmas!
Linoge has something about this with some good comments as well:
http://www.wallsofthecity.net/2010/12/kindle-woes.html
I'd probably go Nook if I had to choose between those two.
Nook is open source OS. Plus, you can side load the content instead of being forced to go through someone else's server.
I personally lean to the Nook because, as was pointed out, it is easier to load content on it without going through Amazon. Also, if you spend a great deal of time in B&N physical locations, you can read books for free.
Both -- on a Blackberry Storm, or a Droid. Handy size, and you're not limited to what exists in one publisher's library of e-books. Both Kindle and Nook have free reader apps for multiple platforms. Handy to have multiple books wherever your phone is.
I originally did it as a trial, to see if I would like reading e-books. Now, I barely read anything else.
I have a kobo (borders version of the nook) and I love it. Kobo/Nook allow loading of ebooks borrowed from the library; the kindle does not.
I second the app+existing technology route. You always have your phone, probably have your ipod if you have one, and at home you can use your pc/laptop. The app syncs between devices so you can pick up on one device where you left off on the other. I'm not an Apple fanboy, but you can also install the app on an ipad. Seems to me that would be more useful then the kindle or nook.
As far as putting it on an iPhone, Mom G. prefers a larger platform (and doesn't have a smartphone of any stripe to begin with).
For her to get an iPad (which would be the size she wants), she'd be spending ~ $700 for the iPad rather than $200 - $300 for an e-reader...
I will also recommend the Nook; my wife and I each have one. Much easier to "sideload" content, something that you can't do well with the Kindle.
Just gave my wife the nook color for her birthday. She liked the backlit screen.
Nook has the ability to share books plus load books from your PC with Adobe and other file formats.
I read that B&N is supposed to be opening the platform up for Android apps although it is not yet unless you do the equivalent of JailBreaking it.
Either Way Nook in B&W or Color is my oninion on he way to go. (Note the Nook Color is Wi-Fi Only).
Maybe even be able to run skype for VC and BB&Guns
Interesting timing, Jay - I just decided yesterday that I'm putting the Kindle on my wish list. (Kindle will have loaning books in near future, according to Amazon, BTW).
Why not the Nook? Well... I really like the Nook's MicroSD card slot. And it does seem to read a lot of formats. HOWEVER... the interface SUCKS. Sucks big red rocks, in fact. It's totally counter-intuitive for anyone who's spent the last several years using Windoze, in fact. I tried both out in the store (Best Buy has demo versions of both in their store, interestingly enough) and even though Nook has the book-loaning, even though my best friend is going to get all butt-hurt that I'm not going to get the same reader he & his wife recommend (I get the same reaction because I won't even consider GM cars, and he loves his Chevvys), I just can't get past that darned touchscreen interface. It's awful.
The Kindle, OTOH, just has a simple 4-way button. And contrary to what has been said here, apparently you CAN upload stuff directly to the Kindle, and there are conversion programs out there to convert most any format to the Kindle format. (which is important to me as I have several hundred PDB files).
Nook all the way. My wife loves hers. Has stopped buying the paper version of any book that she can get on her Nook.
I'm holding out for the color Nook (birthday coming up) which I will use as a big Android App toy (read: development system).
I actually prefer the offerings by Sony. I have had two Sony readers and love them. Made of Metal, and easy to load files onto them with the included cable. No wireless capability needed.
And I have purchased epubs all over and read them on the Sony, and get them from our local library.
I really like my kindle, and if you get the wifi only version you are looking at only $140 out of your bank account. And everyone I've heard who talks about the Nook mentions the slow touch screen interface.
iPad or Android Tablet that way you can (with apps) have either Nook or Kindle formatted books available. I got aNoo0k and then discovered a lot of the firearms related books I wanted to read were only available for Kindle users.
$499 iPad
Then you can read anything on it.
And do other things.
I haven't touched my Kindle2 since I got the iPad.
I blindly got a Kindle for mom this year. I did amazingly little research and wanted to not spend a bundle since mom has zero tech savvy.
The kindle lets you email documents to it, or she can get a book with one click from amazon (which has a ton of free books). Very nice display, and can also surf the web, or go right to amazon for more books, etc. It has a nice feature of reading the book to you as well.... I am very impressed with the legibility, size, capacity, etc. The $140 wifi version is great, and the 3G vesrion is a little more but there is no charge for 3g connectivity.
