Kindle vs Nook The Ebook Reader Wars Customer Wins!
Author: Dave Benson
The Kindle versus Nook ebook reader competition is certainly hotting up, with a massive market demand for these devices the big boys are throwing their all into grabbing their share but which one is best?
(*Authors note: The features and prices are constantly changing so to get up to date info check the links at the bottom. Regards Dave)
The ever improving features of both the Kindle and the Nook means that the differences between the two are diminishing all the time.
So, lets take a quick look at what is on offer. We compare the 3g/WiFi enabled versions of each.
The features of the latest Amazon Kindle 3G WiFi include:
The latest E-Ink screen for better contrast and readability, you can read your Kindle in bright daylight so reading Dickens on the beach is a possibility.
Enhanced battery life so you can carry on reading for longer. Around seven days according to users
Storage capability of around three and half thousand books.
Light and portable as a real book, weighing only just over eight ounces it slips easily into you bag.
Huge library, nearly three quarters of a million books available to buy and nearly two million free books which are public domain or out of copyright.
Easy downloads with the free wireless connectivity.
Features of the Barnes & Noble Nook include:
E-Ink screen as the Kindle. Sixteen tone gray with great contrast.
Secondary color screen for navigation, this make the device look slightly cleaner than the Kindle but really has nothing to do with the real purpose.
Weight is slighly more than the Kindle but the dimensions are a touch lower, still portable and easy to carry.
Battery life is not quite as good at around five days
Good library at just over a million titles but they are signing more and more as time goes by.
So, the features are fairly even so who has the edge in the Kindle vs Nook war?
I think it comes down to a couple of things which are pretty essential to the e-book reader arena, i.e. trust and content.
Whilst Amazon have stuck to their guns in the format of the Kindle ebooks they do support a variety of other formats such as Microsoft Word (DOC, DOCX), PDF, HTML, TXT, RTF, JPEG, GIF, PNG, BMP, PRC and MOBI files.
The Nook on the other hand supports pdf and ePub documents but not DOC or HTML files which I consider to be a serious drawback.
Amazon have been in the online world a very long time and have the edge on Barnes and Noble.
Amazon were by no means the first to come up with the idea of portable e-book readers but they have demonstrated their determination to get their products out into the marketplace with a huge development program.
A further thought I have is that Amazon, by engaging the support of thousands, if not millions of internet affiliates will always have the promotional support that development of any kind needs.
Competition is certain to carry on growing amongst developers of these devices and that can only be a good thing for us, competition has and will drive the prices down and so, in the Kindle versus Nook war it is customers who win.
Frequently Asked Questions
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QUESTION:
Nook??????????????????????
ok so im getting a nook for my birthday and was wondering if it was a good thing? And your reviews and what you think about it the quality and so forth thanx!-
ANSWER:
It would be helpful if you posted if you got e-Ink Nook or the new Nook Color.
In any case, here's the good and bad about it:
While the latest Kindle has a bit better screen than e-Ink Nook and has a better battery life (because Nook also has a little color touchscreen LCD screen at the bottom which is cool but drains battery), original Nook has a lot of advantages over Kindles:
1. Nook allows to lend books for 2 weeks to friends or to your other devices that run B&N app (PC, MAC, Android phones, Apple iPhone and iPad, etc.) Barnes & Noble allows (when you walk in with the Nook to B&N store) to read any available eBook for free while in the store via free provided in the store Wi-Fi. With Nook, while in BN store you get exclusive articles from top authors, and great offers including cafe treats and unique deals.
2. Nook (unlike Kindle) can be used for library ebooks.
3. Nook (unlike Kindle) can be used for renting text-ebooks.
Nook Color - which is a hybrid Android device - is much more than just an e-Reader but not a full tablet as it doesn't have a camera (but iPad also doesn’t have one.) Even though Nook Color has LCD screen, it's a new generation screen which is anti-glare coated and is better performing in sunlight and reducess glare all of which are dooming reading on iPad. Also, the screen is amazing and readable/viewable at wide angles. It can be used for watching video's and it doesn't "blink" on each ebook page turn.
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QUESTION:
NOOK???????????????????
got a nook wifi for christmas, and a 100$ gift card. i dont have a default cc so i am using my moms, but when i buy an ebook, it uses the cc. so how can i still have a default cc and buy it with the gift card.-
ANSWER:
You need to edit your payment options in your account. Take away the "buy now", "one-click purchase" or "quick checkout" option. Also, there should be somewhere in the account settings or checkout process to enter gift card codes. Look for it and proceed through checkout slowly to prevent B&N from charging your CC.I'm sorry, i can't give you specifics because I use a Sony, but that's is how it works in the Reader Store. Unfortunately, all the "Nook Experts" that were here pushing their product before the holidays seem to have abandoned those who bought it.
