Thanks for the information. I worry about that too — buying books and then not having enough time to read them. At least with paper books, I can see them sitting in the corner as a reminder that I need to read them. I’ll probably try to whittle down my TBR pile a little more before I get an e-reader. We shall see …

I love the color nook because I love to read in bed at night and I like the backlit display. In the summertime, however, I wanted to read outside in the sun and it was not good for that. So I bought myself the Nook 2nd edition and absolutely loved that too. I find that I use the Nook eInk during the day and then switch to the Nook color at night. Yes – the eInk is much easier on the eyes. Now that it gets dark so early, I find myself using the Nook color more. I love them both and if I had to give up one or the other I’m not sure which I would choose. I’ve bought 5 Nooks as gifts this year alone.

Also, I love the B&N site and the ability to buy books at other sites like fictionwise and allromanceebooks because they usually have great deals. It is wonderful to be able to lend and borrow books through the nook-lendable program and I have made friends on goodreads that I lend with daily.

Because of the lending program, I’m actually considering buying a kindle (not sure if it would be a fire or eInk model) in order to lend with my goodreads friends who do not have Nooks.

The one negative I discovered is that I am now spending WAY too much on books. I have hundreds of unread books on my Nook. When I bought physical books I would buy one, read it, buy another…with eBooks, I will buy a bunch at a time because it’s so easy. And seeing a shelf of icons in my ereader is not as significant to me as seeing a stack of unread books sitting in my house. So yeah….I’m developing something of an addiction.

Hope that helps! Yes – I play music on mine also. I use the pandora app. Great feature when I’m soaking in the tub and want to stop reading for a second and close my eyes….*sigh*

Thanks for the information. I doubt know that I would play music on mine all that often, but that would be a cool feature to have.

Jess
PS I did a research paper on e-readers before I bought mine.

I’m with you on the font sizes. By the time I’m done working for the day, I want something that is easy for my eyes to read. I think it will be cool to make the font as big as I want.

Thanks for all the info. I appreciate it. Hmm. I hadn’t thought of transferring the books someday, but that’s another good point to look into.

And I forgot! Battery life is key. It is way way longer on e-ink devices than others. If I spend a bunch of time on my iPad on one day, I need to charge it, where if I was reading on my Kobo, it probably gets charged once every two weeks or so. If that.

So I’m one of those people who has to have all the latest tech, and I bought my Sony e-reader really early on. I loved reading on it. People asked a lot if I missed the paper books, but when you’re reading on the e-reader, it doesn’t occur to you that you’re missing out on anything. If you’re reading a good book that is!

The Kobo was great too, and it’s even better now that it has wireless and multiple colors. And the iPad…while excellent for lots and lots of things, is not exactly geared toward reading like a dedicated e-reader.

If I were to go buy an e-reader today, I would buy the plain ol’ Kindle with 3G. You never have to worry about a connection because of the 3G (which is included), you get the e-ink screen (I’m going to say here that I spend all day looking at a computer as a tech geek, and sometimes, the last thing I want to do is go home and stare at another bright screen, so the e-ink is great), you can either get one with a keyboard or a touch screen, depending on what kind of interface you like better, and last but not least, the Kindle has apps for pretty much any device you own. So if you have a smart phone, you can read your books on your phone. Or you can even read them in a computer browser if you’d like! Plus the new lending feature (which obviously is too new to make a judgment on, but looks cool) is a great addition.

The only concern I ever had about the Kindle was that if you lose your Kindle, or want a new e-reader, you’re pretty much stuck with the Kindle, because of Amazon’s file format being exclusive to their devices. So, your library isn’t very transferable. But, they’re so cheap these days that it almost isn’t as important as it was when I was considering buying one.

Anyways, good luck! Sorry such a long analysis which I’m sure includes everything said above! 🙂

Battery life is something else I need to take into account. And yes, I imagine e-readers are quite convenient if you travel a lot. You never have to worry about running out of books to read.