Ya know, after finally getting to review a Nook recently, I'm even more sold on the Astak readers. Compared to the Astak (which I used for comparison in the review), the Nook was a joke. I was generous and gave it some higher marks than it really deserved, but it's still nowhere near the quality of the Astak. The only thing that rated higher on the Nook was the fact that it had the newest generation Eink screen, which allowed it to have better quality text and faster refreshes. Otherwise, it's at the bottom of the stack for Ereaders, with the Astaks at the top.