Posted on 12/13/2012 7:57:13 PM PST by This Just In
Good day, Freepers -
I am in need of some information concerning Barnes and Nobles NOOK. I know that it is a device which allows us to read ebooks, etc. After purchasing the NOOK, who do u load ebooks?
Is the NOOK a good device? I am in search of advice and info. because a relative my be purchasing this NOOK for our children. We are book lovers, and enjoy reading books the old fashioned way, buy a loved one wishes to introduce us to the world of ebooks.
Your help is deeply appreciated.
Wishing everyone a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.
TJI
I like my Nook I got last Christmas. I don’t use it as much as I like. You can jailbreak it to run like a normal tablet. It runs on the Android operating system. I didn’t jailbreak mine as it will void the warranty and it works fine like it is...surfing the net and all...
Glad to be of service. :-)
Hey, two things I forgot: Adjustable font size - terrific!
Don’t know how many hours that model can run without charging, but it is a lot - has to be at least 10. I spent 15 bucks on a 220 V adapter (that’s what they use here) and never use it. I charge it so rarely that it is not an inconvenience to just plug it into a computer USB port.
LOL :^D
My daughter sent me a Kindle for Christmas last year, and it has become my constant reading source. Now I still love books for books sake. Always did, learned it from my father. You know, it talks? Tells what book, what author and what page you are on in the book.
When you buy a paper book, you get both the content (text) and reader (paper) together.
With e-books, the two are separate.
The Nook and Kindle are just the readers provided by the publishers for the content they sell.
The iPad, costing not that much more, can act as a Kindle, Nook, Stanza, iBooks, and a bunch of other readers.
Get an iPad.
I hardly shop in brick & mortar stores anymore. Lowes... groceries. I have even gotten to where I buy yarn online.
If your kindle has wifi, you can download directly from gutenberg. My 3g kindle has a basic browser, but it’s pretty klunky.
Your computer should see your kindle as a storage device when you connect by USB, so just transfer files using file manager/explorer.
>>The iPad, costing not that much more,
The Kindle is $89. How much is an iPad?
I’ll go play with it, thanks.
I’ve never TRIED wifi on it so I don’t know, nor did I ever care. I have a phone. It’s smaller than the Kindle for schlepping around.
I guess I’m in the minority here but I have a Nook Color and I pretty much hate it. lol The keyboard gets stuck on websites when I don’t need it and can’t get it off the screen and I haven’t seen one free download YET and I’ve had it since June. I don’t typically read that much and basically got it for surfing the web when I was away from the computer since I don’t have a “smart phone”. If I had it to do over, I would have gotten a Kindle Fire or now the Kindle HD.
I just got a Kindle Fire HD, and love it.
I would avoid the NOOK...for political and business reasons.
I think Barnes and Noble is a liberal outfit...not that Amazon is “conservative”, the CEO is a big liberal...but at least Amazon has a lot of conservative material for sale and is bucking the trend on a lot of things. I have Amazon Prime and I LOVE watching old William F. Buckley “Firing Line” programs for “free” (as it is part of the Amazon Prime program).
Also, Amazon will probably be in business after B&N have shut down to the disaster that is Obamanomics.
I can download all of my SHTF survival manuals to the kindle and keep it charged with a small solar panel. But I wouldn’t want to wipe my butt with it.
Slightly off point, but possibly of interest. Amazon just began a new delivery system for those who can’t be home to meet the UPS guy. They’re putting Amazon kiosks in various mail box establishments, many of them 24 hours. They ship the package there, and send you a password, then you take it to the kiosk, enter it, and the device spits out your package.
If you have a tablet (or even a PC) you can download programs for both Nook and Kindle. Check out the prices and availability of the books, both best sellers, back stock books and public domain classics.
Remember, the hardware is relatively temporary as the battery will probably poop out in three years or so and you will be looking to replace it. Your commitment to platform is potentially more permanent because you won't be able to move books you purchased on one to the other unless you have a way to break the digital rights management protection. One thing to consider is whether you are the type of person who collects books and reads them many years later, or if you see yourself as someone who buys a paperback, reads it once and then gets rid of the book. If you are the second, then pick the hardware you like and don't worry if you decide to change in a few years.
Does the Kindle have a mutated background? Unless I can turn the background to a muted gray, even on my desk top, I get stars in my eyes and then everything is very difficult to read. I don’t travel much anymore unless I am driving, so I don’t need 20 books. I will stick to my comfy chair my pipe and one page turning book at a time.
If you turn the wifi on you can shop and download directly from the kindle store. I’ve downloaded a lot of free books from the kindle store too. Mostly old western novels. If you like romance novels, there are tons of free ones.
Sometimes there are free books that can be downloaded only for a limited time. (Check the Kindle Daily Deal). There are also a few websites that keep track of such things, but I can’t recall what they are at the moment.
Batteries last a lot longer with wifi turned off.
There isn’t a backlight, the default background is grey.
Before you purchase you should consider whether or not you’d rather get a regular tablet. You can get a decent Android tablet for less than $100, a great one for $200, and you can download and read the same books on that as you would on a Kindle or a Nook. But then, there are million and one other things that you can also do with it.
I primarily use Caron. So buy.caron.com
I have a Kindle Fire and am pretty happy with it. The new version is a major improvement. The Nook is basically the same. Read the reviews on line. Amazon’s customer service is excellent. Which model you want depends on what you are primarily going to do with it. If you are going to use it to only read books then look at the black and white versions. Easier on the eyes for reading and you can read outside. The Color models are harder on the eyes for reading and can not be read in the bright sun. If your going to use it as a mini computer with incidental book reading then the Colorado models are the ones for you.
I have the WIFI model and still don’t think I’d spring for the 4g. Unless you have a plan that allows multiple 4g devices it’s going to cost $$ to connect to the Internet. I download everything using WIFI networks when traveling. If I don’t have a WIFI available and need the Internet connection I can use FoxFi and feather my Kindle to my smart phone.
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