Classic Anybody Visit NookBoards.com?

[foreverjuly]

I just recently found out about boards specifically for Nook users, Nookboards.com. It may not have some of the characters that mobileread.com does, but it seems like an interesting setup and worth checking out.


http://www.nookboards.com/forum/

[boswd]

yeah it's cool over there. I like to drop in from time to time. Especially to escape the Kindle trolls here.

It's a nice sanctuary if you will

[ProfCrash]

Kindleboards.com is pretty sweet. We even have a Nook board there.

Hey, once a troll always a troll.

[Pomtroll]

I visit NookBoards & Kindle Boards daily. Since I have both I like to visit both.

[simplyparticular]

I've been there and Kindle Boards. Just avoid the accessory forums if you want to keep control of your wallet - there are a lot of enablers there

[ProfCrash]

Oberon.....

[NightGoat]

I do, it's nice over there. Very informative for all things nook.

[mlewis78]

I registered at Nookboards when they started, although I didn't buy a Nook until a couple of weeks ago. The only thing I don't like is that many people there do a good bit of Kindle bashing.

[tubemonkey]

Originally Posted by mlewis78

I registered at Nookboards when they started, although I didn't buy a Nook until a couple of weeks ago. The only thing I don't like is that many people there do a good bit of Kindle bashing.

Fan sites tend to do that.

[Atomix]

I've noticed you will receive an answer on nookboards.com much faster than in mobileread

[thrawn_aj]

Hmm, not sure where you saw " a good bit of Kindle bashing". I've started visiting nookboards quite frequently now and the core (and most frequent) posters (doesn't include me) never bash the kindle - there are always some drive-by trolls who do so but that's hardly a characteristic of the forum as a whole. Tubemonkey - calling it a "fan site" is a bit uncalled for, especially without firsthand knowledge - simply because some guy says there's kindle-bashing on there. Not every board out there is obsessed with kindles or with being nook fanbois - most of the conversations on there have to do with reading and just plain fun. There's tech help sections (quite helpful) and a lending/borrowing section. There's interesting book clubs. There's one board about the nook itself where I haven't come across any "Kindle bashing" in the time since I started visiting (though I don't read every single thread or post so that's probably not conclusive). On other boards (even here), what one might call "<device A> bashing" usually begins when a drive-by poster starts trolling randomly about how <device A> is so much better than <device B> for no apparent reason . Then someone comes along and explains how device A also has some problems. Drive-by poster leaves in a huff saying how everyone there is a <device B> fanboi and all they do is bash <device A>. *sigh* So tedious

Nookboards is probably the only forum I've seen where the morale and general attitude towards things (especially from the established posters) is just remarkable. Awesome people on there - nice and welcoming to newbies.

The B&N forum is fairly lousy as an online community (aside from a couple of uber-helpful and tech-savvy people like icebike and doug_pardee) - the only reason I still post on there is because there's a minuscule (but non-zero) chance that someone from B&N is at least listening (which is not so elsewhere). It's pretty much the poster boy for Eternal September.

Mobilereads is quite excellent and pretty much the most comprehensive site out there for .. er .. mobile reading issues, but it's a bit light on nook stuff (especially unrooted). I sympathize, because from the techie point of view, it seems like a waste of time to try to solve problems that have already been solved by softrooting. For unrooted nooks, there are some rather clever workaround that I've gotten from the (helpful part of the) B&N community and even at nookboards. Still, for technical issues about ebooks, this is the place to be. I even got answers to questions about annotation databases on the rooted nook that I'd been asking for months prior to joining mobilereads

[tubemonkey]

Originally Posted by thrawn_aj

Tubemonkey - calling it a "fan site" is a bit uncalled for, especially without firsthand knowledge - simply because some guy says there's kindle-bashing on there.

Go over and look at my post count there. Then tell me about my lack of firsthand knowledge.

[mlewis78]

"Hmm, not sure where you saw " a good bit of Kindle bashing". I've started visiting nookboards quite frequently now and the core (and most frequent) posters (doesn't include me) never bash the kindle - there are always some drive-by trolls who do so but that's hardly a characteristic of the forum as a whole.
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I have a lot of first-hand experience there too. I wouldn't even venture to give a critique of my 3-wk. old Nook. They're very sensitive, generally. Other than that, they are nice, as are the folks at Kindleboards. I registered at the beginning, before the Nook was released. I visited a lot in the early days and went back recently to say I bought one.

I really don't understand all the talk concerning brand loyalty of a reader. I have ereaders by three different companies.

[tubemonkey]

Originally Posted by mlewis78

I have a lot of first-hand experience there too. I wouldn't even venture to give a critique of my 3-wk. old Nook. They're very sensitive, generally.

Exactly! I've cut my posting there way back because of it.

[NightGoat]

Originally Posted by mlewis78

I really don't understand all the talk concerning brand loyalty of a reader. I have ereaders by three different companies.

Brand loyalty is the brand of the middle (mediocre) class, the ultimate symbol of consumer whor...

I too am on the fast track to becoming a three ereader owner. Yes, I'm looking at the evil Amazon because they have books I cannot find elsewhere.

The nook was my first, but it has kind of fallen by the wayside to the Sony (600) for me, largely based on book organization alone... but this is another thread.