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QUESTION:
How do you move nook books from your computer to your nook?
Wi fi is down, and a lady at Barnes and Noble said I could manually move my nook books I just purchased to my nook via a usb cable. How would I do that? I tried, and I just got an unsupportable file. Thanks!-
ANSWER:
Hi, coffee beans, first of all you could've done it right there at B&N store that provides free Wi-Fi to Nook's or any Starbucks or any McDonalds or airport or any other place that provides free Wi-Fi service.
Also, after you downloaded book to your PC do this:
1. plug the Nook to your pc with the usb cable.
2. add the books to the "my documents" folder in your Nook.
3. eject/unplug your Nook from pc.
4. go to "my library" in your Nook -> "view my documents", check for new content.
5. the ebooks you've added should pop up.
If you still have issues, setup Adobe Digital Editions (free from Adobe) on your computer:
Open ADE and the “Setup Assistant” will be displayed
Click “Continue”
The “Authorize Computer” box will display
Enter your Adobe account information
Click “Activate”
Click “Finish”Authorize ADE on your Nook
Connect the Nook to your computer via the USB cable
Open ADE
ADE should “see” the Nook and the “Device Setup Assistant” box should appear.
Click “Authorize Device”If ADE does not “see” the Nook, try the following steps.
Go to “My Computer” (or the equivalent on your PC or Mac) and click on the Nook drive.
Find and delete the “.adobe-digital-editions file.
Close ADE
Restart ADE
Your Nook should now be visible to ADE, if not
Go back to the Nook drive
Find the “Digital Editions” file and delete it
Close ADE
Restart ADE
Nook will be visible
Click “Authorize Device”Downloading eBooks
This is not a standard download like you have seen or used in the past, this download is an .acsm link.After you purchase or borrow your book, click the download link or box
You should be asked if you want to open (do NOT choose to “save” the book) in “digital editions” click yes, if you are given the option to ALWAYS open the .acsm link in this program, choose yes or put the checkmark in the box.
ADE will open and your book will be downloaded into ADEIf you do not have the option to always use ADE to download the following steps will allow you to opt in for this
For Windows:
Go to Start-->Control Panel-->Default Programs-->Associate a file type or protocol with a program
The “Associate a file type or protocol” window will pop up.
Under the “Extensions” heading, select '.acsm' and click the “Change program…” button.
The “Open With” dialog box is displayed.
Click the “Browse…” button.
A second “'Open With” dialog box is displayed.
Browse to 'C:Program FilesAdobeAdobe Digital Editions and select 'digitaleditions.exe'.
Click “Open”. Adobe Digital Editions is now set to open ACSM files automaticallyFor a Mac
Control-click the 'urllink.acsm' file and select 'Get Info'.
The 'urllink.acsm Info' window is displayed.
Expand the 'Open with:' section and click 'Other…'.
A list of programs is displayed.
Select 'Adobe Digital Editions'.
Check the 'Always Open With' checkbox.
Click the 'Add' button.
Close the 'urllink.acsm Info' window.
Adobe Digital Editions is now set to open ACSM files.How Do I Get the Book on my Nook?
Once everything is downloaded, installed and authorized, this is the easy part! Just "grab" the book (that you have previously purchased or borrowed and downloaded into ADE) you want to copy to your Nook, drag it over to the "Nook" (on the left hand side of ADE) and drop it in!
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QUESTION:
How do i get pandora to play on my nook?
I just bought a nook. Not the color nook just the normal one. I listen to pandora all the time and i love it. I heard you can get pandora to play on your nook, is this true? Or should i just buy a nookcolor?-
ANSWER:
Hi, Casey, you need Nook Color which has several apps that already come with the device (Pandora Internet radio, QuickOffice, etc.) Also, Barnes & Noble recently released Nook SDK and Nook Developer platform that will allow most of the existing 100,000 Android apps be ported to it. Also, you can use the Social Settings screen to link your NOOK Color to your Facebook account and your Twitter account. You can also import all your contacts from your Google Gmail account. Once you have linked to Facebook and Twitter and set up email contacts, you can lend and borrow books, recommend books, and share favorite quotes with your friends.
Also, Nook Color is scheduled to get upgraded to Android 2.2 next month which will bring a lot of new features.
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QUESTION:
How to transfer adobe digital editon to nook iphone app?
I downloaded the Nook app for my iphone and I want to transfer a book I have on my Adobe Digital Editions onto the Nook so I can read it on the go. How do I do that? Also, the book I have on my Adobe Digital Editions I bought from norton ebooks,
thanks in advance!-
ANSWER:
http://forum.pandaapp.com/ you can leave your question in here and there are some professional guys will help you out
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