Nooks £29 @ Argos, Sainsburys, Currys, Very

heleneleven

Got my glow light one delivered from Very today, did it with the refund sign up offer so about £40.00. Left my beloved Kindle on a train with my lovely leather case and built in light, more
Returns Notice has nothing on about aroma??? damp or otherwise
Got message for free download trial and going on holiday next week. . . .result! . Just hope I can follow calibra (whatever) instructions.
Thanks all

IrishRose12

3 Nooks sitting waiting for me when I came home from work today, then opened my emails to find a message from Nook telling me that my order had been cancelled! I wish they'd at least check their bloomin records!

Anyhow, all the Nooks I have gotten have been taken by family and friends, so thankfully I won't have to return these to the Netherlands!
I've got to say though, I was very disappointed with the packaging for them from Nook. In a not-so-padded envelope! At least PC World packaged theirs adequately!!

pulliptears

bylromarha wrote: »

Can I ask why? I don't have a Kindle and am loving the Nook - wondered what is making you like the Nook more? Purely so I can gloat over functionality as well as price when friends keep on about how it's not a Kindle

I treated myself to the glowlight, most of my kindle reading was done at night and my M Edge light was useful, but always needing batteries.
I prefer the nook for the following reasons.

1. Screensavers are customisable. On kindle to install my own screensavers I had to 'jailbreak' it. Screensavers on nook are as simple as creating a new folder within the screensaver folder and filling it with my favourite 600x800 jpg images.

2. Clocks! One thing the kindle sorely lacked was a clock. When reading on a nook just press the 'n' button to get the menu up and there in the top left hand corner is a clock!

3. Battery. Nook has a lovely little function where you can go into settings and get an accurate percentage of how much battery is left. No more guessing how long from the little kindle icon.

4. Bookshelves. I'm a visual person and being able to scroll through my book covers rather than the epically long list of titles on the kindle is bliss.

My daughter (also a kindle owner) spent ten minutes flicking about on my nook and promptly ordered herself one of the £29 ones. She also prefers the functionality as well as the tactility of the nook.

aliasojo

pulliptears wrote: »

1. Screensavers are customisable. On kindle to install my own screensavers I had to 'jailbreak' it. Screensavers on nook are as simple as creating a new folder within the screensaver folder and filling it with my favourite 600x800 jpg images.

Yes! Forgot about this!

Emily Dickinson scares the !!!!!! out of me when she pops up on my Kindle! She has evil eyes.

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I just read a good tip - search the nook store for 0.00 and you'll find all the free books:

http://uk.nook.com/s/0-00?keyword=0.00&sort=SA

pulliptears

Also forgot to add, I registered with the USA B&N site as well as the uk one . I found a few books I was looking for weren't available on the UK site and a few that were a lot cheaper (99 cents vs £4). You need to invent an address, but from what I've read B&N don't send out mailings anyway so the address is a formality.

aliasojo

pulliptears wrote: »

Also forgot to add, I registered with the USA B&N site. I found a few books I was looking for weren't available on the UK site and a few that were a lot cheaper (99 cents vs £4). You need to invent an address, but from what I've read B&N don't send out mailings anyway so the address is a formality.

Just as well I can remember the address of the holiday villa we used in Florida years ago.

Thanks for the tip.

jackieblack

ringo_24601 wrote: »

You can lend Nook ebooks to friends,

Not unless your friends have an e-reader

ringo_24601 wrote: »

Both books and ebooks are destroyed by immersion in water.

I've dried many a dropped paperback out in the airing cupboard


Each has their advantages, but equally each have their disadvantages.

I can see all the advantages but you asked what's not to love........ I was simply detailing the things I don't love

custardy

ringo_24601 wrote: »

You can lend Nook ebooks to friends, and you can also borrow them from the library. Both books and ebooks are destroyed by immersion in water.

You're right, a Nook won't smell of damp paper ever. Or turn yellow

No the reader is destroyed. The books are safe on your PC/accounts

melbury

Well I give up, can't find one in stock anywhere:(

My own fault I suppose, shouldn't have dithered for so long.