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Originally Posted by HarryT
Depends what you want to do with it, of course. Half a GB of storage is enough space for several hundred typical novels, which will be more than enough for most readers.
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I agree with HarryT's statement about user storage space for sideloaded books. On my Nook Glowlight (purchased around Halloween), I currently have approx. 130 books and am only using 10% of the 500 MB storage. That's enough to keep me reading a long while.
I realize that some people like to have their entire collection on the device, but I prefer to have a smaller, more manageable number. Considering that I'm coming from the background of a Nook Simple Touch with only 225 MB (built-in, without an external microSD card) storage for sideloaded content, 500 MB sounds like the wide open spaces ...
One comment on sideloading: I've not found it difficult / cumbersome to do on the Nook; 99.9% of my library is from Project Gutenberg (PG), PG Canada, PG Australia and/or MobileRead. Using Calibre makes it even more convenient -- especially for deleting books -- and the program manages both my Nooks without a problem.
So I wouldn't let any concerns about sideloading be a factor in deciding whether to return your Glowlight or not ... Just my $0.02's.