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Originally Posted by eschwartz

Couldn't you just change the font to a heavier one?

I could have gone to the sans-serif font, but I didn't like it. Believe me, if I could have gotten the Kindle Touch to darken its font I would have kept it.

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Originally Posted by eschwartz

I've tried out my 3 friends' Nook Simple Touch's (one with Glow Light) and I personally don't like the home screen. I like being able to immediately see my booklist (sorted by "recent" so my last read book is there on top) and wasn't really impressed with the Nook requiring me to select the library from the home screen. My standard method of navigation is to press the home button (the only reason why I REFUSE to consider the Paperwhite as an upgrade) and this adds an unnecessary step for me. And in my admittedly hurried perusal, I didn't find a way to turn off Home Screen Recommendations. I loved the cover view, but the latest update to the Kindle Touch provided that.

I think it has a lot to do with where you start. I'm not going to argue with you about the Kindle's simplicity. You're right about the extra click sometimes being a bit of a pain in the Nook -- though I hardly ever use the Home Screen. You can list your books in text view from most recently read, if you want. I like the way Nook's Shelves work a bit better than the Kindle's Collections (though the Touch was better here). I don't see any way to hide the Collection list in the Kindle 4 (Basic), though I could choose "Book View" in the Kindle Touch. I like the fact that, in any view in the Nook, you can instantly go back to where you were reading with an icon at the top of the screen. As for the Touch's "cover view" I was disappointed with that when I upgraded. They used the whole bottom of the screen to advertise, so you only got one row of books and a horizontal scroll. The Nook is much more elegant here (in my opinion). But, really, this is small stuff compared to the choice of fonts that the Nook offers. That and the customization for margins and line width is (in my opinion) what makes the Nook superior to the Kindle.

Originally Posted by eschwartz

I guess the Nook does have a more elegant interface design, and that will sway a lot of people. It is, after all, the main reason why people still prefer the iPhone to Androids. But to me, sheer functionality is better, and I can find my way around the Kindle more easily than the Nook.

Well, if more people prefer the iPhone, they don't show that by buying it. I think Android phones now have about 70% of the market compared to iPhone's 17% (or so) worldwide.

I see the newest e-Ink Kindle has a similar font Menu as the Nook -- so the font issue will probably gone if I ever decide to upgrade. (Though I'm in no hurry to do that.)

Thanks for all the information.