10-27-2009, 06:07 PM | #1 |
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A new Kindle user's take on the nook
Hi, I bought a Kindle 2 (international) recently and already read a good number of useful posts here on this forum, so I registered.
Anyway, yesterday and today I was reading about the nook. At first the announced features almost made me regret the kindle purchase, but now, after reading the posts here clarifying some points, I'm seeing that the nook is not significantly better than the kindle as I thought. (Nevermind that the nook is not available internationally, this would be a nuisance). The features that caught my eye were:
Some of the other features were less compelling, only slightly useful or almost useless. But then I found some additional facts in these forums:
And the less compelling features are not game changers for me:
So what remains is the larger catalog. However, we'll have to see, because it doesn't make much sense for publishers to sell their ebooks through just one vendor, when they can make them available to others for very little cost. So I won't be surprised if shortly after the nook's release the catalogs of Amazon and B&N have almost the same size. However, if this doesn't change, then it is a serious problem for the Kindle. Anyway, I think competition is good for everyone that likes eReaders, and if things go on at this pace soon we'll all have better devices than the current ones. |
10-28-2009, 01:25 PM | #2 |
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There is generally no need to zoom PDF's if you have reflow. Only pictures need zooming and only a few PDF's use pictures for text. Read our wiki. Don't take on stuff until you have more facts.
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10-28-2009, 01:46 PM | #3 | |
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* Zooming is a real nice to have esp if you read books with charts and graphs. * PDF Reflow I can't stand it the SONY/Adobe did such a bad job chances are it will look just as bad on the nook. I tend to read my PDF w/o reflow and take the time to strip off the margin and header/footers. * KindleDX is probably the way to go, but my understanding is there are some limitations on the PDF support. * Book Lending not really a plus if your close to your GF you can add her device with your account, all eInk support (SONY, Amazon, Adobe) and there is no limit on how long you can lend a book doing it this way. The down side is you share a credit card/account. |
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10-28-2009, 09:01 PM | #4 |
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10-29-2009, 11:56 AM | #5 | |
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As for PDFs, following your indication in the other thread I tried PaperCrop and it does a very good job. I generate images and put them in the picture folder of the Kindle, and it works (except for gif images, the kindle didn't like them). It is not the ideal but it serves as a stop-gap solution to read papers on the small screen. |
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