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I much prefer my kindle!

I LOVE my Kindle Fire! :-)

I love my nook color!!!!

I love my Kindle Fire and my Kindle 3G.

Much less eye fatigue with e-ink. Reading on the iPad results in burning eyes. Plus: my Nook is much lighter and easy to hold at any angle and in any position, like lying on my back in bed.

Since I got the Fire for Christmas I find myself using my iPad less and less. I have compartmentalized the Fire as a Kindle in my mind and not a general purpose tablet. It's strictly for reading and the occasional Prime video. I rarely use it to check email or anything else. I have done this on purpose so that when I see it I think, "Oh, I should get back to reading that book." The iPad is great, it just offers too many distractions from reading.

Kindle is great for everyday reading, but when I need to annotate or import one of my own texts on an eReader, my iPad is a lot easier and quicker to use.

I've only ever had an eReader (Sony). I've never had an iPad.

I love my Kindle Fire!!

Would pay for an e-reader long before I would pay for an ipad.

This should really be about tablets vs e-ink displays.

At home I use the Kindle app on my computer. If going to an appointment, mine or my wife's, I use my Kindle. If going on trip or vacation use my IPad. Mainly I use Kindle App on computer to read.

I have both a kobo and an iPad. I use my kobo for reading most of the time. I only use my iPad if I start reading something while I am at school.

I have a kindle and an ipad. I I'm at home and it is during the day i prefer the kindle. At night, i prefer the ipad because of the backlight. When i'm traveling i prefer the ipad because i can use it to surf the web, play games, etc. It's just more versatile for traveling.

Less people own iPads and more people own a regular old e-reader...

Ever since I bought my iPad I haven't even touched my Nook or Kindle. I'm planning on giving them away or selling them.

Books are formatted better and easier to read on the iPad.

I don't have problems reading on the screen.

I vastly prefer e-readers vs any LCD display regardless of kindle fire, IPad or another tablet. Plus a e-reader does not have the distractions of email notifications or any other notifications interrupting you in the middle of the book except for the occasional low battery if you forget to charge it.

I have a Kindle Touch and an iPad 2. I much prefer reading on my kindle, but I also have no problem reading on my iPad (no eye strain or anything like that).

Sun glare on the tablet leads me back to my kobo every time.

I have both Kindle and Nook Color. Most of my book reading is on Kindle, magazines and apps are on the Nook. Someone who shall remain nameless in my family has an iPad. She reads a little, not much. The Kindle I carry in my jacket or hip pocket and read books on it everywhere!

I prefer my Kindle for reading. The backlit screens are too hard on my eyes. A tablet is nice for reading comics or magazines and surfing the web, but I prefer my e-ink for reading. The eye strain is far far less, and its just like reading a book for me, except that I dont have to shift the device as often like I would a book. This makes it easier to keep my eyes where they need to go so that my dislexia doesnt get in the way. I read so much faster, easier, and generally better since I got my kindle. Reading on a tablet is much easier then reading on a computer, but still not as nice an experience.

For me it is easier with an e-reader for they are light weight but not so thin as I feel i might snap them in two. The I pad feels like I would.

I only own a iPad so I voted iPad.

I started reading e-books on my iPad and began to dislike it. The tablet is heavier than most e-readers, and the selection of books isn't that amazing. I received a Kindle Fire for Christmas and now I only use my iPad for fun apps, Netflix, etc.

Jacinda wrote: "Less people own iPads and more people own a regular old e-reader...

Ever since I bought my iPad I haven't even touched my Nook or Kindle. I'm planning on giving them away or selling them.

Books ..."

Like I agree with your comment. It's not every day you can own an iPad.

Love my kindle!

I do most of my reading at night in bed, and the nook doesn't work without backlight. So iPad/iPhone all the way for me.

Im now leaning more and more towards my iPad because of the the night reading. Plus the ease of getting the books on there, my Sony reader was a nightmare for that.

When I first got it, I loved my Kindle 3G, but lately I've noticed I tend to use the Kindle app on my phone than the actual Kindle.

I still prefer books with paper over electronic books.

I've read on an ipad and it's not nearly as good as a kindle. They're so much more realistic. Even the kindle app on the ipad isn't as good as the real thing. Though books are still the best because you know they're there, on a kindle, you could accidentally delete one, or someone could steal it and you'll never see it again. Even if the kindle is more compact I prefer real ink and paper.

