judging the book by its cover: kindle vs nook
I own neither a Kindle
While reading this NPR comparison of the two devices, I detoured into land of e-book covers. Jonathan Adler’s bold ampersand sheathes the Nook, while Etsy’s pretty much got the Kindle covered: check out this adorably bookish hardback case.
So help me out, dear readers; if I take the plunge, which e-reader should I get?
(ETA: for an interesting financial consideration of e-books vs the paper versions, click here.)
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January 13th, 2010 at 5:05 pm
Well, I cant speak for the Nook, other than it’s on a horrendous backorder, but I just got the latest gen Kindle for my birthday. I was totally surprised! And I adore it!! I am shopping for a cover for it. I don’t know why I didn’t consider Etsy since I buy all sorts of other stuff there already.
I REALLY love the kindle. But it certainly won’t replace my hard cover books I love. Those will always be a part of my collection. I can see the Kindle coming along for trips, vacations, and for trying out new books that I may not want to purchase in soft or hard cover. The prices are great too (for the books), and blog subscriptions run about 99 cents to $1.99 per month.
Hope this helps a bit… from a complete gadget geek…
~Jami
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January 14th, 2010 at 7:57 am
Thank you Jami! Yes, that’s totally helpful; it seems like people like whatever they have, so I’ll probably just get a Kindle. Good to know that you actually use it, since I was worried that I’d just spend more instead of actually reading more, if you know what I mean.