![]() That's not to say the physical book is ever going to go completely away. ![]() B&N has easily been the most aggressive bookseller second only to Amazon in regard to making a strong foray into ebooks and hedging their bets as the market changes (probably) more towards electronic texts and paper declines. With a Nook, I can still offer give them my business. Plus, now I don't have to feel guilty about neglecting great bookstores like Barnes & Noble. Nook Color and E Ink Nook (second edition) Some will look at the features of the Nook Color and realize they don't need an iPad the Nook Color handles all their needs just fine. The same can be said for the Nook Color against the iPad. And Barnes and Noble is best positioned to do just that with a device like the Nook Color. Moreover, although I'm partial to reading eBooks on a Kindle, Amazon needs competition to keep them honest and to keep both the market and technology moving forward. ![]() I don't care if it's different than what I'm using you should simply use whatever benefits you best. If you don't have an iPad or a Kindle or a Nook or one of the many other devices recently bursting onto the market, I suggest you examine your needs and get the one best for you. But you need to understand that while I will use the device that suits my needs best, I'm not all that partisan. Now if you're a regular reader of This Lamp, you might be surprised to read my words of acclamation for the Nook after seeing so many posts about the iPad, and more recently, about the Kindle. The $249 Nook Color, existing not just as an eReader, but also as a full-fledged Android tablet, incorporates a bit of the best of both worlds for these kinds of devices that often overlap in function. But the Nook Color is not only dimensionally positioned between an iPad and a Kindle, it is also functionally in-between the two popular devices as well. At the same time, the Nook Color's screen is slightly larger than my Kindle's 6" screen or the screen of the same size on the new second edition Nook with a touchscreen E Ink display (review forthcoming). I say "little" because it's difficult not to compare it to my iPad, which with a 9.7" screen is significantly bigger than the Nook Color's 7" screen. As of this writing, I've spent almost a month with the Nook Color, and I have to admit it's an impressive little device. It captures the essence of what makes me enthralled with eReaders to begin with: the ability to carry an entire library in one handheld device.īarnes & Noble was kind enough to send me a complimentary Nook Color for use in a seminar on tablets and eReaders in the classroom, which I led at an education conference in Indianapolis last week. When powering up a Nook for the first time, you see the words "Read Forever." I simply love this slogan that Barnes & Noble has adopted for their Nook line of eReaders and tablet devices.
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