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It looks like Amazon's popular Kindle is about to have some serious competition. Barnes and Noble will begin selling their own version of the e-book reader, the Nook, on November 30th (just in time to snare holiday shoppers). It will sell for $259, and it is preselling like crazy. Currently Amazon's Kindle is dominating the e-book market. Why all the fuss for e-books? Many readers are hooked on these readers since e-books can be bought quickly from anywhere and at anytime. So what's the difference between the Kindle and the Nook? Not much.
The Kindle:
The Kindle weighs in at 10.2 ounces (slightly lighter than a paperback) and is just over 1/3 of an inch. E-books are delivered wirelessly in less than a minute. The Kindle holds up to 1,500 books and allows readers to download and read first chapters for free before purchase. The Kindle has over 350,000 books, including most of the New York Times best sellers, plus U.S. and international newspapers, magazines, and blogs. The New York Times Best Sellers and New Releases run for $9.99, which is just a bit more than a mass market paperback novel. Books can be downloaded while abroad and U.S. customers are charged a fee of $1.99 for international downloads.
There are three Kindle options: Kindle (U.S. & International Wireless) for $279, Kindle (U.S. Wireless) for $259, and Kindle DX (U.S. Wireless) for $489. The DX is 10.4" x 7.2" x 0.38" The other Kindles are 8" x 5.3" x 0.36"
The Nook:
The Nook has 3G wireless and can store as many as 1,500 e-books, newspapers, and magazines. With an added memory card it can store up to 17,500 e-books. Like the Kindle, e-books can be downloaded in seconds and bestsellers and new releases are $9.99. There are thousands of titles that will be available for free (like Treasure Island and Pride & Prejudice). The Nook allows users to loan e-books to friends free of charge. More than 20 newspapers, including The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, and Los Angeles Times will be available on the Nook, and Barnes and Noble expects that they will have digital subscriptions to all major U.S. papers in the near future.
The Nook does weigh more than the Kindle (11.2 ounces) and slightly smaller with dimensions of 7.7 x 4.9 x 0.5.
Sound off: What doe you think about the Nook? Will you buy it? Which do you prefer: the Kindle or the Nook or a hardcover/ paperback?
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