Any Nook owners out there?

[Whitehouse Quail]

I am thinking about getting a Barnes & Noble ebook reader called the Nook:

http://www.nook.com/

I was just wondering if anyone has this, or has a review/opinion on it.

Thanks in advance!

(IF you don't have it, let me know what you think of it!)

 

[Southernbelle]

I have the Barnes and Noble eBook app on my iPod touch (it's a free app) and I have access to the same database of books. The format is fine, I don't need to be holding a book to get into the story. I like how compact it is and easy to carry with me, but when it comes to books, I'm really frugal. I hate the idea of spending up to $10/book when I have thousands of books at my fingertips in the library for free, or for a few bucks at a used book store, plus I already have hundreds of books at home and I get a lot of them free from www.paperbackswap.com.

I've downloaded a few free ones from Barnes and Noble, but they're old books: The Last of the Mohicans and Sense and Sensability. I saw the Twilight books were cheap, I might download those

For the cost of the Nook you could get a 1st or 2nd generation iPod and get the reader plus everything else the iPod does, too.
I have a lot of music, a few movies that we got free digital copies for, pictures of my kids, a lot of games, email, my calender and appointments, contact information, google maps, internet radio, facebook, etc, etc.

 

[Whitehouse Quail]

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Very good suggestions; but I already have an iPod with the Barnes and Noble app on it!

 

[PotterWatch]

I have a kindle, not a nook so I can't help with that, but I do LOVE my kindle!

 

[1mommahen]

My nook is ordered. My friend got one for Christmas and loves it. Her husband has the Kindle and he is jealous of her nook!

 

[hippichick]

I've got a Kindle too, and absolutely love it.

 

[PotterWatch]

http://www.barnesandnoble.com/nook/compare/?cds2Pid=30195

Looking at the comparison between nook and kindle, there isn't much else that the nook offers that I am interested in. I don't care for touch screens, so that isn't a big draw for me. I do like that the nook can lend to others, but I don't like that it doesn't have text-to-speech or word document transfer capabilities. So I guess, you just have to look at the comparison and see which has the features that mean more to you. I know the nook says it has expandable memory and the kindle doesn't but that is kind of misleading. I may not be able to add memory to my kindle, but I can archive books to my kindle account and recall them at any time, so I can go above and beyond the 1500 books easily (though my husband may not care for how much money I would spend

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[Slinkytoys]

Just got my Nook! It's easy to use, I love the convenience. It will be great for travel as I usually end up with half of my suitcase full of books. Now I can take more clothes!
Check out the free book section, they add new books quite often. One of the benefits---you can read any book for free while at B&N.
Slinky