I did it -- I finally bought an ebook. I went NOOK over Kindle, and I flipping LOVE this thing already. I have a penchant for reading ginormous novels -- and I love using the library, which means having to lug around a 3 pound, 1400 page paper brick wherever I go. (1400 pages was the length of a recent novel by a favorite author -- and that was pretty much the last straw.)
I have dreamed of an actual ebook since I was a little kid -- and I am delighted with this gadget. I did a lot of comparison-shopping, but in the end the simple fact that Barnes & Noble is a brick and mortar chain that employs people in communities all over America (instead of just Amazon's Seattle base and wherever their handful of distribution centers are) was the tipping point. It feels like supporting Barnes & Noble is just a little bit more capitalist/consumer friendly than feeding Jeff Bezos more dough. Besides, NOOK makes it really easy to borrow library books; gotta love that.
I have dreamed of an actual ebook since I was a little kid -- and I am delighted with this gadget. I did a lot of comparison-shopping, but in the end the simple fact that Barnes & Noble is a brick and mortar chain that employs people in communities all over America (instead of just Amazon's Seattle base and wherever their handful of distribution centers are) was the tipping point. It feels like supporting Barnes & Noble is just a little bit more capitalist/consumer friendly than feeding Jeff Bezos more dough. Besides, NOOK makes it really easy to borrow library books; gotta love that.
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