Paranormal Romance and Urban Fantasy Addicts discussion

Regina has a point. I noticed when I changed over from my Sony to my Nookcolor that the notes/highlights function is not as user friendly. Oh well I'm still enjoying the heck out of my Nookcolor.

I didn't know you did. Were yiu able to return it? What happened to the tablet you got? I have heard good things about the nook color.

Oh the tablet? You must have been the only one who didn't see my rant. The Cruz tablet is a piece of poo!!! DO NOT WASTE YOUR MONEY!!!
It is NOT a user friendly gadget.
It has NO storage on the ereader itself- You put everything on an SD card.
It says it reads PDFs which it sort of does- the only thing is it kind of "blinks" when turn pages. It takes a second to completely load the next page- really irritating...
Anyway it says it reads epubs but... get this you have to download another piece of software so that function isn't built in and... it doesn't come with a user manual, you have to go on the computer and download that too AND once you do download the user manual and read it. The user manual will tell you to download another piece of software to read epubs WHICH DOES NOT WORK on the cruz tablet!!! So after half an hour on the phone waiting for the tech guy- who was actually good. The tech guy says yeah that software doesn't work, you have to download and install this other piece of software and THEN you can read epubs. What a hassle. Actually this other piece of software does work and you can use it to read epubs. Just remember everything goes on your SD card not the reader itself. That includes that new piece of software you downloaded. What's the use of having a removable SD card if you can never remove it? Also, it comes preloaded with a microsoft office clone so you can read word docs. That preloaded software doesn't work on the Cruz which the tech guy will tell you that when you finally get in touch with him.
For three HUNDRED dollars, I want everything to work as ADVERTISED!! I don't want to have to download and install another piece of software to make it work. I'd also like it to be somewhat user friendly.
I gave up on the Cruz tablet and bought a Nookcolor for 249. Fifty dollars cheaper than the piece of poo Cruz tablet.
It's lighter, more user friendly, works as advertised and is everything I was looking for when I "upgraded" to that other piece of poo.
My only regret is I don't feel it's right to try and sell it on ebay or Craig's list.
I know. I download files and share files. You would think that I would not feel a stab of moral conscience when it comes to selling it but... that's the way it is.

Oh Irene. I remember your rant but I thought it had gotten better I didn't know you had to suck up such a huge loss. :(

Oh if I can keep one person from making the error I did- it will be okay. And the bright side is- I love the Nookcolor!

What great info! Thanks to all of you. Inkmesh, the cruz and the nookcolor. I'd wondered about all of them. I sort of expected the cruz tablet to be so/so at best because it's a first effort. I'm sorry you had to be one of the folks with the learning curve, Irene. But thank you for sharing your experiences and hopefully helping others make good choices too. :)

Happy New Year everyone!

Happy New Year too! I have learned alot too. I just wish I had learned that the Cruz vendors had great customer service and accepted returns. :( You are a good person Irene for not reselling it. Maybe gift it or donate it?

My husband bought me a Kindle for christmas and I have spent over £50 on books for far, I read alot quicker than reading a paperback. I still have loads of books to read when for when I have a soak in the bath.
I do love my Kindle though its great, I am a little obssesed with it it at the moment though.

Lindsey check out the freebooks, inkmesh.com and ereaderiq.com -- it lists daily freebies. Plus, there are tons of classics available for free. That may save your wallet. :) But I know what you mean, I read so much faster on an ereader.

Hi, I am new here but I am a member of MobileRead.com and they have ebooks for free. Most of them are classics, but well worth checking out.

I did a lot of searching and learning about ereaders before I made a decision, looked at a lot of reviews and based on my needs the Sony 900 Daily Touch Edition was the best (that was before the 950 came out, don't know what the difference between them) for what I wanted in a reader.

I was worried about the difference between the reader, paperback and computer. The plus on the reader is that I am getting old (LOL) and my eyesight isn't that good, I need to be able to enlarge the print. The reader allows me to do that. I like the dictionary, I hate not knowing what a word means and so I don't have to look it up. I like the touch screen, I used the tip of my fingernail, even though I have the stylus.
The pages flip fast, I was usually starting to turn the page in my pb books and reading the last words as I turned it. With the reader, I have to wait and finish the page, and it turns fast. These is no eyestrain, which is a huge plus also.

