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Amazon Kindle Library
Kindle, Nook, or Sony Ereader?
If price was no object and i wanted to buy only one of these, which one is the best and why? I am leaning toward the SOny Ereader because it is not exclusive to just Amazon (Kindle) or just Barnes and Noble (Nook). plus Sony has access to the public libraries for free and Google books!!! Still dont know whih is best though.
Don't choose the Sony Reader. It doesn't have good content support, and quite a lot of people complain it is difficult to find books for it.
Actually there are quite a lot of places where you can find free ebooks for the Amazon Kindle. Some examples are here (some are available on the Amazon Kindle store as well):
http://manybooks.net/
http://gutenberg.org/
http://www.amazon.com/gp/redirect.html?ie=UTF8&location=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2Fs%3Fie%3DUTF8%26node%3D154606011%26redirect%3Dtrue%26p%255F36%3D0-0&tag=ereader-2-20&linkCode=ur2&camp=1789&creative=390957
I've compared the Nook and the Kindle, so let me tell you my findings. From the official page of B&N, here is how the Nook compares with the Kindle:
http://www.barnesandnoble.com/nook/compare/
Since Barnes and Noble page is only mentioning the advantage of the Nook over the Kindle, let me try to tell more about the benefit of the Kindle 2 over the Nook:
- There is no internet browser for the Nook. So even with Wi-Fi, you can only use it to purchase book. You cannot do searching in Google, Wikipedia, check email, etc., like what you can do with the Kindle.
- The Amazon Kindle has international free 3G wireless which covers over 100 countries. So even if you're in places like the UK or Australia, you can access the internet with the Kindle free of charge. The Nook has wireless only within the U.S., and is limited for use of buying books only
- The Kindle is available outside the U.S. (it ships to 176 countries), while the Nook only ship within the U.S. at this moment.
- The Kindle has text-to-speech function, so it can treat an ebook like audio book. This function is not present on the Nook.
- The price of ebooks for the Nook on Barnes and Nobles are more expensive than the ebooks on the Kindle. This can make quite a difference in long term, the price difference adds up as you buy more books.
- Amazon is already doing some change after the Nook is announced (still more than one month for it to be available). They dropped the price of their International Kindle even further. And they are going to release a PC software which can read their Kindle books. They also added native PDF support for their Kindle 2.
One more thing to be aware is that, at first glance you may think the Nook can read ebooks with color touch screen. But indeed the color touch screen is only a small screen beneath the greyscale eink screen, and seems it is only used to browse the cover of ebooks.
In my opinion, it is a tie between the Kindle and the Barnes and Noble. But if you may travel and you enjoy reading during your trip, you should go for the Kindle for sure. Moreover, I trust the Kindle will come up with some strategies very soon, like improving their lending book function. The Kindle is the biggest player in the ereader market right now, and I believe it will put enormous effort to hold its position. Finally, if you're an avid reader, price of ebooks will also be a big concern, as ebooks on the Nook are more expensive.
I recommend this article as well, it is the best review on ebook readers I've ever read:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/redirect.html?ie=UTF8&location=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2Freview%2FR3QM7LGL62MZ4X%3Fie%3DUTF8%26ref%255F%3Dcm%255Fcr%255Frdp%255Fperm&tag=ereader-2-20&linkCode=ur2&camp=1789&creative=390957
Just check up their homepage to see the latest price of the devices. The price is most up-to-date, and if there is any price change it will be reflected immediately on their homepage. BTW, the Nook seems to be in stock only in Jan 2010, so you'll not be able to get it in X'mas...
Hope this helps you decide.
School Library Journal Reviews the Amazon Kindle 2 Ebook Reader
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I think electronic books will be more and more important, but regular books will still have its position that can never be replaced.
I own the Kindle 2, so let me give you some of my opinions about it. I've to say I love it! I think I've read over 30 books with my Kindle, no glitches so far! Kindle books are cheaper than actual books and I think I've saved over $100 for the books I've bought on the Kindle.
I like reading, and at the beginning I did miss a bit on the feeling of reading books. But now I love to hold the Kindle, the e-ink seems to work very well, it is really like reading books… Now I often read with the Kindle for several hours but I don't feel tired… And I now prefer to manage all books inside the Kindle rather than my never big enough bookshelf… And like to do bookmarking, annotation, dictionary lookup without any additional thing but a Kindle.
One of the reasons I love my Kindle is that it has helped me improve a lot on my efficiency and utilize my time. Before I have the Kindle, waiting time like when I'm waiting for friends or waiting for shuttle bus or some thing like that is simply wasted. Now I just need to bring the Kindle 2 along with me, and all my favorite books are inside it. Another thing I like the most is the text-to-speech function, which means I can "read" books without even holding or looking at the Kindle. Now I like to use this function when I've myself busy on some boring things, say when I'm on the step machine or doing some housework…
There are quite a lot of free books (tips: if you're outside the U.S. all the books will have US$2 added, but when you choose to download to computer when you check out, the $2 will be waived, and you can copy the books to your Kindle through USB cable), and many Kindle books, magazines and newspapers are cheaper than the actual paper version. I remember I read these reviews about the benefits of the Kindle when I decided to buy it:
Finally, in case you don't know, Amazon has put a price slash on the Kindle 2 just before Christmas, and it is now selling $100 cheaper than the price I got my Kindle, and it adds in international wireless access and native PDF support…
Hope it helps
25.12.2010 19:58
Michael M said earlier….
“There are problems with the Kindle. You can’t put PDFs on it. it uses proprietary files, that you have to get from, guess who?, Amazon. The ebooks are expensive, not cheaper as they should be. And if you loose your Kindle or it crashes, you loose all the books you bought and would have to buy them again. You can’t share the books either.
All this points to a big No Go for me.”
You can put PDF files on the Kindle, it just has to get “converted” to a readable format through Amazon's Kindle service. You simply email the file to your Kindle email address, it gets converted, and then you either download it onto your desktop computer for free, or it wirelesslyl sends to you for 10 cents. The ebooks are also NOT expensive. Easily less than half the price of the typical hardcover book on the first day of release. And as far as losing all your books if it “crashes” or gets “lost” , think again, you simply retransfer all your books from your online Amazon Kindle Library. It stores every single book you've ever ordered and allows you to delete and redownload for free at any given time.
Please don't listen to ignorant comments from someone who is trying to bash a device they don't even know about. Do the research yourself if you're interested. I did, and I'm VERY impressed with the device. Now if only I could come home from Iraq to purchase one….hmm…
02.01.2011 21:07
Hi, Bobby, the Amazon "library"service is a weak attempt of Amazon to overcome the advantage of Nook from Barnes & Noble as if you walk in with any Nook to any Barnes & Noble store, you’re allowed to read ANY available eBook for free while in the store via free provided in the store Wi-Fi where Nook eBook store has over 2 million of paid books and about the same number of free public domain books. Kindle "library" has very limited content – about 10,000 ebooks – and only those are available for free for prime members (and the membership costs you $79 a year.) Also, with Nook you can check out eBooks from public libraries – just need to get Adobe Digital Editions (ADE) software (free from Adobe site).
24.11.2011 16:35