Would you reccomend the kindle or the nook? (e-readers)?
Which one can i buy the books on cheaper? The kindle’s books are all $10.99 i think. How much are they on the nook? Again, which one would you prefer? detail about them? any ups or downs? thanks in advance!! 
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November 7th, 2009 at 8:32 am
Im not sure if B&N has released standard book prices yet but the 2 devices cost almost the same, but the Nook is quite a bit more advanced. The biggest advantages the Nook has is the customization, larger book selection, free books, ability to share books with friends/family for free, and a color screen that has no glare, or so they claim.
November 7th, 2009 at 8:49 am
Here are the best sellers on the Kindle. Most of them are under $10, and there are some free and very cheap ones. The Nook hasn’t released the price of books yet, but it is predicted to be a bit more expensive than those on the Kindle.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/redirect.html?ie=UTF8&location=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2FBooks-Kindle%2Fb%3Fie%3DUTF8%26node%3D154606011%26ref%255F%3Dsv%255Fkinc%255F1&tag=ereader-2-20&linkCode=ur2&camp=1789&creative=390957
Between the Barnes and Noble Nook and the Amazon Kindle. From the official page of B&N, here is how the Nook compares with the Kindle:
http://www.barnesandnoble.com/nook/compare/
Since Barnes and Noble page is only mentioning the advantage of the Nook over the Kindle, let me try to tell more about the benefit of the Kindle 2 over the Nook:
- There is no internet browser for the Nook. So even with Wi-Fi, you can only use it to purchase book. You cannot do searching in Google, Wikipedia, check email, etc., like what you can do with the Kindle.
- The Amazon Kindle has international free 3G wireless which covers over 100 countries. So even if you’re in places like the UK or Australia, you can access the internet with the Kindle free of charge. The Nook has wireless only within the U.S., and is limited for use of buying books only
- The Kindle is available outside the U.S. (it ships to 176 countries), while the Nook only ship within the U.S. at this moment.
- The Kindle has text-to-speech function, so it can treat an ebook like audio book. This function is not present on the Nook.
- Amazon is already doing some change after the Nook is announced (still more than one month for it to be available). They dropped the price of their International Kindle even further. And they are going to release a PC software which can read their Kindle books.
One more thing to be aware is that, at first glance you may think the Nook can read ebooks with color touch screen. But indeed the color touch screen is only a small screen beneath the greyscale eink screen, and seems it is only used to browse the cover of ebooks.
In my opinion, it is a tie between the Kindle and the Barnes and Noble. But if you may travel and you enjoy reading during your trip, you should go for the Kindle for sure. Moreover, I trust the Kindle will come up with some strategies very soon, like improving their lending book function. The Kindle is the biggest player in the ereader market right now, and I believe it will put enormous effort to hold its position.
I recommend this article as well, it is the best review on ebook readers I’ve ever read:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/redirect.html?ie=UTF8&location=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2Freview%2FR3QM7LGL62MZ4X%3Fie%3DUTF8%26ref%255F%3Dcm%255Fcr%255Frdp%255Fperm&tag=ereader-2-20&linkCode=ur2&camp=1789&creative=390957
Hope this helps you decide.
November 7th, 2009 at 9:14 am
Kindle has a much larger collection of available books