The only problem I have had is that sometimes when I mean to turn the page it thinks I am looking up a word, but that is when the last line is so close to the bottom.
I intend to buy most of my books for my ereader now, two reasons; one is that my daughter does't seem, no matter how manay times I have talked to her, to realize that she is rough on my books. Not to eat or drink near them, or toss them. So, with an ereader I can't share my books (cowardly, but I hate fighting, I would rather find a way to avoid it).
Second is that I am running out of room, and this will make hubby happy plus not let him know how many books I have. He doesn't like to read so he thinks I have too many already (around 400).
I will buy paperback only in series that I am continuing, all new series or standalones will be for my ereader.

Okay I am really considering a Kindle 3G . I own a sony ereader but i haven't used it in ages...probably since last summer. Mainly because I just couldn't find any books that I wanted but now amazon have the uk shop and a few books are quite cheap.
I have kindle for pc and have 16 books on there to read already. I'm just worries I will do the same as i did for the sony.

The Kindle can read pdf files right? I have a few on my computer that i had on my sony will they work on the kindle? I'm worried i will be limited to amazon books.

Yes, it can read pdf books if they do not have DRM. There are other vendors you can buy from besides Amazon, many threads in this forum and others list the vendors. Check out www.kindleboars.com for a listing of vendors.

thanks for the link

ooops www.kindleboards.com (spelled it wrong above)

WOOHOO Kindle ordered yesterday an early birthday pressie for me :) xx Cant wait to use it xx

I bought mine got it yesterday !!

I just discovered The Kindle Lending Club. Its a great website if you want to lend and borrow books on your Kindle that you sign into from your facebook. I already posted 3 or 4 books to lend on there and one was snatched up right away!

I just got the Sony ereader touch, any good or bad things to say about this one? I feel like its missing something

Jennifer wrote: "I just got the Sony ereader touch, any good or bad things to say about this one? I feel like its missing something"

Um, wireless? That's the only thing that stopped me from buying it. Well, that and the price. Otherwise, it felt good to hold, better than the Kindle because it was lighter and fit in my hand better.

The wireless makes all the difference, IMO, for updates and almost instant access to any books you buy from Amazon and others you can send via the Kindle email address.

I received my Kindle for Christmas and absolutely love it!! Before the Kindle I was not a big reader. Now, I am hooked!! For free Kindle ebooks check out www.pixelofink.com Great website!!

I love kindle. I read faster on the kindle. I am glad that we can adjust the text size.

Jennifer wrote: "I just got the Sony ereader touch, any good or bad things to say about this one? I feel like its missing something"

I have a Sony ereader and love it, mainly due to the fact that I can check out books from my library's digital site. I'm not sure what other readers have that option available. I have wireless on mine, although I know there are a variety of models. A lot of sony users like the free library software calibre for file manipulation. I haven't figured it out yet.

Jennifer wrote: "I just got the Sony ereader touch, any good or bad things to say about this one? I feel like its missing something"

I bought mine seveal months ago (900, Daily Edition). Have downloaded aroundd 130 books (freebied) from several sites, mainly MobileRead.com They are classics and some scifi from others and a mixture of others.

What I had wanted was the size of the screen, not too big, but not too small, LOL. With it being 7 inches I can fit it into my purse. I have no trouble seeing the screen and am able to increase the size of the font. I like the touch screen, although I switch through using my fingernail (or stylus) and the buttons. I like the dictionary also. Haven't yet used the other features, but so far I haven't read any bad remarks.

There is a glare on the screen, but that is caused mainly by the lighting, you have to have good lighting. I have yet to try a booklight to see if that will cut the glare down.
Love how long the battery last (varies depending on use), with just reading a couple hours a day it lasted fro around two weeks, I think.

