eReaders

[caseysmom]

Thats what I was using before I realized my case had a light. The built in light in the case is way nicer, I had issues with the other one.

[Sowa]

How does buying books work? Do I need a subscription with Amazon? I was confused about a review I read. Said something about paying a certain amount to access certain books or something, and if you pay more you can get it add free. They were vague about it and I'm really confused what this means.

[pomtzu]

How does buying books work? Do I need a subscription with Amazon? I was confused about a review I read. Said something about paying a certain amount to access certain books or something, and if you pay more you can get it add free. They were vague about it and I'm really confused what this means.

All that you need to do is set up an account with Amazon, and if you get a Kindle, register it with the same account # so that they are in sync. There is no charge for this. Then you can "buy" or load free books into the Kindle. They have thousands of free books too, and most of the 30 books that I have loaded so far have been free ones, or 99 cent ones. There is no limit to the amount of free ones you can load, and sometimes I just go thru and see what interests me, and load them for future reading. The price of the books can change too. You might see them as free for a while, and then look a few weeks later, and the same book has a price on it, tho usually not very expensive - a few dollars at most. I love having a huge library at my fingers and accessible 24/7!

[caseysmom]

Link to free books.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/bestsellers...digital-text_c

[Sowa]

Ok, I just found out that I can't get the Kindle Fire in Canada. Well I suppose I can, but I won't have access to the online stuff I guess. Sucks, because I was thinking of getting that one.

Thanks for all the info. I'm still unsure which I want to get!

[Varga]

I have a nook color (which I happen to be using to type this reply). It's basically a tablet and I use it just as much for web surfing as book reading. It's good for both things and it's backlit so you can read comfortably in a pitch black room. Outside in the sun it can be a bit tricky to see the screen but I bought this foil or whatever that you stick on the screen and that makes reading outside bearable.
One of the very best things, in my opinion, about the nook is that I can watch movies on it. That has really come in handy when on a plane for hours and being too tired to read to fight the boredom.

If you just want a device for reading however, I don't think the nook would be the best. Battery life isn't the best... probably 4-5 hours internet surfing on brightest setting. Just reading books seems to take less energy, so it probably lasts about double that if you read only. From what I know about the kindle, it has significantly better battery life (dont know about kindle fire though).

How it works with downloading boks is very simple. You have a "shop" on the nook where you browse books and by clicking on the book you like, you download it directly to the nook. The money comes from the credit card info you type in at the Barnes&Noble website. Every book has a price listed, so that's what you pay. There are also plenty of free books and those you get the exact same way, except no money is taken off your card. Every book also has the option of downloading a free sample, so you can read a part of it before buying.
I don't know for sure, but I imagine Amazon does it in a similar way.

[carole]

my son's fiancee has a kindle as well,just loves it, would never go back to reading books.