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lvillanueva5 · 12-21-2010, 03:16 PM

So...I wanted to give an update. After reading everyone suggestions, I went to Best Buy and looked at the Nook, Kindle and Sony.

After looking at them all side by side...litterally (they had them all on display on one counter side by side) I decided on the Nook. I was looking at the wi-fi only and I prefered the Nook over the Kindle. Sony looked awesome, but I think the smaller screen and weight difference turned me off. And they didn't have the one mentioned above, but the next upgraded model which was $200.00.

I'm the kind of person that rarely buys myself anything and rather gift to other people or pay bills (lol) so deciding to drop anything over $200.00 on myself for something that I technically don't "need" is really hard for me to do. And looking at what I was actually going to do with the device and knowing I have my router at home made the 3G moot.

I liked the fact that the book cover was in color and that it was touch screen opperated on the bottom instead of the small keyboard that was on the Kindle. I liked the fact that if my library grew, I could just buy another memory card. And that if the battery died to my obsessive reading, I could just go and buy one.

However, I am concerned a bit about what I read before. Would BN be able to delete my books from my Nook? When I purchase a book from them, is it actually stored on my device or am I accessing it off of their storage? Is there a way for me to back up the books from my device onto my PC so that I always have a copy?

Thanks!

12-21-2010, 03:16 PM	#24
lvillanueva5 Junior Member Posts: 5 Karma: 10 Join Date: Dec 2010 Device: None	So...I wanted to give an update. After reading everyone suggestions, I went to Best Buy and looked at the Nook, Kindle and Sony. After looking at them all side by side...litterally (they had them all on display on one counter side by side) I decided on the Nook. I was looking at the wi-fi only and I prefered the Nook over the Kindle. Sony looked awesome, but I think the smaller screen and weight difference turned me off. And they didn't have the one mentioned above, but the next upgraded model which was $200.00. I'm the kind of person that rarely buys myself anything and rather gift to other people or pay bills (lol) so deciding to drop anything over $200.00 on myself for something that I technically don't "need" is really hard for me to do. And looking at what I was actually going to do with the device and knowing I have my router at home made the 3G moot. I liked the fact that the book cover was in color and that it was touch screen opperated on the bottom instead of the small keyboard that was on the Kindle. I liked the fact that if my library grew, I could just buy another memory card. And that if the battery died to my obsessive reading, I could just go and buy one. However, I am concerned a bit about what I read before. Would BN be able to delete my books from my Nook? When I purchase a book from them, is it actually stored on my device or am I accessing it off of their storage? Is there a way for me to back up the books from my device onto my PC so that I always have a copy? Thanks!