Rowena wrote: "I've read on an ipad and it's not nearly as good as a kindle. They're so much more realistic. Even the kindle app on the ipad isn't as good as the real thing. Though books are still the best becaus..."

If someone stole your kindle, you'd still have your books. Kindle books are attached to the account, not the device. If someone stole your physical book, then you'd be out of luck until you bought a new book...not so with ebooks (becuase they could be read on your phone, your tablet, your pc, etc).

Nikki wrote: "If someone stole your kindle, you'd still have your books. Kindle books are attached to the account, not the device. If someone stole your physical book, then you'd be out of luck until you bought a new book...not so with ebooks (becuase they could be read on your phone, your tablet, your pc, etc)."

If someone stole your kindle, you'd be £80+ out of pocket. If someone stole your physical book, they'd get away with £7 worth of book.

I loved my Sony until it froze up on me to-day and I had to finish reading my book on my computer.

I read a lot and I find that reading on an ipad gives me eye strain; I have never experienced that with my Kindle.

I loves my Kobo Vox ! .. I have a great time reading on it!

I use my Sony for reading (though it will check email, play music, store pictures and go on the internet as well), and I use my iPad for when I want a computer that is cozy, but not for reading.
So, I vote Sony ereader for reading.

L. Darby Gibbs (Elldee)

I love my iPad, but not for reading. I much prefer my Nook with its eInk screen. Doesn't hurt my eyes.

I love my ipad over my Sony reader, but I still prefer to read a physical book (No way will I pay a HC or Trade Pb price for an ebook). With the Ipad, I can read on my comp, iphone, or ipod. The selection of books are not an issue, especially if you have Calibre.

Rebecca wrote: "Much less eye fatigue with e-ink. Reading on the iPad results in burning eyes."

Maybe for you. I can read on it all day. Just turn the brightness way down and switch to double column :)

I love my ipad, but not if I'm reading a long book.

I voted on accident. :( I don't have an iPad, but my husband has an Android tablet. I MUCH prefer reading on my Nook rather than his tablet.

I Love My kindle, I prefer the e-ink and my eyes don't hurt since it doesn't have a back light though that's a disadvantage when reading at night but I can always get the attachable lamp light on amazon. Kindle all the way!However, I'll always love reading real books than on any e-reader but the drawback it that they aren't as portable like the kindle.

I only own a kindle fire but I love it! I don't feel the need for an I-pad. I don't normally use the apps on my kindle except sometimes to go online to look up something or update GoodReads, or occassionally have Pandora playing in the background while I read. I like how the e-ink looks on other ereaders but if I read with the black background with white text, It doesn't bother my eyes. Plus I put the brightness all the way down unless I'm outside, then I turn it up because it reduces glare.

Maybe I am a bit biased, but dealing with the iPad has been easiest for me so far. Haven't tested the Kindle yet though.

Love the Kindle Fire. It does practically everything an iPad does and it's way less expensive. Plus, it's really cute :)

Typically, I use the fire for multi-media, if you are a member of Amazon Prime, there are a lot of good shows and movies free, or at low cost. I do read on it, but I prefer my kindle 3G(wi-fi) for reading. The Fire has a lot of uses, from alarm clock to radio to, Tv and yes, you can read too. The video is primo though!

I LOVE my Nook!!! I wouldn't trade it for the world!

I like the way the iPad's screen is touch based. I only have a kindle (original) to compare it to so the iPad is the easiest to use.

I have an iPad, my husband has a Kindle. I much prefer my iPad as the screen is larger and easier to read. I bought the bluetooth keyboard cover from Brookstone for it, and now it's also great for writing when I'm away home and don't want to lug my computer around, and being able to check my email or surf the web when I need to research something in the middle of a writing project is great!

I like to read articles from The Atavist (see atavist.com) on the iPad because they include all sorts of photos, videos, links, chronographs, footnotes, etc. Once I read a whole book on my iPhone (I was in Africa; there was nothing else to read.) and I really got to like it. It's so easy to curl up under a blanket (it was cold) and read in there. I don't have a Kindle, and frankly I'd be reluctant to buy one because Amazon is getting too powerful in the digital book area, and it's already started abusing that power.

Kindle > iPad
$99 < $599

I think I'll take the kindle