Nook vs. Kindle
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Nook vs. 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?
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One thing I am familiar with because I have researched it since I have been preparing an ebook review distribution service is the for formats each one can handle. All of the Kindles except the Fire cannot read EPUB ebooks, which I think is the most widely used ebook format particularly if you are getting the books from a third-party source such a library or website. The Nook can do PDF as can most Kindles. The Nook can't use MOBI, and the Kindle can but I think MOBI is only as popular as it is because it is used for the Kindle. Personally, I think EPUB support is much better than MOBI support.
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Out of curiosity, is the Nook pretty much completely unavailable in Europe or is it just from the seller you are using? Just wondering so maybe in the future I can save someone else the hassle of finding this information on their own like you had to.
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Is it true that one gets more reading hours from a fully charged Kindle Battery than from a fully charged Nook battery?moonbutterfly wrote:I have both and they are really too similar for this to be a deciding factor. Since you will be locked into their website and service, I would make that the determining factor, not the device itself. I have both eReaders and the Kindle Fire. When deciding which tablet to buy, I bought the Kindle Fire. The reality is the Nook Color was the better device, but Amazon had the better service. Another issue is will Barnes and Noble be around another ten years. Amazon most likely will be.
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If there is a difference it's not that noticeable. Wi-Fi however sucks the life out of both of them.Kowalskil wrote:Is it true that one gets more reading hours from a fully charged Kindle Battery than from a fully charged Nook battery?.
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Thatmoonbutterfly wrote:If there is a difference it's not that noticeable. Wi-Fi however sucks the life out of both of them.Kowalskil wrote:Is it true that one gets more reading hours from a fully charged Kindle Battery than from a fully charged Nook battery?.
Thanks, that is why I keep Wi-Fi off most of the time.moonbutterfly wrote:If there is a difference it's not that noticeable. Wi-Fi however sucks the life out of both of them.Kowalskil wrote:Is it true that one gets more reading hours from a fully charged Kindle Battery than from a fully charged Nook battery?.
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