Comments on: Kindle 2 vs. Nook

By: deb

deb — Mon, 31 May 2010 20:06:53 +0000

i have a kindle 2, and my friend has a nook. She (Casey & I belong to a book club. Casey can not alwys get the books on her nook, where as my Kindle 2 has never had a problem. She is also having a hard time with finding WiFi spots to download a book. I had been in the middle of the Gulf of Mexica, and was able to downlaod a book….so I say the Kindle seems more user friendly. The only question is , I would like to buy her a specific book for her birthday. Can I buy it and have it loaded on her nook somehow?

By: Jain

Jain — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 19:15:57 +0000

Library books on the Nook- yes, it is possible. Some county libraries offer e-books. Depending on what the library offers, there are multiple types of e-book services that use Adobe or the pdb format to check out books. I haven’t done it yet, as I’m in the middle of a series, but I know that it can be done without breaking the DRM.

As far as the Kindle vs. Nook issue, the Nook is more reader/user friendly. If you want an Ipad get an Ipad not a Kindle.

By: San

San — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 15:08:31 +0000

I received my kindle 2 as a holiday gift. 8 days prior, I had the opportunity to fiddle with the Nook at my local B&N. I was excited about the color screen, which displays your book collection in coverflow style, which I prefer. I think I would have purchased it immediately if Nook was in stock. Since it wasn”t….well 8 days later I received my holiday Kindle 2. I love my Kindle 2. I wanted an eReader for the purpose of reading books. The battery life is great and longer than the Nook–the color screen uses more battery life. I charged my Kindle 2 and read for almost 7-9 days without charging. I love the aspect of receiving e-mail on my Kindle 2. Not Spam, just email from those whom I authorize in my Kindle 2 settings. The “text to talk” option is a bonus, but due to the robotic sound it is not a killer feature over the Nook. If I want an audiobook, I use my iPod where I can listen to professionals doing a great job. You can download music to the Kindle 2 and play it in the background while reading. This is not a feature I would use either. When I read I simply want to relax, quietly and read. My Kindle 2 suits my needs perfectly. Loaning books is not something I need to do, thus this feature on the Nook matters little to me. Visually the Kindle 2 is sweet. The Nooks is also sweet. I have had no problems finding books on Amazon. The Kindle 2 is very responsive. No lagging whatsoever. The QWERTY keyboard does take up a lot of space and a touch screen keyboard would be great, but it too is not a major factor. I only use a few function keys on my Kindle. If you do a lot of note taking which you can do with the Kindle 2, it simply comes down to your personal taste. I have an iphone and a Blackberry so I can appreciate the differences. Simply a matter of taste. Bottom Line: I have other gadgets for other things — love my macbook pro, love my iPhone 3gs, love my iTouch, love my iPod…..i love to read. I love my Kindle 2. Will i buy the Nook when it is no longer on back order? Yes I will. Not because it is better than the Kindle, but just because I love all gadgets.

By: Joe Elwell

Joe Elwell — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 15:35:10 +0000

I’ll buy the first ebook reader that supports the library function described in the original blog post:

“I’d also like to be able to bring my eReader (say, my Nook) into a public library and be able to take out library books by putting them on my eReader and then the book just disappears after the 2-week take-out period.”

Except, why bring the reader into the library? If I were able to borrow them online from my library, it would save me the trip. Then I’d be willing to use an eReader. Until then – I’d rather borrow real books.

By: Robert

Robert — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 00:30:32 +0000

I just ordered a Kindle 2 from Amazon and cancelled my nook pre-order. The reason: I can have the Kindle 2 tomorrow, and I can’t get the nook until February some time. I may just re-sell the Kindle 2 when the nook is available and go with that, but it will depend on my Kindle experience and my lust for new gadgets. I’d prefer the nook, with the browse feature inside B&N stores, but lets see what the Kindle 2 offers.

By: Haplo

Haplo — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 00:43:14 +0000

I read about 30 books a year, and have recently received my Kindle 2 international version (have read 3 books in it so far) and I can say this:

The Nook looks gorgeous indeed, we see in colour, so anything with colour on it will obviously appeal us more. Hence, the colour touch screen on the Nook seems fantastic. But (there’s always a but) I found myself holding the Kindle in a manner that puts my thumbs over the little keyboard, not hard enough to actually press any key, but they seem to be there all the time. So, on the Nook I figure my thumbs would tend to be in the same position, with the smudging and greasing effect that will have on the touchscreen. I’ve always disliked touchscreens because they get dirty in no time. The Nook will be impossible to keep clean, and readers are clean people

And another thing, you don’t really need more than 1GB of storage on a device like these. It’s way too much. I find it more useful just to drop the books I plan to read on the near future than having my entire digital library there, via Calibre, of course.

I hope my comment helps people. I certainly haven’t read anything about the actual experience of holding them and reading on them, it seems most everyone just focuses on the tech specs, wich is fine, but we also need the “human” side of it.

Best reads!

By: Em

Em — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 18:20:23 +0000

Out of curiousity has anyone seen anything about the nook’s policy for screen breakages?

I had a Sony reader for a month… loved it… was incredibly careful with it… and then one day I turned the page and the screen spontaneously cracked… Sony basically said “Oh well, screen breakages aren’t covered. It doesn’t matter if it wasn’t abused. No, it also doesn’t matter that you’ve only had it for a month. You have to pay for a screen replacement.”

With a screen replacement basically costing the same as a new reader I put my broken device to the side and decided to wait until either something more robust came around or screen breakages were recognized as a design flaw and covered for replacement at least within a certain time period. I was reading that the Kindle 2 is covered for (I think it was at least one) screen breakage which was tempting to me. Has anyone heard about the Nook’s policy yet?

I really love the idea of the ebook because I’m a geologist and when you travel up to camp for several months space in your packing is at a premium. A small device on which you can take your entire library (or at least the portion of it that you have in ebook format) would be absolutely amazing for that purpose! But I cannot read books on backlit screens… The e-ink is very appealing and for the short time I had the Sony reader I enjoyed several thick tomes that would have been otherwise difficult to transport together. My hesitation with the kindle 2 is the lack of SD card slot… and I’m still wary after my last experience with an e-ink reader…

By: Andrew

Andrew — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 17:00:50 +0000

If you’re going to complain about the design of the kindle 2 you should at least post a picture of it. The picture you used is of the original kindle.

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By: Dave Joyce

Dave Joyce — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 17:17:13 +0000

As of today, the Kindle now provides built-in PDF reader support. Read about it here. I wonder: what is the Amazon policy for converting previously purchased PDF eBooks to the Kindle format?