Barnes and Noble Nook e-reader to be released tomorrow

GnomeQueenGnomeQueen The Lulz QueenMountain Dew Mouth Icrontian
edited October 2009 in Science & Tech
Barnes and Noble Nook e-reader to be released tomorrow

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  • ardichokeardichoke Icrontian
    edited October 2009
    Wow... that looks like a nice device. This may supplant the kindle in my "do want" list.
  • GnomeQueenGnomeQueen The Lulz Queen Mountain Dew Mouth Icrontian
    edited October 2009
    I'm in between this and the Spring Design E-reader, which uses Android.
  • poofiepoofie Baltimore, MD Icrontian
    edited October 2009
    interesting. but i don't think i will ever, ever buy any sort of e-reader. i love paper books too much... the smell, the feel of the pages, the way they wear after a few reads. i can look at one of my favorite titles from across the room, and know it's my book just by how it's creased and worn.

    i'm interested in seeing how they work out the sharing feature, since this was one of my biggest qualms with the Kindle. i love, LOVE in big neon letters, lending my books to people. nothing gives me more satisfaction than picking out a book i think a friend will love, lending it to them and having them rave over it.
  • ThraxThrax 🐌 Austin, TX Icrontian
    edited October 2009
    I would love few things more than tossing every book I own in favor of an e-reader.
  • poofiepoofie Baltimore, MD Icrontian
    edited October 2009
    Thrax wrote:
    I would love few things more than tossing every book I own in favor of an e-reader.

    :hrm: :shakehead
  • ardichokeardichoke Icrontian
    edited October 2009
    To each their own poofie. I could never imagine tossing all my books. Then again, I can't help but think about how much simpler moving would be if all my books were on a kindle instead.
  • poofiepoofie Baltimore, MD Icrontian
    edited October 2009
    a kindle that, if it broke, you'd be SOL for reading anything! what happens if Amazon stops supporting Kindle, and it dies? you'd have no books. and i'd be a lot less sad for losing one $8 paperback than losing a $260 device.

    i don't even wanna talk about the DRM.
  • ThraxThrax 🐌 Austin, TX Icrontian
    edited October 2009
    Or, you know, any one of the e-readers that supports DRM-free PDFs.
  • GrimnocGrimnoc Marion, IN
    edited October 2009
    poofie wrote:
    interesting. but i don't think i will ever, ever buy any sort of e-reader. i love paper books too much... the smell, the feel of the pages, the way they wear after a few reads. i can look at one of my favorite titles from across the room, and know it's my book just by how it's creased and worn.

    i'm interested in seeing how they work out the sharing feature, since this was one of my biggest qualms with the Kindle. i love, LOVE in big neon letters, lending my books to people. nothing gives me more satisfaction than picking out a book i think a friend will love, lending it to them and having them rave over it.
    poofie wrote:
    interesting. but i don't think i will ever, ever buy any sort of e-reader. i love paper books too much... the smell, the feel of the pages, the way they wear after a few reads. i can look at one of my favorite titles from across the room, and know it's my book just by how it's creased and worn.

    i'm interested in seeing how they work out the sharing feature, since this was one of my biggest qualms with the Kindle. i love, LOVE in big neon letters, lending my books to people. nothing gives me more satisfaction than picking out a book i think a friend will love, lending it to them and having them rave over it.

    What she said, on every count.

    I'll throw in my own addendum as well. I liken the whole reading a book vs. reading literature from an electronic doohickey similar to downloading a bunch of songs to your computer vs. owning the physical album.

    Hold on, hold on.

    Personally, I almost always tend to listen to albums I own more than random songs or even albums I've downloaded. I think for me it's much easier to become attached to them when it's completely it's own music, seperate from everything else I own (on my computer). In other words, when I put on an individual album, it's time to listen to and cherish that album. Whereas music on my computer bleeds together, if that makes sense.

    I'd almost think that in a similar way books which are purely in an electronic format tend to lose some of their uniqueness, or at least my attachment to them. I know this is ridiculous but I can't help the feeling.
    With physical books the same delineation occurs. They are seperate entities, things that profoundly affect me. They are not just a bunch of books on my hard drive.

    As I read a book I find it easy to sink into the universe of the world. They, for me, break the "fourth wall." Using an electronic device as a medium for reading reminds me very much that there is something between the words and I, it feels much less immediate.
  • ThraxThrax 🐌 Austin, TX Icrontian
    edited October 2009
    It's also no coincidence that I have no overwhelming fascination with the album. I couldn't care much less about the "experience" if it means having to listen to songs I don't like. Voluntarily subjecting myself to shitty tunes--thereby wasting my time--in pursuit of high-mindedness doesn't float my boat.

    Music is music, novels are novels. I don't identify with the presentation, only the subject.
  • CBCB Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ Der Millionendorf- Icrontian
    edited October 2009
    As much as I love books, if I could trade my books in for e-versions, I would do so for all but a few shelves of books that have sentimental value.

    Also: Nookie Reader. lol.
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