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Originally Posted by TednRobin

I am considering getting a Kindle Fire, I know nothing about E-readers. If I get a Fire, do you buy all the books, or can you get E books from the Library for free or at a rental rate?

tednrobin - i just bought a nook tablet from barnes and noble - it is their equivalent of the kindle fire. bought it over the kindle fire because of the reviews at cnet.com and because i can attend their nook classes at any b&N store; can also get live, in-person, hands-on help at their stores as well. the e-reader aspect of the nook and kindle are very similar, the apps for the nook are more limited than the kindle i believe - but they are growing weekly. and the nook allows you to add additional storage via a micro sd card which the kindle fire does not. i compared the viewing screen of both tablets and chose the nook over the kindle fire because of the intensity of its color screen and the depth of color saturation. screen illumination can be adjusted for reading in the dark to reding in the sun. technically the nook seemed to win out over the kindle fire and app wise the kindle fire seemed to have the advantage. for what i was looking for, the nook was a better fit - i can wait for the apps to develop - or i can work a little tech wizardry and can abracadabra the amazon app store onto my nook!

check out the cnet reviews for each and try to demo them in the stores before you jump for one or the other.