e-reader

[jlyon]

my wife wants one, so i was thinking about getting her one for Christmas. i have no idea what im looking for or anything. where would be a good place to look and compair the different ones? im fine with paying $100-$150 for one, but no way i can do $500+ for a iPad.

[Kurtie]

I believe Best Buy is the best place to go. I recall them having both the Kindle and the variations on the Nook, as well as the lesser known Sony ones. Get a hands feel and see if any of their sales people are helpful.

Kindle 4 lyfe! $139 for Wifi only, $189 for the other.

[Kurtie]

Also do some research on the type of books she reads and do a quick price comparison.

Kindle:
http://www.amazon.com/Kindle-Wireles...pf_rd_i=507846

Nook:

http://www.barnesandnoble.com/nook/index.asp?r=1&utm_medium=cpc&cm_mmc=Google-_-Nook%20-%20Sitelinks%20-%20Exact-_-Nook-_-nook&cm_mmca1=361f5e48-99b3-69c9-8319-00002cde67d0&utm_source=google&utm_term=nook&utm_campaign=Nook%20-%20Sitelinks%20-%20Exact

[jlyon]

she reads all kinds of books, right now, it's the vampire crap. i was looking around and was thinking about going with the Kindle.

[craig]

I have the newest Kindle wifi only. I really like it. You don't have to only get stuff from Amazon either, you can download books from pretty much anywhere and convert them for the Kindle.

I use a program called Calibre, it manages all your books and can convert them to any format.

[Jeff]

The Nook color runs android and can be rooted into a full tablet. IE - you can have a barnes and noble ereader with their library, plus the kindle app for android for the full kindle library, plus the open source ereader apps AND play angry birds on a 7 inch screen

[craig]

The Nook color runs android and can be rooted into a full tablet. IE - you can have a barnes and noble ereader with their library, plus the kindle app for android for the full kindle library, plus the open source ereader apps AND play angry birds on a 7 inch screen

This is all true but if your wife is serious about reading books then the new Nook Color is a bad choice. The Nook Color is a backlit LCD screen, much like the iPad.

The Kindle is an e-ink display, it looks like paper and gives off no light at all.

Don't get me wrong, I think the Nook Color is neat but it is more of a tablet than a e-reader. Some people can deal with staring at a LCD screen reading for hours, but most can't or at least wouldn't want to.

The previous Nook is e-ink however just like the Kindle.

[Jeff]

good point. my wife uses an ipod touch as a kindle so i didn't think much of the differences in the screen types.

[Sleeper]

Best idea yet.

Take her to the library and get a card. They are all the rage.

I really dont see throwing away that much money on something that will only be supported until the next great thing comes around.

[Lason]

Best idea yet.

Take her to the library and get a card. They are all the rage.

I really dont see throwing away that much money on something that will only be supported until the next great thing comes around.

and while your at it go back to using the phone book, lol.