So I just got my new Nook yesterday, thanks to my husband, and I am totally in love after a day. I spent most of last night reading, and spent a luxurious morning in bed, reading a book I'd seen at the brick-and-mortar B&N and was excited to read (Mennonite in a Little Black Dress). Several of my friends and I have formed a 'network' to exchange books that we have, I've already tested out the lending feature, and I have enough to read for at least a week
. (Joking...more like a month or two). I checked Overdrive and my local library participates, so I'll be checking out library books, too, as soon as I get a new card.
I researched the Nook vs. the Kindle vs. the Sony versions, and the Nook was easily my first choice. I love the touch screen (I'm so used to my iPhone that I keep trying to touch the reading screen, too
). I really like the size and ease of use, and my eyes didn't bother me at all after reading for several hours.
The only thing that I was a tiny bit disappointed with was the fact that I can't use my Membership card for B&N to purchase eBooks, but it's a small price to pay since we will still use it in-store when we buy books for my 3 year old son and for books I can't get in eBook format. I price-shopped between Amazon and B&N for books I was interested in, and I only saw a price difference in one or two of them - otherwise, they were all pretty much equal.
It's funny, I used to be one of those "I will NEVER get an eReader, I love my paper books way too much to stop buying them" folks, and now? I feel better about the trees I'm not killing, and we no longer have to overstuff the 8 bookshelves we have in our house (not to mention, the numerous boxes in storage because we moved into a smaller place a year ago).
So I guess this is my intro
. (I'm Amanda, by the way). I've been lurking since yesterday, and you guys have been a wealth of knowledge, so thanks for that
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