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E-Reader Suggestions?!?!
I NEVER thought I would want any kind of an e-reader, but now I'm on the fence. I love the idea of reading an actual book, but I'm going on two trips in the next month and am gatherig the books I want to bring with me and the stack is huge. I also always carry a book with me and an e-reader might be more fitting in my purse.
So, if you have an e-reader which one do you have and what do you like/dislike about it. I want to be able to read outside so something I can see in sunny areas would be great.
Thanks!
Also, about how many books can you load onto an e-reader? Is it one at a time or can you load multiples?
Re: E-Reader Suggestions?!?!
There are a few on the market...
Amazon Kindle
Sony
B&N Nook
iPad
and there might be one more I'm not remembering...
That said, I have a kindle. I wanted one that was NOT backlit as my eyes are sensitive to looking at backlit screens. And I look at a computer all day, so I didn't want to prolong the backlight exposure. Looking at a white screen with black letters for long periods of time hurts my eyes. (I'm a programmer, and I always change my color setting so that the background is gray/brown. MS Office products are my nemesis!) Color or not was not a big priority for me.
My kindle will hold about 1000-1500 books? I like that I can download books wirelessly without a service, and I've gotten lots of books for free from Amazon. I search them online and then add them to my kindle profile (my kindle is linked to my amazon account) and then they get sent to my kindle. If I keep the wireless off, I can go about a week between charging. I can also read my kindle books on my android phone or iPod/iPhone and always sync between them to where I last read. That is a neat feature. I can add .pdf's and other formats to the kindle too, via email or via direct computer link. I'm sure the other e-readers have similar features.
I think any of the e-readers are awesome! For me, the kindle was the one, pretty much because of the backlit issue.
ETA: When I go tmy kindle, the other e-readers weren't on the market. My only options were the kindle and the sony one. Otherwise I might have considered the other non-backlit e-readers.
I have a Nook because I read that you can easily download library books onto it. (Library books = FREE and I love free!) :-) I'm on the waiting list for lots of titles because they have a limited number to download just like a real book. I didn't even bother looking at the Kindle because I knew I wanted library books on it.
My Nook will hold up to 1500 books all at once. It keeps track of where you are in each book, it's nice!!
I love that you can look up words as you read, that is probably my favorite feature.
I took it to the gym recently to read while on the elliptical and I increased the font size so I could easily read it. Love it!
I feel like I'm reading a paper page when I read my Nook. I didn't want the NookColor because it has a backlit screen and I get enough eye strain looking at my computer screen all day.
I love my Nook. A lot. :-) I really think you can't go wrong with any of the e-readers.
I have a kindle as well and I love it. my DH bought it for me as a surprise and I was skeptical but it has been great. I recently took it to Mexico and I had no issue reading outside in the sun and I was able to read 3 different books while there without carrying all that weight around with me.
A note about library books...there is a program (called calibre) that you can download to your computer which will allow you to convert library books to the kindle format so don't assume that you cannot use the library system.
I also loved that i could convert my travel itinery to pdf format and email to my kindle. It was really handy to have around and not be dragging papers all over with me.
I have heard the legality of that program (and others like it...are there others?) is being questioned. Do you know about that at all?
I was a bad free music downloader in college and want to keep a clear conscience now about my media downloads :-)
Ditto! and ditto everything Meesa said
I have Kindle, because it was really the only thing out there when I wanted an e-reader. My mom just got the Nook for Christmas. It's really nice, but she got the color one, and I would hate to read on a screen like that. I love that my Kindle has the e-ink, and is not backlit. I figured I have an Android phone, so I dont' really need the extra internet, etc. that the newer e-readers offer either.
Meesa- how do you sync everything?
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We have a Kindle. I'm an amazon girl so this was the best choice for me.
It seems like the only two front runners on the market are the Kindle and the Nook. I would only get one of those because you don't want to be stuck with a product that fails in the market and then never receives updates. Vis-a-vis Beta.
