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The time has come. I've waited long enough to purchase an e-reader, and I wanted to pick your brain about which e-reader you like the best. The big three that I'm aware of are the Kindle, the Nook, and the Sony E-Reader. Any more I should know about? What are the pros and cons of each one?
You'd have to be living in a cave not to know about Amazon's Kindle. The library of e-books is extensive, and my novel With Good Behavior has been available on Kindle since its release date HERE
However, I don't think Kindle is for me since you can't read PDF's or library books on it.
Barnes & Noble's Nook is more appealing to me. From what I understand, there may be fewer e-books available but they seem to be less pricey and you can read non-proprietary books in PDF formats. And, I'm very excited that Omnific Publishing just made With Good Behavior available for the Nook HERE!
I don't know as much about Sony's E-Reader but I've heard good things from customers.
I'm leaning toward buying the Nook and curling up into a nook in my condo to read e-books galore! But I want to hear your opinion before I lay down the cash. Do you own an e-reader? If not, do you plan to buy one and which one looks most appealing to you? If you own one, how do you feel about your purchase? (typical psychologist "How do you feel" question :-)
Finally, did you buy the Wi-Fi or 3G version? Pros/Cons?
Thank you! Jennifer Lane
It's time for Meet an Author Monday Blog Hop.
The time has come. I've waited long enough to purchase an e-reader, and I wanted to pick your brain about which e-reader you like the best. The big three that I'm aware of are the Kindle, the Nook, and the Sony E-Reader. Any more I should know about? What are the pros and cons of each one?
You'd have to be living in a cave not to know about Amazon's Kindle. The library of e-books is extensive, and my novel With Good Behavior has been available on Kindle since its release date HERE
However, I don't think Kindle is for me since you can't read PDF's or library books on it.
Barnes & Noble's Nook is more appealing to me. From what I understand, there may be fewer e-books available but they seem to be less pricey and you can read non-proprietary books in PDF formats. And, I'm very excited that Omnific Publishing just made With Good Behavior available for the Nook HERE!
I don't know as much about Sony's E-Reader but I've heard good things from customers.
I'm leaning toward buying the Nook and curling up into a nook in my condo to read e-books galore! But I want to hear your opinion before I lay down the cash. Do you own an e-reader? If not, do you plan to buy one and which one looks most appealing to you? If you own one, how do you feel about your purchase? (typical psychologist "How do you feel" question :-)
Finally, did you buy the Wi-Fi or 3G version? Pros/Cons?
Thank you! Jennifer Lane
It's time for Meet an Author Monday Blog Hop.
Comments
Even teenagers I talk to prefer reading a book on paper, anyway, and I agree.
As with all brand new technology, it evolves quickly...and gets cheaper. ;)
I have a Nook, and I like it, but I've been salivating over the Kindle 2. The Nook has great e-ink technology, but the lag time between page-throughs can get annoying until you get used to it. I still love being able to download with the touch of a button. And the B&N library is quite extensive. I write, and I also download my files in PDF to my Nook, so I can read my stuff for edits without being stuck behind my computer. And a lot of the ebooks I purchase for pleasure I get straight from smaller press epublishers. Loose Id and Samhain offer the EPUB format, and I buy a lot of stuff from them. But any place that offers PDF works on my Nook too. Another thing, there's a touch screen at the bottom of the Nook which offers the covers in color. It's nice, but not a necessity. My biggest complaint--I wished the battery charge lasted longer.
Marie
I'm learning so much--thank you, everyone!