Nook, Kindle, or IPad?
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Re: Nook, Kindle, or IPad?
I use mine strictly for reading & have a Nook. I love it because it's so much more convenient to travel with & it's easy to buy books. You also have tech support available in person at any Barnes & Noble.
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I have a 1st generation Kindle Fire (7"), 4th generation Basic Kindle e-reader and an iPad 4.
Admittedly, I hardly ever use the Kindle e-reader. But I like it because it's very small (less than 6 oz.), with a no-glare screen. Very compact and portable. The battery lasts up to a month. It's older technology (released by Amazon two and a half years ago, which is eons ago in the e-reader/tablet universe), but still available on Amazon. And at $69 it's one of the most affordable e-readers out there. Drawbacks - It is a bit more difficult to use because it doesn't have a touch screen. There are buttons for navigation at the bottom and sides of the device. You call up an on-screen keyboard, and then you have to use the buttons to navigate and choose letters. It has wifi, but it's cumbersome and time-consuming to navigate the web without a touch screen. If you want just a basic e-reader, spend a little extra and get the Paperwhite.
The Kindle Fire is great. Easy to use and still portable. And it's not just an e-reader, it's a tablet. You can get the 1st generation on Amazon for $139. Probably more bang for your buck than any other e-reader, because it has lots of other cool capabilities, and about the same price as the Paperwhite. Keep in mind that this generation Kindle is older and has some limitations. If you're looking for something more than an e-reader, get something newer.
My favorite is the iPad. It's not as portable, but I prefer the larger screen. And I find it the most user friendly. When I read at home, I usually use the iPad. When reading books to review, I use a PDF annotating program so I can make notes right in the book itself. The Kindle app is on it, so it syncs with the Kindle Reader & Kindle Fire and I can pick up where I left off reading on any device.
I'd like to try the Paperwhite, but I guess I don't need a fourth device.
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I also like that my Paperwhite is a dedicated e-reader. I tried reading on the Ipad, and I got too distracted with email, games, and other items to use the Ipad as an e-reader. The Kindle readers are made for one thing and one thing only--reading, and they are excellent devices. The Ipad is an excellent device, but it's meant to handle a thousand other kinds of tasks and programs, so its design is not focussed on reading.
I also tried the Nook at one point, but found the Nook a bit buggy (I had the first one that came out.)
I'd consider the Kindle Paperwhite.
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Reading on phone or tablet is not as eye friendly as an ereader is.
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Personally, I love my Kindle. Though I admit Amazon's near-monopoly on ebooks is a little disconcerting, I have found the Kindle a great device with a huge selection and (for the most part) reasonable prices. To me, the biggest drawback is the DRM. I also still buy paperback books, but usually only from series I know I like, since it's much easier to get rid of an ebook if you decide you don't like it than a paperback book, in my opinion.
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If you only read once in a while and already have an iPad or Kindle Fire, than you can just use the amazon app (or any other ebook reader app) on there. The functionality is efficient if you can take staring at a backlit screen for long periods of time.
Also battery life on paperwhite is ridiculously good.