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There are ways to lend on the Kindle. You can share an account, I have one with my parents so they can read any of my books. You can add someone to your account, add books to their Kindle, and deregister their Kindle. The books stay on their Kindle as long as they are not deleted by the Kindle owner. I know parents who have done this with their kids Kindles. I know kids who have done this with their parents Kindles, they didn't want Mom stumbling over their adult book choices. (grins)
The lending option for the Nook is pretty limited. You can lend the book once, for two weeks, and you cannot read it when it is lent out. Additionally, Publishers have limited the number of books that have the ability to be lent out.
The only way around the EPub issue is to buy non-drmed EPubs and convert them for your Kindle. I seriously doubt that Amazon is going to add support for EPubs any time in the near future. They are selling out of Kindle's without the EPub support and their e-book store is seeing business grow very, very quickly.
I have read that their are British bookstores that sell books not available on the Kindle in the US for the Kindle in the UK that you can use as well.
You will end up happy with either device. They are both good ereaders. I strongly prefer the Kindle but I have a friend who has a Nook and loves it. My brother has a Sony that he is ok with, he doesn't like the bookstore and other issues with loading books. Everyone else I know has a Kindle and they rather enjoy them. So I am biased but I do think you would enjoy reading on a Nook. I just think that the Kindle is the better device.
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