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Originally Posted by jessicalynn
There's no need to be so condescending. As I mentioned in my post, I did my research before purchasing. I'm well aware I could strip the DRM from an epub and use calibre to convert it to mobi and read it on the kindle. However, I prefer not to do that. For this reason, I'm very pleased with my nook and the fact that it reads epub.
I didn't meant to start some kind of nook vs. kindle argument, so no need for kindle owners to get their panties in a twist. After all I did make this post in the NOOK subforum. 
I was really more wondering if other nook owners prefer to get their books from b&n or other sites. Buying from b&n on the nook is quick and easy, while price comparing, downloading from another site, then side loading takes a bit more time and effort. |
I'm completely with you! I really don't want to do that work, I want to read. And yes, I'm tech savvy. For my liesure activities I want to plug and play. Absolutely no interest in stripping drm or calibre- even though from the sounds of it, it is amazing and the guy who runs it is a genius.
I prefer library books! However, I'm happy with a wide variety of reading materials so I can almost always find cheap stuff that will fill my needs. Both the Kindle and the Nook have a lot of free or really inexpensive choices.
I did download some free books from the Borders store when they went live and disliked the web site enough that I never went back. I need to explore some of the more independent bookstores because I don't see that much of a difference between B&N, Borders and Amazon, in price and selection of agency books. I'd buy self published and ebook only publishers if there were an easy way to figure what I might enjoy. I do look here, but it will take a while to find someone who likes what i do and also to make sure the recommendations are not influenced by knowing (or being the) an author.