eReader

[geminigirl]

Nook or Kindle? Which would you choose? Why?

I know there are other eReaders out there, but for reasons that aren't relevant to this discussion, Cayne would prefer I bought one of those two.

Comments

[slinkr.livejournal.com]

I haven't tried a Nook, but I'm really happy with the Kindle. It's pretty much the only thing I take for reading when I travel (at home, I mostly read library books). Good points: never have to sync it to a computer, great battery life, built-in dictionary, screen and controls are good. I really don't have any complaints about it except that Amazon's mind-reading technology isn't good enough to predict exactly what I want to read yet.

I sometimes use the Kindle iPhone app to download samples when I'm trying to decide what to read. I find the iPhone a little too small for reading an actual book, but some people like it.

Why are you looking for an e-book reader? I bought mine because of travel and because e-books don't need any shelf space (it was cheaper than a bigger house).

[geminigirl]

There's a Kindle app for my phone (Droid) but it's so small that it would drive me nuts.

I read a lot but have very limited library time that doesn't involve small children, so I'd like to be able to purchase less expensively and more easily and not have to store books, though I tend to clear out and donate stuff periodically. I also want it for travel-fewer things to pack/carry/keep track of if I'm not carrying books.

[slinkr.livejournal.com]

The Kindle would definitely work for that. The phone app is really convenient if you are out and about and see a book you'd like to read later - you fire up the app and download a sample (you can even send it to the Kindle to be downloaded the next time it connects). Every time I start up my Kindle and turn on the wireless, I get a flurry of samples that I had previously decided looked interesting.