Personally, I prefer the Kobo ereaders to the B&N ereaders. The main reason for me is that a Kobo user tends to look at you blankly when you mention rooting or jailbreaking since Kobo's ereaders are an open system. I like some of B&N's hardware but their software is a pain to use.
If you are a calibre user, Kobo and calibre are almost a perfect match.
Anyhow, the link you provided seems to be borked (it has both http and https prefixes) so here's the fixed link:
Amazon pulling the plug on downloading e-books via USB and its impact