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Originally Posted by eschwartz
Unless you DO own a hardware Kindle.
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Exactly. The difference is that even if you own an actual Nook you can't download unless you have Nook for PC. With Amazon, if you have a registered device you can download the book directly from your account, without having to install any extra software.
The biggest thing that B&N has done is to cut out the people who don't have WiFi available in their house. About a year ago, my aunt finally started e-reading. She was given a used Nook Simple Touch. She lives in a very rural area, and there is no high speed internet available anywhere around her, so she uses dial-up to access the internet. Obviously, she doesn't have WiFi at her house, so she used to download the books to her computer and sideload them to her Nook. She can no longer do that--if she wants to get books onto her computer, she has to drive over 30 miles to get to the closest place that has public WiFi, or to her daughter's house, which is about the same distance.
She's getting a Kindle for Christmas.
Shari