Nook Vs Kindle
 

Hello Asylum,


I recently became a really serious reader in pre revolutionary war history books. I was wondering if any inmates or significant others owned one? I'm on the fence on buying one. Any input would be greatly appericated.

Thanks,

Jon

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Jon...my wife loved her Kindle before I bought here an Ipad.

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Mac,

Thats intresting. I would love an Imac but life as a graduate student I need something cheap. I like to read a lot.....

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She still uses her Kindle from time to time..but the backlite on the Ipad doesn't even make it close (IMHO). Great tool for an avid reader though...and not that expensive. :tu

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I just bought the kindle wifi and love it. I don't have a nook but I did compare them.

The kindle doesn't have the mini touch screen so its lighter and gets 3X the battery life. The screen is amazing it looks like real paper. I have a couple classmates ordering them because I put some of the references books on it and its so easy to carry around.

I use calibre and sigil to edit epubs and convert them to mobi for the kindle. Both programs are easy and free.

I went with kindle over ipad because I have an iphone 4 and whenever I want to read outside the reflective screen makes it impossible.

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Thank You Sean

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Kindle

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no problemo.:D

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Just ordered a kindle for the old lady. Amazon.com has some great deals on them right now.

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I've got the first-run kindle and still use it daily. Battery life is awesome. (How's the battery life on that iPad? 4-5 days? :p )

That said, my gadgetitis forced me to give the nook a good once-over. It's solid, but I couldn't find enough of a cause to switch.

One thing I will say, is the nook allows you to read freely from Barnes & Noble's catalog if you're physically in the store, which is neat if you're hanging around in B&Ns alot.

But between brand loyalty and familiarity I have to vote for the Kindle. It just does exactly what it's supposed to do, the way it's supposed to do it.

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Barnes and Noble is having serious business issues right now, I'd be worried about that...