The only negative so far, and it isn't Sony fault, I would have it with any reader, is that when I installed Calibre (really great for keeping records of contents and such) it doesn't accept the DRM books. Which I stupidly bought from Deisel. So, I have to either delete Calibre and add back the Adobe library or find a way to strip the DRM so I can read the books I bought.

I was given mine as a gift so I did not get the opportunity to research them, I had been leaning towards a Nook though, but hey whatever, it seems nice it works well, its easy to get the books of the sony site and you can get a lot of other formats as well. I am a little confused why this one with no wifi is 179.99 while the nook and kindle with wifi with no 3g is 139.99? I doesnt seem to make much sense.

strip the DRM that's the easiest way that I've found. I found a program by searching on google.

I am considering purchasing an ereader, does anyone have suggestions? Which is the best...nook, kindle, etc?
Thanks!

well, some other members may have different opnions, but I am quite fond of the kindle. I admit that after Nook came out I was like I have to have this and I even went down to B&N to try it out. And it's hard to just try it out for a few minutes, but in those few minutes I found that it wasn;t light as they claimedd, when you click the pages to turn, it's slow to me, I think the color/menu bar at the bottom would be too distracting to me when I actually read on the thing.

I was mad, I couldn't actually try out the kindle, I seriously read the amazon kindle pages hundreds and hundreds of times, looked at peps reviews + review videos, got GR members opnions. and plus theres a 30 day free trial, I could send it back.

When I got it I became addicted with it and realized I would never return it b/c I couldn't possibly part wit it. I made the right choice. B&W, THANK YOU! Color while reading is just too distracting to me, the pages click just like that, there is no delay. the menu is easy to use. I had no problems wit the kindle as of yet...oh, yea. it really is thin as a pencil! The perfect size. really I mean absoultely perfect. I couldn't think of another size.

I had seen the kindle DX before in the store recently and I know it was like 300 something, but the size, NO WAY! It was just too big.

I would recommend the Kindle (of course I'm bias because I only have the one K3). lol. The buttons are very responsive and it's very user friendly. The only thing to remember here though that it's not compatible with library elending as of yet last time I heard, but that would only matter if you use the library all the time.

It's also very easy and comfortable on the eyes. The electronic feel to it disappears while you read, and almost makes you feel like you're immersing yourself in an actual book. It's the perfect ereader if you're looking for something simple without other apps to distract you from your reading experience! :)

I have to represent for the NOOK! I love love love my Nook. I did ton's of research before I bought my Ereader about a year ago, and for what I needed the nook was perfect. I love how compatible it is with the Library, and I like that Barnes and Noble allows you to read any book for an hour each day and when your done with that book you can read another book for any hour and so forth and so one. That way you can try before you buy! I also like the touch screen at the bottom, I allows for easy navigation and it will go black when you are reading and you can swipe you finger across to turn the page! For me I don't think I would like the bottons at the bottom. I have a friend who bought the Nook color, and it's great if that's what you are looking for, it fast, responsive, and they are supposed to have an app store soon, but I'm like Mariya, I don't like the color when i'm reading, I love the way the Nook classic (the kindle also) looks like a real book and there is no glare. I also really like the software updates that Nook does. About every 2 to 3 months it has an update that allows new features on the Nook. The last one was amazing, and it had a whole new way to sort and store your book on Nook, and made the whole thing including turnign the page so much faster! They listen to what the customers want, and where the problems are and they do the best to fix it! for me you can't ask for more than that:)

I will say, I think which Ereader you want is really a personal choice. They are all pretty similar (especially Nook and Kindle), and in the end it depends on what you need and want your ereader to do. Just like Laraine said about the library not being compatible that only matters if you use it. So my suggestion is do the comparisons and decide what features really matter to you and decide that way. I put Nook vs Kindle vs Sony in search engine and I found tons of websites that had done all the major comparisons.

Hope this helps! And Good Luck!

@ Amanda

I agree with what's been said, it really does depend on what you need in an ebook reader. Additionally, you should consider that there are pros and cons to every ebook reader and you should decide what would tick you off and what you can live with.

