I have checked out both the kindle & nook in BestBuy. I'm pretty bad with decisions and still pretty undecided in what I wanna buy specially with being very busy with the tour.
I loved the forward/backward in both Kindle/Nook. I had a little trouble with Nook touchscreen since I'm generally not much used to touch. Love the kindle color, the solid feel of Nook, a little concern about its weight and felt the kindle too thin and fragile.
I wonder if I got an OCD complex

... But here is the important question. How fragile is the kindle really is? Should I must buy a cover and would that protect it.
I actually liked the screen in both of them and didn't found enough difference to care. I will again check them side by side (last time didn't) and check for the page blinks (which I'm not used to). I also really need to know about their battery life. The comments about Nook seems to be very confusing and uncertain. One note I'm going to buy WiFi version of the readers and most of the time it would be turned off. What sort of battery life I can expect from either .. both standby days and reading hours.
I would read for couple of hours almost every day .. so

. Also am I correct in reading that you can't charge kindle while reading?