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I bought the Nook Wifi. Still have it and it still works.

I read the TOS and didn't like the agreement, and somehow managed to bugger the registration so bad that even B&N experts couldn't fix.

I never bought an e-book from B&N. Most of the books I had were DRM free from places like Gutenberg, Creative Commons or stores that sold DRM free. Everything went on the SD card. Wifi is never on.

I like the form factor with the buttons to turn pages and the keyboard and index down below. I like to read while I'm eating, and this keeps hot wing sauce off the display. It didn't like a certain memory card, so now it's in the kitchen for downloaded recipes. Doing quite well. I far prefer this to the junk on Kobo's home page.

I think I'm not the only one who did this. Some of us were turned off by B&N pushing junk in B&M stores. Got to the point where it was easier to get a book from Amazon. I know the clerks have to push it, but I got tired of the selling of the discount card. For one or two books a year or magazines, it wasn't worth it.

I won't buy a reader unless it does use an SD card. I have an Android tablet, but I don't care for the battery usage or the screen glare. I do have books on it. It uses an external card but it's a 10.5 inch and gets heavy after a while.

Daughter wanted a Nook - took her to the local B&N. She lives in the UK, but does have an American credit card so she can order books. It took us over an hour and a half for the service rep to set the Nook up for her. I bought it and sent her to the service desk.