I've had my Nook for a couple of weeks now and highly recommend it, especially since the price dropped to $200 (or $150 for the non-3G version). And if you have a wireless home network, the $150 model is all you need. I did a lot of research comparing the Nook vs the Kindle and there are only a few differences between the two. The Nook reads books from epub which has free classics, the Kindle doesn't. Not that big a deal since you can find free classics elsewhere. The Nook lets you lend books out for 2 weeks, Kindle doesn't. Nook lets you change out the battery yourself, if the Kindle battery goes bad you have to send it back to Amazon. Kindle lets you web browse over 3G, Nook needs WiFi. My decision came down to having a Barnes & Noble close by in LSL for support and free offers.
BTW, you don't need to shut the Nook down completely unless you don't plan on using it for a week or more. It automatically goes into a sleep mode after 5 minutes (or a time you select). Then it will come back on instantly instead of the lengthy boot up.
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