The Nook by Barnes & Noble vs. Kindle International & Wins?
Byreported by Aggie Villanueva
The Nook
This morning I browsed the Homestead Heart blog by Tina Dee and heard about the new Nook, a Kindle-like book, magazine and newspaper e-reader by Barnes & Nobles introduced Tuesday.
View Nook’s introduction videos
It’s a wonderful thing to have choices. For the same price as a Kindle 2 the Nook gives you everything the Kindle does (even looks like a Kindle), plus:
More than a million titles available
More than 500,000 free eBooks
Directly load & read PDFs
Quick Library View by Book Cover
Color screen with Touch Control & Navigation
MP3 player
Supports open formats such as EPUB
simultaneous multiple formats such as iTouch, iPhone andBlackberry
Synchronized notes/annotations between devices
LendMe™ technology (lend your books to friends)
Personalize screensavers with your photos (accepts standard jpg images)
Capability to get books from the Google Books Project
Apparently the only option not available that Kindle 2 offer is Word document support.
I agree with Charlie Sorrel of Wired.com who reported, “One of the biggest problems with e-books is that you can’t lend or re-sell them. If B&N is selling e-books cheaper than the paper versions, then the resale issue is moot.
“And lending, even if your friends need a Nook, too, takes away the other big advantage of paper. In fact, this loaning function could be the viral feature that makes the device spread. Who would buy a walled-garden machine like the Kindle when the Nook has the same titles, cheaper, and you can borrow?”
But on the other hand, Kindle just released the International Kindle with web access.
The Kindle International
View Kindle International Videos
The International Kindle offers everything in the Kindle 2 plus:
Enjoy 3G wireless coverage at home or abroad in over 100 countries. See details. Check wireless coverage map.
When traveling abroad, you can download books wirelessly from the Kindle Store or your Archived Items. U.S. customers will be charged a fee of $1.99 for international downloads.
Over 350,000 books, including 104 of 112 New York Times® Best Sellers, plus U.S. and international newspapers, magazines, and blogs.
What ever happened to the Vook? Don’t worry, they are constantly adding to this multimedia book choice. It is certainly a wonderful thing to have choices. And if these battle of the ebook readers continue, as consumers, we can only prosper in the process.
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Thanks for the article. I hadn't heard of the Nook, and now will have to really check them out. I like the ability of taking the reader to the store and getting all those "extras".
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Everything the Kindle does? What about free 24/7 web browsing to any site though of course text-sites would be best for the slowness factor.
The Nook will connect to only the B&N store. Unless they announce otherwise later on.
– Andrys
kindleworld.blogspot.com
Andrys, thanks for commenting. The Nook does everything my Kindle 2 does, and also has more to offer. Most people can't afford to buy anew with each New Kindle released. I did cover the aspect you spoke of in the Kindle in my post.
I appreciate everything the Kindle has brought us. And VAJ recently was accepted as a Kindle Blog at Amazon. In my opinion both are invaluable.
I love my Kindle and I plan to buy a Nook also. There is close competition, but at this point I wouldn't stop using either. That doesn't speak to upcoming improvements for both. It's a tight battle. And I'm sure it always will be.
Hi, Aggie,
You have a terrific site here.
As for the free 24/7 web browsing of the Kindle, I meant the domestic model, as that lets us browse any web site (while the international model is limited, in most countries, to Wikipedia, but that is still a plus other readers don't have). I offer a 'book' of mobile-optimized site links at http://bit.ly/mobiweb — and this is best done with text sites though my photos will show some good results with even Engadget site but that takes some patience, as images will be a slower experience.
Also, the Kindle 2 can read to us our personal docs and newspaper stories as well as books, but the latter can be quite entertaining due to inappropriate affect of the 'Tom' reader.
Love your photographs. I think an artist will be more drawn to the design of the Nook, and they've some excellent features the Kindle doesn't have (book loaning, library loans, ePub format).
The Kindle needs strong competition or Amazon wouldn't improve it fast enough, and the Nook provides that impetus.
Your blog should do well at Amazon's blog site. It's very creative. Enjoyed your trailer — just got back from Jordan (Petra and Wadi Rum) a few days ago. Visited Bethany and various Moses sites.
Thank you so much, Andrys. And I really enjoyed your blog–obviously since I subscribed through Kindle. Chuckling. I'm excited to follow your blog as I've tried to follow the e-reader debates, and yours is the most authoritative I've found.
I use my Kindle 2 all the time. I have rhumatoid arthritis and severe Fibromyalgia, and I just can't hold bound books for hours any more, especially the heavy research volumes I need for my novels. I convert everything (including personal docs) to Kindle format and transfer to it. It's so much less painful to hold my slim and light weight Kindle.
I was explaining this to a friend of mine and she asked me to write that up for her blog. Here is the link if you'd like to see it. It's an aspect of e-readers I haven't heard covered much, but it's such an obvious advantage of e-readers. http://sharingwithwriters.blogspot.com/2009/10/ad...
Israel is the most fascinating place I've been. It's literally alive. It's funny what a small world this is. I was interviewed an hour ago on PageReaders and we spoke about my trip to Israel for research and how it affected me. What a wonderful trip you must have just had. http://www.blogtalkradio.com/Page-Readers/2009/11...
Thankx again, Andrys, for commenting and allowing me to discover you!