I have Gen 3 Cybook which I love and which used to occasionally need to be reset due to some glitch, it was annoying but it was something I can live with. Incidentally, I've update my firmware and it's good to go now.

I've found this website to be super helpful: http://www.mobileread.com/forums/foru...

It will give you an idea of the different types of ebook readers out there (more than kindle and nooks) and what people have found to be the pros and cons.



Amy or "Ames" wrote: "We may be saying goodbye to Agency Pricing in Europe ..."

I hope so! Although it will probably depend on whether the EU Commission decide that there has been price fixing going on or merely price setting which as far as I know isn't anti-competitive.

I have a Pocketbook 360 and love mine! Its small and fits really well in my hands.

Amanda wrote: "I am considering purchasing an ereader, does anyone have suggestions? Which is the best...nook, kindle, etc?
Thanks!"

I've had a Kobo and now I have a Kindle3. The Kobo is horrible. It stopped working after 6 months and no one could help me, plus they wanted me to pay for a replacement! I ordered my Kindle3 and I've never been happier. The ink is crisp, the pages turn fast, and its easy to use. My cousin got a Nook Color at the same time and its heavy and rather clunky.

I have had a Kindle for almost 2 years now and also a Nook for 4 months. Techonology wise and ease of use -- the Kindle wins hands down. For every step or thing you may want to do on your ereader, it will take the Kindle only 1 or 2 steps, but on the Nook it takes about 4-6 steps depending on what it is (yes I have counted, I am crazy that way)! Notes and highlighting on the Nook and are useless add in functions that actually do not have much usability. The dictionary function on the Nook is well .. not very user friendly. These functions on the Kindle are exceptional, easy to use and I use them all the time on the Kindle. The prices, number of lendable books, number of books available in ebook format, and quality of customer service are superior at Amazon --- all my opinion and experience of course (I am sure others have different feelings). Amazon allows account sharing, which allows you to share books (this is different then the lending book function) with friends, it is an amazing feature. I have gotten literally over a hundred books by doing this. Nook doesn't allow this in the same way (through Nook, you have to enter the person's account you are sharing -- their credit card info and when you disconnect accounts, the books dissappear from your Nook, on Kindle, you only need their sign in info and when you disconnect from their account and go back to your own account, the books stay on your Kindle).

There are two features that the Nook has that the Kindle doesn't have and to me they are not worth valuing the Nook over the Kindle -- but everyone has different opinons (touch screen page turner and visual image of the covers). Now why did I get the Nook if I love my Kindle so much? I read about 20-30 books a month and I don't like reading paper books. I had been buying books and checking out books from the library, but I found myself not enjoying reading the paper books as much b/c I love my kindle so much. So I got a refurbished Nook for $100 to check out ebooks from the library -- the only reason. If I had found an inexpensive Sony, I would have preferred to get a Sony. So, if checknig out library books is important to you, then I would consider all your options out there -- not just the Nook, consider Sony and read on the mobile forum linked above, b/c there are other ereader options that can do ePub with DRM and ADE. Also, check out your local overdrive library system at overdrive.com and figure out if your local library actually has a decent selection of ebooks to make it worth it. However, if checking out ebooks from the library isn't a big deal for you (either you don't mind buying most of your books or you are still going to check out paper books from the library), then definitely go for a Kindle.

One of the worst things about the Nook is the B&N customer service. Like I said, I got the Nook solely to do library books. When I buy books I use my Kindle, I just prefer it. However, I received a $20 gift certificate to B&N, so I was forced to get some books from B&N. There was an error in the purchase of a book and the wrong book was purchased, it took over 5 weeks and 7 phone calls to get the book out of my library and get my money back. Two customer service representatives transferred me out on purpose bc they didn't want to deal with the problem and the last person was so mean and rude with me. And the funny thing is, I had an accidental e-book purchase with Amazon several months ago -- one single 5 minute telephone call with a super pleasant Amazon CS rep solved the problem. I will never never never buy any ebook from B&N again. (I know never say never) And I may sell my B&N gift cards or give them away if I ever get anymore! I often raved about the Amazon CS, but I am really shocked at the level of how bad it got with B&N. I know this is an unusual circumstance and I know that most people won't have to expereince it but I will not take the chance of putting myself through that stress again. Plus as I wrote about above, I account share with several friends on Amazon, so it only makes sense to have my purchases be beneficial to my friends.