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I have a NookColor, and I love it! I too, was like you, and was certain I would not want an e-reader. I love reading real books, and I have quite the collection. (I have serious a book buying problem)
I always have the backlight set to the nightreader, so it is a black screen with white writing, and it has never really bothered my eyes. Like Kiz, I love the word lookup feature. Also, it is nice that you can go on the internet. Also, if you buy a book online, it automatically updates wirelessly on your nook.
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I believe the kobo and sony can both read library books too. I don't think epub format is nook exclusive.
I love my nook. I love that I can buy books from anywhere that sells ebooks (aside from amazon) and read them on my nook. Without calibre, this is not true of the kindle. I've gotten books from borders for my nook, and it worked perfectly.
When I got my nook, it was the only one with lending capabilities, and that was huge for me. I also love all the freebies barnes and noble gives. Free books weekly (that aren't normally free), free truffles, smoothies, coffee, etc. Plus you can read for free for an hour a day in any bn store.
Whoah, I'm missing out - how do you get these things???
I have a Kindle and LOVE, LOVE, LOVE it. I can't say enough good things about it. I think people who have Kindle love it and are faithful to it and people who have a Nook love it and are faithful to it. I've never heard anyone say "I have a Kindle/Nook and I hate it". Or "I have a Kindle/Nook and wish I had the other".
I love the e-ink with Kindle, I love Amazon, I love that I don't need a computer to get a book, I can do it right from the Kindle, I love the free books on Kindle, I love that you can now lend/borrow books. Really, there isn't anything I don't love about it. It holds around 2300 books (the newest generation). They even have games available for it now.
Like I said, I love my Kindle, but I don't think you can go wrong with either Nook or Kindle.
Your android/iPhone/iPod/iPad(?) all have to be signed into the same amazon account.
On android, open the book and then hit menu and then sync. It will sync to the furthest place read on the kindle or any other linked device/app. I think the iPod/iPhone/iPad is similar. Now, the limitation is that if you were reading on the kindle and did NOT have the wireless on, then go to your android/iPhone app, then the sync will not get you to the furthest place read on the kindle. So what I do is turn the wireless on when I'm done reading on my kindle and just sync all items. Then Amazon is aware of how far I read on the kindle, so when the app goes to retrieve it will be at the right spot. I tend to leave my wireless off since I get much better battery life with it off. But I don't prefer to read on my phone anyway. And the kindle (and any e-reader) is so dang portable that I usually have my kindle anyway.
On the kindle, go into the menu and check 'sync to furthest place read' and it will update. If wireless is on, and you open the book, and it knows you read farther, on say your Android, it will prompt to go to the farthest page read on its own.
The only snafu I've found with all this is that Jason and I both have the kindle app on our androids, and we both use the same amazon account. So if I'm reading hte same book as him, it can get messy. But we typically don't read the same book, so its not an issue.
We only have one kindle and Jason doesn't mind reading on his phone, so this was a way for him to basically get kindle functionality for free and read the books that I had already downloaded to my amazon account (the majority free anyway). But its just cleaner to only manage one account.
I don't know if other e-readers do this, but even if I somehow max out my kindle or get a new one, Amazon keeps record of all the books I've downloaded and archives them for me. So once I've paid for it/downloaded it, its mine no matter how many devices I have or if I get new ones for some reason. Amazon knows what was downloaded through my account so I never worry about loosing stuff, of if I have to archive books to make room for new ones, so long as I always link it to the same Amazon.com account.
How do the other e-readers handle this? Same type of thing?
I looked at a kindle and a nook, I chose a nook because I liked it better. I played with a kindle at target and a nook at BN. I like the touchscreen navigation of the nook better than the keyboard on the kindle.
I have an e-ink nook, not the color, I think if I were getting the color, I'd just save up and get an ipad.
I use swagbucks religiously and trade in my points for $10 BN gift cards so I get most of my books free. It takes more swagbucks to get $10 in amazon cards.
When I got the nook, kindle didn't have a lending app, and my friends have nooks, so that plays a part as well.
OOOH, good idea!! Thanks! :-)