For my birthday in 2010 I ended up with the original nook wi-fi and loved it, but since then I’ve heard lots of comments from people about my beloved e-reader. Both negative and positive comments have lead me to want to express my feeling on the subject of digital readers in a way of comparing the old and the new. And the best place to do so where I know I will have the attention of people without being interrupted and set off task (much)? The internet of course! And this seems most logical place to do so.
I probably am going to get way into the habit of doing this but I’m warning you now that these are my personal opinions and I don’t claim to be an expert on much of anything. Also that I’m probably going to get off topic a bit and my reasons are just going to be written as they come to me, not with any sort of plan or organization. So if I get an idea after I’ve started and moved on then I may go back and add or I may just jump back to the topic from where ever I was at.
Starting off I already said I had the original nook wi-fi, not the 3g or more advanced versions that are out now. I got it before any of the tables were out and I loved it for the year I had it. Later I’ll tell you about why I chose the nook over other brands and why I now have the nook simple touch instead of the wifi, because I want a general overview instead of being really specific first.
One of the main reasons I love my nook so much is the amount of space it gives me, or saves me. I'm going to be a dork and post some pictures to show you just what I mean.
It's really nice to be able to hold over a hundred books in one place. It makes travel and transport really easy, especially when I went off to college I left a lot of books behind and saved a lot of room by just buying them for my nook. And there's always the possibility to add more space with a micro-SD card that many e-readers have the option to add on. I chose the novel Jane Eyre for this picture because it's a lovely book, though very big in size. Trying to carry this around for classes wasn't a breeze, but the Nook was.
The books are cheep, about the price of a paperback copy, minus the price in shipping or gas. Many popular novels are just $9.99 or less. Besides this there are many, many free books for downloading on every downlead sight and there's many new authors that you can explore for free or for just $.99. Finding something to read is never a problem.
Borrowing is a breeze! With the Nook there the ability for Nook lending, where you can let others borrow your book by sending it to them for a period of time. The book disappears from your shelf for a while and automatically returns after the lending period is over or they send it back. Because I'm a book lover I've found many websites where I can talk to people who have books that can be lent and where I can lend books out, some great groups exist on Goodreads! Another way to borrow books is from your local library if they have a digital branch. I know mine does and I can go and download books for a period of time. There's no worry about keeping them too long because like the lending the books just return themselves after the time is up on them.
The biggest thing I hear about the Nook, and all e-readers in general is that people don't want to transition from the traditional book for various reasons. Including reading from computers hurt their eyes, the feel of a book, the smell of a book and some others that just seemed really odd. And while these are valid thoughts, they shouldn't stop someone from trying an e-reader. Most good e-readers have screens that are very similar to the pages of a book. I know if I read from a computer screen my eyes start to hurt and I instinctively try to look at other things in the room, but I don't have that problem with my e-reader. My eyes don't get tired while I'm reading. The feel, look, and smell of a physical book isn't that much of a problem, because while I like physical books, holding my nook is usually more comfortable than trying to hold open one page in a book without breaking the binding or trying to keep a heavy hardcover from falling on my head when I'm reading and laying down.
And while buying an r-eared is sort of a permanent commitment, nothing is stopping you from picking up your old paperback favorite once and a while. There's nothing that says you can't stop at the library when you can't find a book you want.
Now I did say that I would go over my switch and for that, here is probably just going to be more specifically about the nook.
There were a few different reasons that I choose the nook over any other e-reader. Most simply is that most of the other e-readers at the time didn't have as many features that I wanted like highlighting, notes, and bookmarking. It really came down to the Kindle or the Nook and there were a few things I liked more from the Nook than the Kindle. The Nook was easier to get hold of first off and because it allows epub I was able to get books from Borders and transfer them to my Nook, which you can’t do for the Kindle. With those two sights easily available, and the fact that all of my family gives/gave me gift cards to those two stores Nook seemed like the best bet.
And I loved my nook and I love my current Nook
I only had one problem with my original Nook and that was what caused me to have to trade it in. After about a year of owning it a few black lines started to appear on the screen that kept getting worse. I hadn’t done anything that would have caused damage like drop it or step on it so the appearance of the lines is a mystery that I know others have gone though as well after searching online. Barnes & Noble, thankfully, was having a trade in special at the time so I was able to trade in my defective Nook and get a fifty dollar gift card when I bought my simple touch.
There were a few things that I preferred in my first nook more than my new one but at the same time there are things I like about the simple touch better. My original Nook had the ability to play music that was saved on it and play a few simple games, this isn’t available on the simple touch and it’s something that I miss. The organization of the simple touch is a little better and it will put all of your books and documents in the same place instead of separating them, which I prefer especially for shelves.
Speaking of shelves the thing that really bugged me about switching over from one nook to another was that none of my shelves would transfer over so I had to go back and reorganize the books into shelves again.
So, generally I love my nook and the ability to read so much more with it especially now that I’ve learned a few tricks to go with it. Every once and a while I will go and grab a book from the library but the Nook has pretty much replaced my need to do so.
Have any questions? ask away and I'll try by best to answer.
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