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Bateluer

Bateluer

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KLin said:
Definitely Ipad.

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Lumathix said:
Did you even read the thread? Have you researched the differences between reading a book on an eInk display versus an LCD device with a backlight? Have you tried to read a book on an LCD?

I doubt it.
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Agreed, the iPad isn't even in serious discussion for an ebook reader purchase. Its LCD screen and extremely high price very effectively take it out of the running.
 
Lumathix

Lumathix

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Bateluer said:
Those comments were with the 1.2 firmware?

I really want to get a nook, played with one Best buy the other day with 1.3 firmware on it, not too shabby. Few other fiscal quandaries are holding me back though.
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Going from 1.2 to 1.3 on this device is night and day.
I really enjoy my nook. If my wife weren't hooked on her other new toys, netbook, droid incredible and iPod Nano, she would spend more time with her Nook also!

Yes she's spoiled.
 
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Spoooon

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Broke down and bought a nook yesterday on impulse while the wife was getting a haircut. And bought 2 books for it. It's amazing to me how much it's like paper. Earns bonus points for using Android.

After reading for a couple hours last night and then hopping on the computer... there's just no way LCD can compete (to me anyway) if you plan on reading for hours on end.
 
TangoJuliet

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Gave my wife the Nook today as her mother's day present and she loves it. Had to show her how to use it but she got the hang of it pretty quick and loaded a book onto it.

Even her mother was jealous of the gift and told her husband that is what she would have liked :)
 
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Spoooon

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One thing that I would like to see is the ability to set a default font size and to then have any changes saved on a per book basis.
 
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pm

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Spoooon said:
One thing that I would like to see is the ability to set a default font size and to then have any changes saved on a per book basis.
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You have to change the font every time you read a new book? Never seen that before.


Played with my mother's Sony e-reader last night. It's nice - the touchscreen on it is not very sensitive, but it has a lot of inputs and it's super easy to use, and the e-ink is good. The resolution isn't as high as I thought it would be. On the other hand, I loaded one of the books my wife wrote on it and it looks really nice and it was super easy moving it over on an SD card.

I know the majority will shake their heads and sigh, but I prefer reading on my iPad. I put the Sony down on the couch and then sat there with the iPad and Sony looking at them both showing the same page and then had to go get up and turn up the light a bit so that I could see the Sony better. They aren't in the same league because of price and so it's not even a fair comparison but if money was not an issue and magically the iPad cost the same as a Sony e-reader, and all that I wanted to do was read books and nothing else, I'd still choose the iPad, or an Android of the same resolution/screen quality. I guess I'm just an LCD fan.


One other thing. I was at Barnes and Nobles buying travel books over the weekend, and the guy at the Nook display looked bored and I was thinking that buying an e-book version of a travel book would save weight and money so I asked him what travel books on Ireland they had for the Nook and he searched and they didn't have any. On the other hand, on the Kindle there's dozens. Is that common? To have that much of a difference between catalogs? That there would be literally a dozen or more travel guides for Ireland for the Kindle and not a single one for the Nook?
 
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Spoooon

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I think the Barnes and Noble ebook catalog is not near as robust as Amazon's.

I think they need to all go epub or have some sort of standard to facilitate some growth and competition in the market. New to the ebook thing, so I don't know what's going as far as that stuff goes.

As far as font size, you do just set a default font. But I'm sharing mine with my wife who prefers a larger font than I do, so it would be cool if you could set a global preference, and then have changes saved on a per book basis as well.
 
Bacstar

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I have the 2nd gen, Sony Ebook reader, and definitely use it for all my book reading nowadays. It's like reading a regular book, and I can read for hours without eyestrain. I got one of those ebook reading lights that is designed like a glass wedge that covers the screen for reading in the dark or while in bed.

As for getting books to read for it, there are multitude of ebook stores/sites online and there's a great program called Calibre that does all kinds of different format conversions for multiple ereaders, I suggest you check it out.

http://calibre-ebook.com/
 
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TangoJuliet

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Bacstar said:
As for getting books to read for it, there are multitude of ebook stores/sites online and there's a great program called Calibre that does all kinds of different format conversions for multiple ereaders, I suggest you check it out.

http://calibre-ebook.com/
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Yep, I already got it installed on the wife's laptop. That was the first thing I did before I imported anything. Its a nice little free program.
 
Bateluer

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I bought my nook this evening. Haven't had much time to play with it, got it set up, registered it and bought a single book. Oh, updated to 1.3 as well.

Will need more time to get a feel for it. :)
 
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pm said:
You have to change the font every time you read a new book? Never seen that before.


Played with my mother's Sony e-reader last night. It's nice - the touchscreen on it is not very sensitive, but it has a lot of inputs and it's super easy to use, and the e-ink is good. The resolution isn't as high as I thought it would be. On the other hand, I loaded one of the books my wife wrote on it and it looks really nice and it was super easy moving it over on an SD card.

I know the majority will shake their heads and sigh, but I prefer reading on my iPad. I put the Sony down on the couch and then sat there with the iPad and Sony looking at them both showing the same page and then had to go get up and turn up the light a bit so that I could see the Sony better. They aren't in the same league because of price and so it's not even a fair comparison but if money was not an issue and magically the iPad cost the same as a Sony e-reader, and all that I wanted to do was read books and nothing else, I'd still choose the iPad, or an Android of the same resolution/screen quality. I guess I'm just an LCD fan.


One other thing. I was at Barnes and Nobles buying travel books over the weekend, and the guy at the Nook display looked bored and I was thinking that buying an e-book version of a travel book would save weight and money so I asked him what travel books on Ireland they had for the Nook and he searched and they didn't have any. On the other hand, on the Kindle there's dozens. Is that common? To have that much of a difference between catalogs? That there would be literally a dozen or more travel guides for Ireland for the Kindle and not a single one for the Nook?
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Hmm either the sales associate needs some training
here are the ebooks for Ireland

http://productsearch.barnesandnoble...nd&CAT=914218&FMT=EBOOK&SRT=R&DREF=324&SZE=10


and here are all the Travel books you can download on the Nook

http://productsearch.barnesandnoble...914218&FMT=EBOOK&cds2Pid=29168&linkid=1562535



The Nook is really sweet.
Love the fact that I can go to my Public Library and check out ebooks via e-Pub
 
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