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Originally Posted by lumpynose
The Nook looks like it would be much easier to hold and manage. There's a thread about how e-readers can be too thin, I also think that they can have a bezel that's too small, making it hard to not accidentally touch the screen while using it.
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This may seem/sound strange but I feel like the Amazon kindle Oasis is is optimized for mostly for fiction readers. For instance, it is meant to be held with one hand but if you are reading non-fiction you are going to want to highlight and take more notes than if you are reading fiction but that is awkward given it's design. I find myself holding the Nook with two hands one side page forward physical button other side page backward button, mostly, and when I want to take notes/underline the device is not off balance due to some pointless avante-garde design meant to impress other people and signal 'status'. It's called Analytical reading the real reading you do with non-fiction The kindle X-ray feature is useful for fiction but is a handicap for non-fiction. I don't care what other people highlighted when I am reading non-fiction as I am concerned with just my thoughts and the authors.
Nook is like minimal Zen experience just you and the book not even the experimental browser lets you go to wikipedia -- no distractions period. The browser is hidden and has no real use except making you register.
People mistakenly take this Zen minimal experience as poor software . Also, the latest firmware upgrade made my device more stable and not really buggy at all.
In contrast to Kobo I think Kobo dictionary sucks and the highlighting feature is worse or harder to use.
Also, there is not as much fonts to select from and ways to tweak fonts on the Nook but I do that through calibre. With Calibre I embed Amazon's Bookerly and Ember fonts into my books.
The only thing I like about or miss is Amazon's software was you could highlight a passage and if it went to the next page it would automatically turn the page. But Amazon is the top dog here and has more finances for firmware/os features.