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pwalker8 · 12-10-2009, 09:42 PM

I got my nook yesterday. I have a few books that I bought from B&N and I copied some of the epub books that I bought from Baen books on to the nook to see how things worked. As a point of reference, I have a Kindle 1 and a Sony PRS-505 in addition to the nook. I do most of my reading on the Sony.

I really can't tell much of a speed difference between the three units once the book is loaded and I'm turning from page to page. Starting the nook up from an off position rather than a screen saver position does take while, but then again, so does the Sony. Changing font sizes is much faster on the nook.

As far as I can tell, there just isn't a noticeable difference in the reading experience between the big 3 (Sony, Kindle and Nook). I think that the Sony is a bit more ergonomic than the nook, but the nook is more ergonomic than the kindle. I plan to take my nook with me to B&N this weekend to see what it's like in the store.

The big reason that my Sony will probably remain my main reading device is that it has a much better method of organizing my books. I like to have my entire library available to me (i.e. 1000+ e-books) and I like to organize the books that is in my to be read queue so I can access them easily (usually 20+).

My ideal would be to have my library on a memory chip and be able to copy books to the main memory of the e-reader as well as delete from the e-reader.

12-10-2009, 09:42 PM	#8
pwalker8 Grand Sorcerer Posts: 7,195 Karma: 70314280 Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Atlanta, GA Device: iPad Pro, iPad mini, Kobo Aura, Amazon paperwhite, Sony PRS-T2	I got my nook yesterday. I have a few books that I bought from B&N and I copied some of the epub books that I bought from Baen books on to the nook to see how things worked. As a point of reference, I have a Kindle 1 and a Sony PRS-505 in addition to the nook. I do most of my reading on the Sony. I really can't tell much of a speed difference between the three units once the book is loaded and I'm turning from page to page. Starting the nook up from an off position rather than a screen saver position does take while, but then again, so does the Sony. Changing font sizes is much faster on the nook. As far as I can tell, there just isn't a noticeable difference in the reading experience between the big 3 (Sony, Kindle and Nook). I think that the Sony is a bit more ergonomic than the nook, but the nook is more ergonomic than the kindle. I plan to take my nook with me to B&N this weekend to see what it's like in the store. The big reason that my Sony will probably remain my main reading device is that it has a much better method of organizing my books. I like to have my entire library available to me (i.e. 1000+ e-books) and I like to organize the books that is in my to be read queue so I can access them easily (usually 20+). My ideal would be to have my library on a memory chip and be able to copy books to the main memory of the e-reader as well as delete from the e-reader. Last edited by pwalker8; 12-10-2009 at 09:47 PM.