<p>Just another frame of reference.</p>
<p>We have both 2 nooks and one Kindle in the house. All are E-Ink based. I have the lighted cover for the kindle, a little expensive in my opinion, and we have clip on lights for the nooks.</p>
<p>Overall, I think the devices are very similar. In my opinion the nooks are just the tiniest bit faster in page turns and screen responsiveness. If you didn’t try to test them side by side I don’t think you would notice. For me, the account features of the kindle, amazon prime etc., are a very small plus. </p>
<p>Also for me, checking out a library book with a kindle is much, much easier. All my kindle library books, save one, have been delivered wirelessly. The other one was a download to the computer and then a usb download. (I actually never bothered with that one because of that.) For my library. which is overdrive based, wireless delivery of nook e-books didn’t seem possible. Also, web services such as “Send to Kindle” for long blog articles seems easier to find. Something similar may exist for nook, but I don’t know about.</p>
<p>I think that the glow light would be a major advantage for the nook though. </p>
<p>If you skipped all of the above, the bottom line is you would probably be happy with either.</p>