I'm interested in school books/textbooks. Nooks aren't just for novels, right? I don't really get how the whole process works with these e-readers. I would hate to buy one and find out the books my professors assigned isn't available on it.
I'm buying an ebook reader and want to choose between the Barnes and Noble Nook or the Amazon Kindle 2. I was leaning towards the Kindle 2 because books are cheaper and there are more books on the Kindle.
However, the Nook just had an upgrade, having web browser and you can read any book for...
If you've not received it yet, don't worry—it's speeding its way through the air, headed to your Nook with delicious promises of apps, games and a web browser amongst other little gifts. More »
In case you missed Giz Explains the other day—which lays out the entire ebook format and DRM landscape—the iPad will support DRM-free ePub books, in case you've got some on your Sony Reader or B&N Nook. If you've got a Kindle on the other hand, you're SOL, since it uses its very own ebook...
Samsung's Barnes & Noble eReader Launch Ruined By the Existence of the Nook [EReaders
I respect what Barnes & Noble is doing with this multi-reader ebook strategy, and I'm glad Samsung's finally been brought in from the cold, into the warm presence of a real ebook collection, but $400 for this...
A development that will surely worry Barnes & Noble execs at best, and force the book retailer to come out with a firmware/software update at “worst”, a group of developers have managed to turn the nook e-reader into a sub-$300 web tablet—with free 3G access via B&N’s network access.The process...
Here you have the first Nook stand at a Barnes & Noble in New York. The $259 Double-screen Gadget That Stole All The Crappy Kindle Thunder will arrive in November 30. [Twitter—Thanks Gabriel]
If you were thinking about grabbing the Nook for the holidays, you had better make up your mind soon. High demand for the e-reader is pushing the second wave of pre-orders into the first week of December.
This development could be problematic for people who are waiting to test out the device...
First device to allow readers to lend eBooks, the connected eBook reader offers free 3G wireless and Wi-Fi access to over one million eBooks, newspapers and magazines. Wi-Fi enables free in-store browsing of complete eBooks.