Nook v Kindle?

[aurora_novarum]

Okay, so I had looked at things and decided that for my birthday, I would take the plunge and get an e-reader.

I'd even decided on a nook (although I still waver between classic and color). And I got bn gift cards as rewards things that I can use and am all set to purchase it.

And then amazon goes and announces the new kindle family including a baby-i-pad kinda thing and cheaper prices and...

So now what do I do? The things that impressed me about the nook were library loans (which I know the new kindle will use) and the droid platform, which I love.

Any advice anyone?

Comments

[zats_clear]

just my two cents (and happy birthday btw! it's libra time!), Nook color is looking at a computer screen. B/W is e-ink. I'd take the e-ink for for eye strain issues!

[kay_brooke]

I'm going to say go for the Nook, but that's mostly because Amazon and their proprietary crap makes me angry, so I'm not going to give them any more money. If you don't care about that, the Kindle comes highly recommended.

Classic vs. color, as I understand it, depends on what you want to use it for. A Nook Color is more like a tablet computer that can do things and has the typical LCD screen. A classic has the e-ink screen and is a dedicated e-reader. Like, for me, I want to get a Nook Classic, because I already have a laptop and a smartphone so I don't need another device that essentially does the same things as those, and I want to read books on a screen without dealing with glare issues (I love reading outside, but can't do that with a computer screen). So it depends on what you want to use the e-reader for.