There are other ereaders - it isn't all Kindle!

[blinking_idiot]

A few months ago we were a four Kindle family. Two got the alas-well-documented-in-hindsight screen problems & then there were two. MiddleSon, in the middle of the first Game Of Thrones book was distraught - and in a benevolent gesture I loaded the series onto My Kindle & lent the caboose to him. I missed my kindle.

 

When he was in school & I was sat waiting for the car to be fixed, I had to arrange temporary reposession. The app on the phone was a huge help but sometimes you need the phone to work as a phone & your eyes appreciate a slightly larger target area.So when I heard Blackwells was selling an ebook reader for under £30, I investigated.

 

 

A bog standard nook not only was affordable, I could add a microSD card & vastly expand its library. (Well, so I thought. If you can read stuff off the chip, *I* haven't figured how yet.) Also I had to convert my chosen reading from mobi to epub - not that big a deal thanks to Calibre. (Free software, but lawabiding - DRM & it won't play without some fairly nifty footwork.)

 

 

A couple of months in & I'm very happy with the nook. Barnes & Noble email me each week with nice expensive ideas & I take notes & ask my net-running pals if they can find me anything by X, or title Q in epub. (I calibre stuff in exchange - they love the hunt, I the conversion to readable.)

So I now find myself with two libraries, three ebook readers & I wouldn't change it, As It Works For Us. Should YoungestSon want an ebookreader again I'll nudge him towards the nook as he likes the stylus & I like the price. The nook has a touchscreen which strikes me as more fragile, somehow - yet is encased in a nice solid rubber housing so it can cope with being shoved in a pocket.

 

 

If you want to try an ebook reader, and can't quite face the kindle entry price (plus the risk of same again in 13 months), get a nook at it's discounted (not list!) price & see how you go!If m'father tries to palm his old Kobo off to us though I'll kick - he got the cheap-with-ads model & we see enough advertising without contaminating our reading with it!

Edited August 6, 2014 by citizenB
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[citizenB]

A friend of mine has a nook and wouldnt swap it.

[sillygirl1]

I've got a small Kobo as a spare (got that when WH Smiths had them cheap) and am looking for a Kindle replacement, mine was bought in Feb 2011 and is very well used (and travelled).

 

I have some books however that don't read well on a Kindle as the font is very feint... might try a conversion with Calibre.

 

I will have a look at the Nook over the weekend and see if I like it. Trouble is there isn't a Barnes and Noble near me so might have to go into central London. No major hassle as I work at London Bridge.

[Conniff]

My wife has had a Binatone for years and not had a single problem with it. Not many days pass without her nose buried in it. The memory card makes life simpler but isn't a necessity as the memory is enough to hold all Nora Roberts books and others.

[labrat]

i use a samsung tab 2 with aldiko, very good, can change background and text colour etc

 

and calibre is great alot of people share their collections online with it

[*RainbowTears*]

I've never used a kindle or an ebook reader.

 

I use a free app called Cool Reader (after trying various others) on my Note 3. It's actually really good with lots of options & extras.

 

I love being able to have a read of my current book where ever I am!