The elephant in the room is the lack of EPUB support. Despite the differences, it is possible to read books on both devices regardless of format if you're willing to use one of these online ebook converters.
An ebook reader isn't much use without some ebooks to put on it. Kindle owners will do their shopping in Amazon's Kindle Books store. Nook users have access to the Nook Books store.
Of the two competing stores, Amazon's is more extensive and often cheaper. On a Kindle, users have access to in-book dictionary definitions, the Word Wise vocabulary builder, and the X-Ray scanner. The scanner allows readers to quickly skim through a book to find references to characters, events, references, and other information.
Both products provide a range of usability settings such as different fonts, text sizes, and a backlight option. As you'd expect, you can also find plenty of third-party accessories, such as cases and sleeves, for both Kindles and Nooks. So, to come full circle, which is the best e-reader for you? In our mind, there's only one winner: the Amazon Kindle. The different Kindle models also mean there's a device out there for everyone.
If you want to do more research before purchasing, there are substantially fewer Nook reviews than Kindle ones, and people generally seem happier with their Amazon e-reader purchases.
Of course, you don't need to use an ebook store to find content. Once you've purchased your e-reader of choice, you can download free ebooks online and save a few dollars. Want free ebook downloads so that you never run out of reading material? Here are the best sites for downloading free ebooks. Reach out to him for inquires about sponsored content, affiliate agreements, promotions, and any other forms of partnership. Prior to his writing career, he was a Financial Consultant.
Nook vs. Kindle: Cost Let's be honest, the majority of all our buying decisions boil down to one thing: price. Spring Design was prototyping and getting the necessary patents for a dual-screen e-reader. When both devices were launched in the same quarter, they basically looked the same and Spring Design sued them. The case went on for about a year before it was resolved in March The terms of the settlement are otherwise confidential. The settlement agreement announced resolves all claims brought by Spring Design, which will be dismissed.
Barnes and Noble managed to pull off a coup and scored the patents and licensing as well as an exclusive licensing agreement from Spring Design. During to late , Barnes and Noble invested heavily in its online ecosystem. Eight weeks before Christmas in , Barnes and Noble shook up its hardware portfolio and introduced the Nook Color.
This went on to sell millions of units in the months leading up to the holidays and sold 1 million ebooks on Christmas Day alone. They were the first big company to produce a six inch full color Android Tablet that had its own customized user-interface.
It was billed as an e-reader instead of a tablet and provided a very unique product in a market dominated by Vanilla Android experiences. The Nook Color sold more units than anything else Barnes and Noble has ever sold before in its 40 year history. If people were initially not familiar with digital books and tablets, this brought them up to speed.
The company ironed out agreements with Best Buy and many other big box retailers to put the products on the shelves. In early , the Barnes and Noble App Store went live and added a new dimension to its digital ambitions. The development of a curated app store ensured that only select apps would be available and all would be ideal on the 7 inch device. The company offered both paid and free content to be purchased. It paled in comparison to offerings by Google, Amazon, and other providers, but was a welcome addition to Nook Color owners.
By November the store had attained over 1 million downloads. The Nook Color not only provided apps and games to people but also appealed to families, in a way no other e-reader ever had before. It gave you a dedicated section in the store that was aimed at different age groups of kids. You can then have animated books talk to you or just walk you through the adventures of Dora the Explorer. Magazines also saw a tremendous roll-out and were one of the main allures.
In June the company decided to continue to support the e-ink line of devices, which were significantly more affordable than their tablets and still were hailed as a great follow-up by the true e-reader loyalists. It was one of the first e-readers to adopt a full touchscreen, which made it smaller and more portable.
This went on to also sell millions of units and introduced customers to the LendME feature. When it comes down to it, it was that mixture of technology and content that proved so vital. Perhaps a Kindle or Kobo never will feel exactly like a book, but it got close enough for a large number of readers that the difference stopped mattering. Ernie Smith is the editor of Tedium, and an active internet snarker. Between his many internet side projects, he finds time to hang out with his wife Cat, who's funnier than he is.
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