<p>Whatever they are called. I need to know which type is the best and do you know of any good buys now? Thanks</p>
<p>Are you looking just for a reader or want more like a tablet?
I’ve had a Kindle reader for years and I love but it’s just a reader, great to read in bright light. The kindle fire is a tablet and has more functionality, not as good in the bright light. These are from Amazon.</p>
<p>I am not familiar with the nook from Barnes and noble</p>
<p>I have a Kindle, which I love madly. Amazon (and Bestbuy) has some great deals on basic Kindles. The Kindle Fire is pretty reasonable, too.</p>
<p>We have both a Kindle Fire and Nook Color. They are basically the same thing. I prefer the user interface of the Color but Amazon has a contract with many publishing houses now and has many more free and bargain books than BN–although there are still almost 2,000,000 free books on BN. I’ve never had an issue with reading in bright lights with either because the backlight is adjustable. I prefer the backlit versions so I don’t need to mess with a nightlight–which is what I had to do with real books and it was a pain in the rear. The more “generic” tablets like the Galaxy, etc. you can download the Nook and Kindle apps and use both with ease. You lose some functionality on the Nook doing this but nothing substantial. They are also a heck of a lot more expensive. You can get a Nook Color and a Kindle Fire for the cost of one table…and then some.</p>
<p>With either I would suggest frequenting the Pixel of Ink website for updates on the latest offerings for free and bargain books :D. You really can’t go wrong with any e-readers. I love having over 1000 book at my fingertips anywhere I go (my current library count between the two devices–of which I have paid for maybe 20 of those books).</p>
<p>Our family has made a conscious decision to go the B&N Nook route because of Amazon’s predatory practices in the publishing industry. My D1 and dad both have Nooks and love them.</p>
<p>[Publishers</a> And Booksellers See A ‘Predatory’ Amazon : NPR](<a href=“Publishers And Booksellers See A 'Predatory' Amazon : NPR”>Publishers And Booksellers See A 'Predatory' Amazon : NPR) </p>
<p>[Is</a> Amazon A New Monopoly? - On The Media](<a href=“http://www.onthemedia.org/2012/apr/20/a_new_monopoly/]Is”>http://www.onthemedia.org/2012/apr/20/a_new_monopoly/)</p>
<p>Amazon as a monopoly actually makes it the better choice. they certainly keep improving both their devices and offerings. I have a Kindle Fire and LOVE it!</p>
<p>I do my ebook reading on my iPhone but I’m going to get an iPad Mini and may use that too. I have a Google Nexus 7 which is great for reading but the wide-screen format gives it less of a book feel.</p>
<p>I use an ipad for my tablet and the kindle for reading. Altough the new paperwhite kindle seems really good, I have a very basic no keyboard one with a light on the case that works great. It is small, light wieght and the light will alwys come on since it is fired by the kindle. Battery life is great for almosg a couple of weeks since it is not a tablet screeen. I can toss it in my bag and have reading everywhere. So there is something to be said for the basic readers, too.</p>
<p>Gouf78, you will like it just fine until the publishing industry publishes only things like “50 Shades of Gray”. It isn’t about the hardware, it is about the publishing process. Did you actually listen to/read the links?</p>
<p>Of course I didn’t read the links. And they publish “50 Shades of Gray” because people read and buy trash.</p>
<p>My wife loves her Kindle. She is mostly reading classic literature (ie. “Jane Eyre”) which is available for free.</p>
<p>Gouf78, certainly that is true about “50 Shades of Gray”. But when the industry narrows down to one distributor for e-books books (Amazon) that also owns publishing companies (as they do), there is an issue with vertical integration. They are positioned to favor their publishing companies, and shut others out (or make it much more difficult and expensive for them to do business). Having the whole publishing industry under the thumb of one company may produce technical conveniences for you, but it will certainly cost us in terms of literature quality in the long run. And if you think Amazon cares a whit about good literature, I have a bridge to sell you in Brooklyn.</p>
<p>I love my Nook. When I got it, only the Nook had the ability to load library books, and that is important to me. I like knowing if I have a problem I can walk into a BN store and someone will help me. I use the Nook a lot, and have no complaints. Check into buying a refurbished one, I saved a lot of money that way.</p>
<p>Kindle just upgraded their app.
Now it is linked to Shelfari, an editable encyclopedia, that can keep track of who all the characters are- if you are so inclined.
[Share</a> Book Recommendations, Join Book Clubs, Learn more about your Favorite Books and Share Books with Friends.](<a href=“Goodreads | Meet your next favorite book”>http://www.shelfari.com/)
I also use ibooks, except you can’t lock the screen orientation!
Nook also has an app.</p>
<p>Kindle. </p>
<p>It’s ideal for reading - better than an iPad, iPhone, Kindle Fire, Google Nexus, and most of the others. The non-color Nook is about the same thing as the Kindle. I’m saying it’s better based on cost, size, weight, battery life (over a month in the Kindle), and suitability of the display for reading long term.</p>
<p>So I take it, intparent, you also do not own any Apple products, right?</p>
<p>and as far as I can tell…amazon has free publishing to whomever is so inclined.</p>
<p>My suggestion is to stop by your local public library and ask them — most public libraries have ebooks available to checkout from their website and many of them will have several devices available for training that they will let you look at, experiment with, etc. They also get a lot of feedback from their patrons on which ones work well and which ones not so well.</p>
<p>And if your local library doesn’t do e-books, maybe they have a reciprocal agreement with neighboring counties.</p>
<p>Our local library uses Overdrive, but my experience has been they dont have much Im interested in.
[OverDrive</a>; Global distributor of digital eBooks](<a href=“http://www.overdrive.com/]OverDrive”>http://www.overdrive.com/)
Amazon has some titles to “borrow” if you have Amazon Prime.
[eBooks</a> in public libraries: Finding free and cheap eBooks](<a href=“http://ebooksinlibraries.blogspot.com/2012/04/finding-free-and-cheap-ebooks.html]eBooks”>http://ebooksinlibraries.blogspot.com/2012/04/finding-free-and-cheap-ebooks.html)</p>