Posted on 12/13/2012 7:57:13 PM PST by This Just In
Nook is designed to work best with e-books downloaded from the Barnes & Noble e-book store.
Kindle is designed to work best with e-books downloaded from the Amazon e-book store.
The Amazon e-book store has more titles (by a large margin) and sometimes better prices than the Barnes & Noble e-book store.
Nook and Kindle apps exist for Android and iOS tablets; thus an Android or iOS tablet can behave as though it were either a Kindle or a Nook, depending on which app it is running.
You don't need wifi to download a book with Kindle. You can use the USB cable for Kindle and likely the Nook also. Wifi downloads are convenient.
Getting non kindle ebook formats into the Kindle require that you use the USB cable.
Sweet. I love simply soft yarns. TY. I’ll try it. Hubby won’t be happy. Feels like he’s wading in yarn already. : )
When I was trying to decide which eReader to get, I sat in front of a shelf of my favorite books and searched for them at the supplier for each of the readers I was considering.
Kindle carried, by far, the largest number of my favorites.
ANY of the eReaders will support all those free books. Be honest, how long are you going to be content reading the literature of the past?
Whatever you do, avoid the Kindle. They’re inferior devices to the Nooks both in performance and ease of use.
Michaels had a 50% off sale on yarn a few weeks ago... sigh. I was worried I would buy them out but they were prepared for me.
Really. If I have a Kindle, I can read my books. So your best argument, in claiming that I have to buy $600 of devices to compare to the $329 iPad is book reading. Didn’t convince me.
So, if I were looking for a tablet, I would be out $159 for the Kindle Fire, or $329 for the iPad.
Oh, and I forgot to say, I love crocheting with that brand yarn, the fatigue factor is negligible. I put together a cheesy baby afghan this summer with redheart, probably will never use that brand again.
That’s great! I don’t care for redheart either. Do love Simply Soft though. I have started crocheting premie caps and it’s fabulous for that project. We need a yarn thread. : )
you can into any B&N and read the best sellers for an hour for free. there are folks who read entire books that way over a period of time. it is also a good way to check out books before buying them. i have not bought history books after “checking them out” for an hour. i use my COLOR NOOK to read, play some games, and surf the internet
First, prayers for the CT community this horrible morning. Just can’t fathom those who would make that choice.
I need to make more caps. I started some last summer, but then got sidetracked with some ill health and finishing some school. Now I am back to it. I have a plan to tackle a tunisian stitch over the next few weeks. And then I want to do a project or so with the bavarian stitch.
I agree on the yarn thread. Yarn is getting so darn expensive. I realized that it has went from $2.29 to $4.29 in a matter of a few years. Just craziness. And I have wanted to try some of the unique, one of a kind yarns, but the costs are prohibitive, at least right now.
A Kindle can read e-books purchased from Amazon.
A Nook can read e-books purchased from B&N.
A Kindle cannot read e-books purchased from B&N, iTunes, Kobe, or any other e-book retailer (PDFs and a few cracked or open formats aside).
A Nook cannot read e-books purchased from Amazon, iTunes, Kobe, or any other e-book retailer (PDFs and a few cracked or open formats aside).
An iPad CAN read e-books purchased from Amazon, B&N, iTunes, Kobe, and many other retailers, along with a bunch of other sources.
If all your books come from Amazon, then consider a Kindle.
If you’re ever going to be interested in buying books from any other source, your options are either an iPad or multiple tablets that will soon, together, cost as much or more than an iPad.
Along with many online lending libraries, including local libraries.
Personally, since all of my books are either from Amazon or a library that supports Kindle format, I think the Kindle probably suits the purposes of a basic user at less than 1/2 of the cost of your iPad suggestion, for the tablet version. If someone is looking for just a reader, they can get one for $70.
So the "added" gain that you trumpeted isn't really all of that true. Now, I am biased as I have been absolutely pleased with the performance of the Kindle for my reading needs, Amazon's product line, and the availability of other online resources that my needs will never be able to exceed.
My wife and two elementary school aged daughters have Nook Colors. They are all set up under her BN account so she controls what they have. Her mother and sister also have them and share books amongst themselves. They absolutely love them. They must be pretty easy to use as I have never been asked to figure something out... However, I do know her mom has gone into BN for assistance- and was very pleased. The kids have stopped asking for iPads since they got Nooks...
Great website - can sign up for daiy emails also - give you cheap and/or free books to check out every day.
I have found a ton of great authors via this site and saved lots of money when I’m bored and want a new book.
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