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I am looking at buying an e book for my wife for Christmas, for those that have them can you send me some feed back . pros and cons. please and thanks.

Lin.
 
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I got my wife a Kindle last year and she loves it (and I do too). It really is a lot like looking at real paper pages. If you want to do anything else, like surf the web, get email, etc., then don't get the Kindle.
 
lorbay said:
I am looking at buying an e book for my wife for Christmas, for those that have them can you send me some feed back . pros and cons. please and thanks.

Lin.
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My wife has had a Kindle for a couple years now and loves it. Doesn't go anywhere without it.
 
Dan26 said:
I got my wife a Kindle last year and she loves it (and I do too). It really is a lot like looking at real paper pages. If you want to do anything else, like surf the web, get email, etc., then don't get the Kindle.
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I should have noted that in my post, I want it to be wi fi as well. Thanks for pointing that out Dan

Lin.
 
Give the Nook Tablet a serious look. Similar to the Kindle Fire, but after much thought I chose the Nook. Well worth the extra $50.

My sister has the Nook Color (no wifi) and loves it. Same form factor, display, etc. as the tablet but without wifi.

I also use the Kindle app on my iPad and it works well.
 
lorbay said:
Dan26 said:
I got my wife a Kindle last year and she loves it (and I do too). It really is a lot like looking at real paper pages. If you want to do anything else, like surf the web, get email, etc., then don't get the Kindle.
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I should have noted that in my post, I want it to be wi fi as well. Thanks for pointing that out Dan

Lin.
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All current Kindle models have wi-fi. Only the Kindle Fire has a browser and network-capable apps. So don't choose a model based on wi-fi. You need to look at what that enables on a particular model.
 
Lin, I've got both the Kindle 3 with wi fi and 3G and Just got the Kindle Fire which does has wi fi. The K3 with it's e ink is just like looking at paper. Great inside or outside in bright light which is next to impossible on something like an i pad. It's not back lit so you need a light source. I bought a lighted cover for mine. With the 3G you can download books anywhere, anytime. The Fire is back lit like an i pad and is wifi only. You'll need a home wifi network or if out a wi fi hot spot. I get my email, check facebook , watch youtube, Netflix or anything else you can do on an ipad. Books , books and more book are available for the Kindle. Lots of free ones and most that aren't are about the same or sometimes cheaper than paperbacks.
Amazon has made most of the Android apps available for the Fire and offer a free one every day. There's lots of info on Amazons site aboiut the different models.
 
My wife and I both have Kindles and love them. Great for reading outdoors. My daughter has a waterproof case for hers and floats around in their pool reading in the summer.
 
My wife has had the Kindle keyboard e-reader for a year or so and loves it. I recently bought the Barnes & Noble Nook Simple Touch. After reading a few books on it, I'll never go back to paperbacks. It's just more convenient holding the e-reader, as well as having access to multiple books all the time. I really like the touch screen, but it's not mandatory since my wife does fine without it.

As far as what brand e-reader to purchase, that is more a personal preference. If you go with the Kindle, you'll use Amazon for your e-book purchases. Until recently, libraries did not loan e-books in Kindle's format (AZW). That's starting to change, though most libraries will have more e-books in the EPUB format (Nook, Sony). E-books for the Nook are available pretty much everywhere as well as at Barnes & Noble.

You should know that a copy-protected e-book you purchase for the Kindle cannot be read on a Nook and visa versa due to digital rights management. The DRM system the Kindle uses is a little more restricting than the Nook's. It's not an issue if you're just going to be reading them on one device. For non-protected e-books, you can use a nice free software program called Calibre to convert between formats. This program also provides a nice database to keep your e-book library.
 
Both Dee and I have Kindles, with keyboards. They are wi-fi and if you turn the wi-fi off they can be used in 3G. This is in the experimental mode. Works but very slow and of course no touch screen. As a reader they are fantastic, they just aren't an I pad but the price was only $139.00.
 
I bought a Kindle Fire as an early Christmas for myself. I just finished reading my first book on it. I love it. Read Water for Elephants that was "borrowed" from the Kindle library.
 
Mark me down as another very happy Kindle owner. I find it easier to read than paper books and for some reason I seem to read faster. I downloaded my first book in May and when I checked the other day, I found that I've read 42 books since then. I received a hard cover book as an early Christmas present and while it looks interesting, I'm not really looking forward to going back to paper.

Jim Smith
 
I have the Nook Color. Got it last year for Christmas ans love it. I use it for reading and occassional suifing. I love it. I would give the Nook Tablet a serious look. It is very similar to the Nook Color but has a much faster processor. I take mine everywhere.
 
After reading about 75 books on a Sony Ereader, the battery went dead and I was told to reset it and then they hung up, it also tended to fade out in the bright sun. My wife and I now both have retired our Sonys and are using Kindle 3s, hers has 3g and mine is just wifi but they are great in the bright sun and with the light built into the cover they are great in the dark as well. I have read about 20 books now on my Kindle in the past 5 months and it seems to be pretty good for me. I just bought 2 more to give to my parents for the holidays. We did have a minor problem with a screen on one Kindle and they had a replacement to us in 2 days, not bad service. I am avoiding the ones with browsing capabilities as I want to read and will just get distracted with other stuff if it can do it.
 
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I recently got the Kindle Fire and enjoy it. Only small complaint I have is reading magazines. Books, movies, TV shows, IAP, apps all work great. Well worth the price. Was initially going for an IPad but my decision was more on weight and size rather than cost and features.
 
We have the Nook Tablet and love it. My wife hasn't been able to put it down since we got it. The benefit to the Nook is that if anything goes wrong with it, you can bring it into any Barnes and Noble for a fix or replacement. The downside to the Nook is that there are not as many free ebooks as there are for the Kindle. Either one is a good choice.
 
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