Anyone have an eReader? If so, which one? Considering getting one, but I want to make sure it has features I want. I don't want to subscribe to any 3G services, so being able to connect to my network at home is a MUST. It must open PDF's. I want to use it to read scientific papers which are published electronically in PDF. Must be able to be updated. The software on these suckers isn't set forever, is it? Will upgrades come? I read the Nook has Android, so I'm hoping so. So, which would you recommend? I'm leaning towards the Nook since it appears to be the only one with Wi-Fi, but there are some many hardware/software upgrades to these things in the last few months, it's tricky to get the feature sets straight. And it must use e-Ink, so no iPad suggestions.
You do not have to subscribe to a 3G service to use the Kindle. In addition, you can download material to the Kindle anywhere in the world at no additional charge.
Can Kindles only be ordered online since it's Amazon? I know the Nook is something I can just walk into B&N and try out and purchase.
Anyone know a good place to download free eBooks from? My wife got a Sony eReader last Christmas, and reads too fast for me to be able to afford to constantly get her new ebooks.
The only problem I have with the many different eReaders is the outrageous price for books. Buying a book for a Kindle should cost less than the paper/ink version, not more.
In the Kindle "store" there are tons of books in the public domain that are free. Does Sony have a similar option?
Hmm, really? I saw a lot of hard-cover books only $10 whereas the physical copy is $30 or so. The paperbacks seem to be $1 cheaper as an eBook. For example... - The Watchman by Robert Crais (picked it randomly since I read it recently) is $7.99 on Amazon paperback, $6.39 as an eBook. - Under the Dome by Stephen King is $20.47 as a hardback, $9.99 as an eBook. I couldn't really find when an eBook was more expensive.
The Nook can use Google Books which has about a million free books, I think. They might all suck, though.
Project Gutenberg has free eBooks, I'm not sure how many are new or if they are all older books that are in the public domain now.
Thanks. I should be able to put those books on her Reader. At least she can have the classics. It is disappointing that paperbacks cost less. You would expect them to be cheaper. I thought eBooks would be much cheaper then they are.
This does bring up an interesting question: On the whole, who is cheaper: B&N eBooks, Amazon eBooks, or Sony eBooks? This could be another differentiator in determining which one to buy. I'm getting an eBook reader for someone for a birthday present on Wednesday, and I still don't know which to get: Kindle or Nook. I've struck out Sony because I don't like how they do business usually (proprietary crap). The Nook is appealing because of the color touchscreen ("ooh, pretty" effect) and underlying Android operating system which is flexible. Kindle is appealing because it has the largest book selection (Amazon's selection is larger than B&N's) if you don't count the Nook's access to Google Books, and I could potentially get that gargantuan Kindle DX just for the "my gift is awesome" effect. I guess I need to figure out what features are most important to the person I am buying it for.
I think prices are pretty equal right now. Wal-Mart is the only company that could end up beating Amazon prices.
You'll want something that can handle open formats. Epub being the most popular one I think. When I was shopping around for one last year, I think I settled on the Sony PRS-505, it had pretty much everything. Then the touchpad 300 and 600 came out and I couldnt find any 505s new anymore.
They all suck right now until color comes along and they managed to come up with an amazing technology called a "backlight"
The bottom section, yes. The book display is still the greyscale e-Ink, which is sort of the point of eReaders to be honest. It's supposed to be like a book.
