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Still use B&N but love my Kindle. You can read it in the sun without glare and library lending is coming soon.

That would be great if the Kindle got library lending. It was the main reason I purchased a Nook instead of the Kindle. It seems like library ebooks will be the wave of the future, and ebook readers should embrace that.

I still read my paper backs. Also we go there all the time for our lattes and magazines. Great way to spend a few hours out of the heat. Tara and her staff at the Cafe are wonderful. Have our drinks down pat and a friendly word for everyone. Love browsing around the whole store. Great place to take grandkids and encourage them to read too.

I have a Nook. Purchased it in the B&N store and also attended the free instruction class. I can read any book for free on the Nook when I am in the store and have many books on my Nook. Many of my books are "Free Friday" books and some I have purchased.

I bought my Kindle in May and I love it. I just throw it in my purse and it is handy if I am stuck waiting someplace.

My one girlfriend and I egg each other on over buying cheap books. I just bought a $1.99 mystery and suckered her into buying it also. Teeheeheehee She is going to smack me upside the head next time I see her, I just know it.

There is a brand new library near where I live but with my schedule returning books got to be a pain plus the main road I would use to get there is all torn up for construction. So I subcombed to the dark side of ereaders. :-)

I sure hope somebody can help me. What is the difference between an e-reader and an internet tablet? My friend just bought an internet tablet with a Kindle app installed for $190. Wouldn't that be like having a regular Kindle, but better? :shrug:

Technologically Challenged Judy

Well... That's a two part question.... The answer is yes!

I have an Ipad but I seldom read on it as it's heaver and harder on my eyes for long periods of reading... The plus side is you can read in the dark without a light.

The kindle is very light, I can hold in with one hand and I can read outside.

That being said, I can sink (sp) all my apps so that I can read from my Kindle, my IPad or my phone at any given time without searching for my page as it will sink to the page I left off.

Clear as mud? :D

I think it's a tremendous asset to have Barnes & Noble right here in TV and would hate to see it close as has been done in some places.

One thing I think Barnes & Noble here could do to increase business is put in college bookstore college logo apparel and gear etc., as over 600 college bookstores across the nation are run by them. I think people in TV like to wear their college logo gear and would enjoy buying it locally, and college logo gear makes great gifts to the kids and grandkids.

I'd like it if B-N here in TV could stock, for example, Big Ten logo apparel (and that would cover many alumni here in TV), and then other NCAA team logo apparel could be ordered online and into the store for pickup. It says on their BNCollege.com website that "We operate more than 600 campus bookstores nationwide for such top academic institutions as Harvard, Yale, the University of Pennsylvania, Indiana University, Georgia Tech, and the Kentucky Community and Technical College System..."....so they certainly have the logo apparel to sell. By having some of it in stock here, let's say Big 10 apparel, customers could see the actual garments and see how they run for size, fit and fabric weight if they wanted to order a logo item not stocked in this store.

Just a suggestion if business is lagging (I hope not). The store is a huge asset to TV and people on the lifestyle preview.....shows there's no need to go elsewhere to access major retailers we're familiar with in other states.

Yes and no. I guess it depends on how much reading you do. The e-readers have a special type of viewing screen called e-ink, which gives you a paper like contrast and allows reading in direct sunlight. The downside is they can be difficult to read in a dimly lit room - solution is a small reading light that attacheds to the e-reader. The computer tablets are backlit and may be difficult to read in bright light situations due to the reflective glass, and after doing a lot of reading, may cause eye fatigue because of glare. Because they are backlit, they may be easier to read in low light situations. Of course the tablet would have additional computer applications that the e-reader would lack, at a higher price tag. Depending on the tablet, the pages of the book may not turn as quickly as on an e-reader, it might be more difficult to download books; etc. The e-readers are really dedicated book reading devices. You can put your books on shelves, make notes in the books, lend them to others, change the fonts, etc. I found the backlit screens to be tough on my eyes, which is why I haven't bought an ipad tablet to be used for reading among other things. Hope this helps!

AngieFox & Taj, thanks for your answers. I'll have to think about this.
Still shopping,
Judy

barnes & noble is a great store. They are not too expensive they have all different priced books and lots of good "bargain books". You could at least try it before you make such a determination!

It is a tough decision! My friends have ipads and love them for traveling, showing pictures, surfing the net; but I don't think they do a lot of reading on them. I can sit down and read for hours, and I know I'd find the reflections on the screen annoying. Everyone is differnt. If you had the chance, maybe you could borrow someone's tablet and see how you like it.

I did that, Taj, but only for about 15 minutes. I loved it, especially the part that let me enlarge the font size. It seemed fine to me, but after hearing what others have said about eye strain I decided to ask for more opinions. Thanks to everyone here for your input!

Right now I'm leaning toward the Android internet tablet that's a Samsung Galaxy knock-off. It's cheap, compared to the others out there. It doesn't cost much more than an e-reader, and it seems to have more bang for less $$. I thought it could be an inexpensive way to stick my toes in the water for this type of device. I especially like that I can download reference photos for my art classes. Since I would be taking it along with me, there's a high probability that I'll drop it and break it at some point. I won't have a heart attack if that happens, but I might have a heart attack if I break one of the expensive models. :22yikes:

So now my next question is whether or not I can download the Barnes & Noble app to it and buy books from them? So much research to do!
(Notice how I brought this back to the Barnes & Noble topic? lol)

uujudy - just curious, what is the name of the Android tablet you're looking at that's a samsung Galaxy knck-off? There are so many tablets on the market now, its hard to know where to even start. I've been thinking of getting one too, but I'm leaning towards one that has usb ports and hdmi, and many of them don't.

Taj, I sent you a PM
Judy