I think there are a lot of good ideas on this list, and I hope that B&N integrates a number of them.
But the no. 1 thing for me--and mentioned several times on this list is a better dictionary with better integration!! I'd like to be able to scroll through a list of words forwards and backwards--now if I don't know exactly how to spell a word, the dictionary is useless. And I find the dictionary that comes with the nook very lacking--many words are missing.
Although I really like my nook--have had it for a full week now, I must say I'm very disappointed in the dictionary. The main reason I bought the nook was for the dictionary... (I already have a Sony 505.) My husband has a Sony 900 and the dictionary and integration of the dicitonary is light years ahead of the nook.
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