Took a look at the Nook (poetry, ahhh), last week at Barnes & Noble and you no longer need a computer. It has 3G technology now. All library books are free. I'm a gonna get one!!!

I have a Barnes & Noble "Nook" and love it. Books can be purchased online via Wifi or 3G through Barnes & Nobles, they offer "free" books(5 every Friday just by going to a B&N), sell in bundles, can get books through various libraries, and other online sites. If you have trouble using it, where do you go for assistance....Barnes & Noble, which TV has on site. I received my as a gift from spouse prior to being in TV, so I am not pushing it because of B&N being in TV. We researched The Kindle, iPad, and Sony prior to purchase. The Nook was the best for me, and I would highly recommend it!

Good Luck!!

knidle or nook ???
 

herb
i have the nook from barnes and noble -- was looking into the kindle like it alot also Love amazon for their books- both are easy to use and i brought it in jnune 2010 already have 70 books on it a lot of them are the old classics that were for free. It was a hard decision to make which one to choose - as the knidle was the first and I was introduced to that by a friend, but i am always at Barnes and noble buying books plus the battery
you can change yourself and it only $30.00 as opposed to shipping it to amazon and they do it ( time withoput your books ) and the cost is aprx $80
the way both recieve the books the same way but with Barnes and noble some time you have in store specials with the nook. I am not knockingb the Kindle you will be very happy with it if that is how you choose to go, enjoy reading all the books you can --- the prices for E books are aprox the same from eighter .

I still have the original Kindle. Still love it. Still Kindle daily. Price on the latest one has dropped. You can buy one at Target for about $150, I think.

We are a 2 Nook house. I've had mine since Feb. Husband kept wanting to read my books, and of course I wanted to read at the same time.

So back to B&N we went. They put both books on same account. I purchased George Bush's new book for $9.99 and the day it was released last week it flew into both of our Nooks. Any book ordered will go to both Nooks.

B&N continually has Nook classes in case anyone has questions.
Just call for day and time.

Best thing about e-readers is font size can be adjusted. I don't know about you, but I am now more comfortable with a larger font.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I know Nook can use library ebooks, and I don't believe the Kindle can access libraries.

Anyway, I love my Nook.

The basic Kindle is $139, there is a newer fancier one for $189. The Sony is much more expensive. The Kindle battery life is supposed to be 3 weeks, 1 week if you leave it turned on all the time. It comes with a charger.

Got my Nook from Barnes & Nobles and love it. It has wifi capability, can browse the internet, and can also use Verizon wireless (cell phone signal) for free.

I decided to get the e-ink rather than the color screen, because the color screen is back lit like a computer and the e-ink is easier on the eyes to read. Reading is why I purchased the nook. Just like a book, if you want to read in the dark, you use a little book light. If I want a device to browse the internet, then I'll get an ipad or notebook, not a watered down tablet.

So far, all the books I've downloaded have been FREE either from the library or from google/books! Love that.

So, we can conclude that you'll find great books behind every Nook and Kindle.

My Doctor has one and she loves it. She spends lots of time waiting to deliver babies. I want one too!

Have Kindles, now Ipads
 

My wife and I bought Kindles about a year ago and basically have been very happy. Her kindle has died five times, but each time they automatically replaced it without question within two days. Mine has been pefect the whole time. The battery charge holds for many, many days. We have found them to be wonderful.
Another advantage is that the books are transferable. We were able to download an app on our Iphones that would bring in our Amazon Kindle accounts. We could bring up any book we were reading and somehow it went right to the last page I had read on my Kindle. It worked in reverse as well.

Recently we got Ipads, A moment of weakness, and were able to get Amazon Kindle apps for them too, so our whole libraries were transferred over. The Ipad is so much more, book, computer, movie player, mp3 player. I was looking for something to take to conferences which I could use for storing documents, take notes, check facebook and email and read books. The Ipad does it all, and it has a lit screen and is in color.

kindle
 

You can go to Staples and see a Kindle there.

cwnavy1 -- I have a question for you. Now that you have your ipad, do you still use your kindle to read?

price of a downloaded Kindle ebook is about $9 - $10

Same with Nook, although both offer free books. With the Nook one can get library books and can purchase from other sources. (For example, Smashbooks, Kobo etc)

I have been using a Kindle for the past two years and I love it. No matter where you are you can access Amazon's book store and download a book in just a few seconds. Fits well in your hand and is much easier to hold than a book.