I see a lot of folks here advocating the nook, and while I have never played with a nook, the kindle blows me away. If the nook is better, so be it, but for $140 I cannot complain at all.
The kindle is loaded up with 40 books so mom can get into it before she manages to connect to her wifi.
One word of caution though, if you buy a kindle as a gift, it comes logged in to your amazon account - meaning whomever owns it can buy stuff and charge it to the CC you have on file with amazon.
I bought my wife a nookColor. Great tablet, if a bit buggy. It Occasionally locks up and is fixed by turning the screen off and back on. The screen resolution is awesome. It also has a few minor games like Sudoku. There's a built in web browser, it plays music, accepts micro SD cards and can read all popular 3rd party formats like PDF and epub.
Nook Color. Android 2.1 (warered down for ease of use) and all the Nook benefits, plus color and a backlit screen, as well as the (coming soon) ability to add other apps.
Also, you could root it and side load current Android Apps. ;-)
I'll chime in for the Kindle as well, have had mine for about a year and love it. I'm not looking for content other than books and not particularly tech savvy. All I know is it works for me. Got the daughter the wi-fi version this year and so far she's pleased.
I am looking at Kindle also. Although the CRUZ is still catching my eye.
http://cruztablet.com/
All I know about Android though is.....yeah nothing..
My nephew has a Kindle and really likes it.
Not decided yet...An iPad still lurks in the mix...cost is prohibitive though.
I just a poor white boy....
Go kindle or Ipad
Barns and Nobel last I heard is trouble and could be sold or go under.
Love my Kindle. Have an iPad as well but for reading the non-backlit screen of the Kindle is much more comfortable on my eyes. Plus, the Kindle is a lot lighter and fits in my purse better. In my family , we now have 8 Kindles (several more than two years old) and so far have had no problems and all love them. I have read over 500 books on mine. If you go with Nook I would not recommend the color, just because of the backlit screen being so tiring for ones eyes. I have found that Calibre works to translate most formats into Kindle's .azw and the free sites I use most (Baen Free Library and Manybooks.net) offer their books in Kindle format. Plus there are many free books available from Amazon. A friend did have a problem with the wifi Kindle, but Amazon replaced it with no problem after one phone call. Furthermore, I,too, would worry about the fact the BN is up for sale and their ebook site Fictionwise doesn't offer everything in the epub format. You can side load content on the Kindle but don't have to and on my Sony eReader there is no option other than through your computer. What if I were out somewhere and had a book emergency and no computer access? The horror!
Katia
Nook.
Kindle is Amazon's baby only, and they've already proved willing to delete purchased books out of peoples' libraries just because.
Also, the Nook, though sold by B&N is not propritary to them and you can get books from other sources easily enough.
I have an iPad.
It is the wifi version and it does everything either of the others do and so much more.
It is only $200 more. Worth it in the long run.
NOOK!!! I've had mine for a year with NO problems, and it also handles Epub books with no issues. I get 14-15 hours out of a single charge in airplane mode.
I love Amazon. I get boxes from them at least once a week.
I will not buy a kindle. They've repeatedly deleted PURCHASED content from the readers (though, I believe they've refunded the money), swore they wouldn't do it again, then did it again. Their content is DRM'd, so your library is stuck on the kindle platform forever, unless you violate the DMCA and rip the DRM off the files. Also, I don't believe the Kindle has any sort of external card slot to add an SD card or similar.
I'll stick with something a bit more consumer friendly...
I've actually been considering getting an Android tablet for my wife. The Nook and the Kindle are just too single-purpose, with an Android tablet like the Archos 70 or something similar she can surf the web, use apps, and basically do anything an Android phone can do but make cell phone calls... and she can use Skype, as long as she has a WiFi signal.
However, my wife and I are computer techs and able to figure it out if something goes a little wonky. If you're only wanting something to read books, I'd suggest the Nook myself.
Thought I would thank you for bringing this up. I've been thinking about a reader, but don't know anybody with one. It helps to read some real user reviews (I son't really trust those site reviews).
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