Nook vs. Kindle
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Re: Nook vs. Kindle
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I've tried and tried to train myself not to do that but it still happens fairly regularly, especially when I'm particularly engrossed in the book. This is an extremely irritating problem and I haven't been able to come up with a good solution. I tried putting non-conductive tape over that area and that worked but then I had no way to get to the Home screen when I needed to.
The other problem is that they've made the text in the dictionary display in a light gray on a white background and my old eyes just can't read it. This is a mistake that's so incredibly dumb that no-one with any sense whatever could possibly have done it. And yet, there it is!
Other than those two problems I really do like the Nook. It has a great screen, a very even front light, good interface and a nice feel in my hand. They got so much right but they really screwed up with those two silly problems.
Barry
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I can (and usually do) buy a Kindle book, download it to Kindle for PC and have it converted and ready for my Nook or Kobo in less than a minute.
I do buy my books and I'm not suggesting that you not buy them. But I feel like once bought I have the right to read it on any device I choose.
Barry
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@"BarryEM" are you happy with the Voyage? Is it better than the Paperwhite? I am considering buying it.BarryEM wrote:I have a Kindle Voyage and a Paperwhite and a Nook Glowlight Plus, the latest Nook. There's much that's good to say about both platforms but I don't use the Nook much because of a couple of really silly design flaws. The biggest problem is the Home button on the bottom of the Nook, which on this model is a capacative button right where I want to hold the thing. I'll be reading along and accidentally touch near the button and find myself back at the home screen.
I've tried and tried to train myself not to do that but it still happens fairly regularly, especially when I'm particularly engrossed in the book. This is an extremely irritating problem and I haven't been able to come up with a good solution. I tried putting non-conductive tape over that area and that worked but then I had no way to get to the Home screen when I needed to.
The other problem is that they've made the text in the dictionary display in a light gray on a white background and my old eyes just can't read it. This is a mistake that's so incredibly dumb that no-one with any sense whatever could possibly have done it. And yet, there it is!
Other than those two problems I really do like the Nook. It has a great screen, a very even front light, good interface and a nice feel in my hand. They got so much right but they really screwed up with those two silly problems.
Barry
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Nook vs Kindle is simply a matter of taste. I have both and I prefer the Kindle. Others prefer the Nook. The vast majority of the people buying these things get Kindles so there's a clue. I've listed the two things I don't like about my Nook in a previous message. Other than that it's a very nice device. Be aware that Nook is only useful if you live in the USA. You can't get books for it without a USA B&N account. Also there's some question of continued support. They're losing a lot of money every year. Maybe they'll turn that around but at the moment it isn't very promising.El_greco wrote:Which is better? Or if i put it in another way, is Nook equally as good as Kindle?
And another urgent question before my purchase: What's with reading .pdf files, do i have to convert them or sth, or just load them in the reader?
Of all the e-ink ereaders the Kindle is said to be the best for PDF. I don't use PDF so I can't really comment. I'm just going by what I've read. I've also read that even on the Kindle it's not a particularly good format because most PDF's won't flow the text. If you enlarge the text the ends of the lines go off the screen.
Personally if you're thinking of getting your first ereader I can't think of any good reason to pick a Nook. But a lot of people do.
In another post someone said epub is the most common format. It's true that all the little guys use epub. Amazon, who sells 85% of the ebooks in the USA uses mobi so the vast majority of ebooks sold in the USA use mobi. I understand that's less true in other parts of the world.
One more thing: a lot of people saying "Kindle" or "Nook" seem to be talking about tablets while others seem to be talking about e-ink ereaders. Those are very different and barely related devices and it's worthwhile to take the trouble to make sure your post describes which you're talking about or you just add to the confusion. Most things that are true of a Nook tablet are not true of a Nook e-ink ereader and vice-versa. It's the same with Kindles and Fire tablets. They're very different.
E-ink readers are designed to read books. They do that beautifully but they're not very good at anything else. Fire tablets and Nook tablets are designed to do a lot of things. You can also read books on them but that's kind of limited in quite a few ways. They're not bad for reading books but they're hardly ideal. Both companies have done us a disservice by calling them by the same name. That creates a lot of confusion and this discussion has a few examples of that.
Barry
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This is because Barnes and Noble stopped selling in Europe. If you managed to get a Nook in Europe you couldn't buy books for it without a USA account. It has nothing to do with a blockade. B&N is in decline and they've simply withdrawn to the USA.El_greco wrote:I was trying to buy it via Barnes&Noble directly, and their customer service told me there's currently no way of getting it shipped to Europe. I think there must be a blockade of some sort also on other sites selling Nook. Don't know actually, waiting for Kindle to arrive now
Barry
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The Fire has the advantage of being an Amazon device which means it can't help but be useful but it's screen is rather poor, the sound isn't very good and it's interface can best be described as overly complex and sloppy. Even though I paid to have ads removed they still find ways to constantly send ads to it. I got it from Best Buy when they had it on sale for $33 with free shipping and it's worth that. If I'd paid $50 for it I'd have been disappointed.
Something to consider is getting a Kindle Paperwhite for reading, at least if you do much reading. It's useless for anything else but you already have the Samsung for tablet purposes and the Paperwhite is a much better reading device.
If you want a better tablet I'd consider a major brand such as Lenovo or Asus or Acer. They make better tablets. So does Samsung. The Galaxy Tab 4 is a really nice tablet.
Barry
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