I, for one, am very excited about getting a little nook..
(sorry I think we will all get tired of this soon but for now
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The Nook seems to address many of the shortcomings of the Kindle but the most exciting thing in my mind is the Android/Windows OS. With the possibility of a more flexible UI and the possibility of apps the Nook may be just what the ebook community is looking for.
The first thing I did, after reading a bunch of reviews, was to verify that my Baen Books library was available in ePUB format, which it is. I spent several days re-downloading my Baen library from HTML to MOBI/PRN nine months ago when I got my Kindle2 and the prospect of downloading everything again (with about four times as many books) is somewhat daunting but doable.
Lending is halfway to giving. One of my pet peeves is that I can lend and I can give a paper book to my friends and I can't with Amazon ebooks. If I spend close to the same amount for the product I want the rights that I have with the other product. I would have no issue with B&N DRM if it allowed me to lend the ebook and not give me access. I would hope and expect that eventually this would lead to a non-time limited loan and eventually the capability of giving the ebook to another (EG them forgetting to return the book, like usual). This would appear to be identical with the rights I have with a paper book and would be fully acceptable to me. (EDIT: Public Libraries!!!)
An SD Card, WiFi access to my home network (my library), (EDIT: Public Libraries!!!), and folders/shelves/whatever for organizing my collection and I am in reader's heaven.
I am not going to rush out and pre-order one of these.
I am not going to rush out and pre-order one of these. I am not going to rush out and pre-order one of these.
I've only had my Kindle2 for nine months or so and I am really happy with it (except for all that cool stuff that the Nook has...) but I will be watching to see how this system/device develops.
