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Originally Posted by mgmueller
That's funny. I just wanted to state the opposite: As the owner of both (actually, all 3, I've got Kindle 2 and DX), it is my opinion, that the nook is a better reader.
I prefer the Amazon bookstore over B&N though.
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Originally Posted by DuncanWatson
I am with you, I love my nook but I do prefer the amazon bookstore. I have been using Amazon since they launched. OTOH I have been requesting features from B&N to improve their store. Hopefully they will improve.
If I could use the Amazon store to get ebooks for platforms other than the kindle than I would. But they have lost me as a customer now.
Many complaints about the nook are regarding obsolete software versions.
-Duncan
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I still find navigation on the Nook to be cumbersome. After three system updates, there's still no "Go to Page ..." feature. There's still no way to export notes,
if you can even find them. The only way to find them is to be on the page on which you made the note, and since there's no "Go to Page ..." feature, as I've already noted, unless you also bookmarked the page on which you made the note, you're going to spend a lot of time searching for that note.
Want to make a note on a Kindle? Simply move the cursur to the place you want the note to occur and start typing. Select "Save note" when you're done. Highlighting is just as easy. Want to view your notes? Push the menu button and select "My Notes and Marks". And unlike the Nook, which has no way to export those notes, Kindle has two ways to get your notes AND highlights from the Kindle to your computer. You can upload the "My Clippings" text file via a USB connection; then all of the annotations you have made in
all of your books will be right there in one file. In addition, to download the notations and highlights from a particular book you purchased from Amazon, you can go to your Amazon account and download them anytime.
Want to look up the definition of a word? Simply move the cursor to that word and it appears at the bottom of the screen. For a fuller definition, simply hit the return key. How much quicker it is than the Nook's cumbersome system of first having to wake up the lower screen, navigate through the menus to find the dictionary function, then move the cursor down from the top of the screen (you can't begin at the bottom of it) to the word you want, then select it. What a hassle!
How on earth can anyone entertain the thought for even a moment that the Nook is a better reader? It's still, after 3 major updates, one of the worst, most pitiful, lamest e-readers ever made.
It's pretty and has nice colors on the lower screen. Those are its
only virtues.