I know we all have different opinions, so I hope I don't offend and Nook fans, if you love yours that is great and I am so glad. :) I don't hate my Nook, I like it and enjoy reading on it. I would just choose my Kindle over it, and if I could would have bought a Sony instead of a Nook -- but I do hate B&N customer service.

Amazon's customer service is amazing. There are so nice and helpful to get your problem fixed. I haven't dealt wit B/N customer service and now hering what you had to say I never want to.

It was horrible, I spent so many ridiculous hours trying to get a refund for $7.99. I guess the good thing about getting a Nook is that a Nook owner doesn't actually ever have to use buy books from B&N. I am trying to not be so negative, lol!

I love my Kindle, I recently recieved the Nook color and was really excited. However I like my Kindle much better, the kindle feels like your reading a paperback, light weight and easy on the eyes. The nook is heavier, not as comfortable to hold, takes longer to turn on, seems to have a longer lag when changing pages, though it is backlit and easier to read in the dark but I find it seems to irritate my eyes, I keep turning down the brightness but it seems just too bright. I have not used the B/N customer service, but agree with others that Amazon is amazing, I ordered the wrong book, emailed them and had the book removed and a refund within 24 hrs. I now have an expensive toy that I am not sure what to do with, I might give to one of my kids, I am definately a Kindle lover.

That stinks that you have had such a hard time with the customer service @ Regina with BN. I have had the best of luck with them, they always seems to go above and beyond with any questions I have had. And the one problem that I had downloading a book, I did get an idiot the first time I talked to someone, (he was young, and it was his first week, but I wanted to strangle him) however the supervisor took over, and they MORE than took care of me:)
I'm not discrediting what happened to Regina at all, it's really a bummer when you have to deal with that crap. I just wanted to make it known I have had a very different experience with BN, and they have created a pretty loyal customer (at least online)with me:) And to be fair I have never personally dealt with Kindle customer serivice. I do have a friend who sold their Kindle and bought a Nook Color, but I don't think it had anything to do with customer service. I think it really depends on what you like!

I do agree with everyone about how chunky and heavy the Nook Color is! I was shocked when I first held it. I don't think I will be trading my Nook Classic for the Nook Color anytime soon! But I also wouldn't get rid of my Nook for anything! I love it:)

Thanks for sharing Shellbelle, I am glad it isn't all bad. :)

I kind of glanced through here to see if this was mentioned, so please forgive me if I am repeating something, but most of my file problems with my Kindle 1 have been solved by downloading the calibre ebook organizing program. It will convert Adobe and HTML files to .prc (Mobi) for the Kindle. It will also help you keep track of your books by Title, author, series, etc. I have over 1,000 books on my Kindle 1 and I have many series, so this has been a godsend. It is shareware, and can be used with many readers. Thanks to my friend Shawna for telling me about it.

I use Calibre too for my Nook and it has been amazing!

Hey Regina..I have a kindle also and love love it! I knew they started kindle loaning, I did not know about this kindle sharing. So my sister who has her own account can do this? We can put our two kindles on each others account? I really need to look into this, because we read all the same books and most ebooks are not loanable. tx for the heads up!

Yes, I will put the steps below, but Amazon has a deal with the publishers that each book is allowed a certain number of licenses. So starting with an unlimited number of devices (PC, iPhone, blackberry, kindle, etc) can be registered to one Amazon account. And starting with an unlimited number of devices can all have the same books on their devices AND be reading them at the same time! Now, I say starting with, bc some publishers have negotiated down the number, but I have never seen less than 3 licenses but 6 or 7 is typical and unlimited is also typical. Check here for an explanation and scroll down: http://www.amazon.com/gp/help/custome...

Can I share content with other Kindles?
You can enjoy your Kindle content on Kindle devices or Kindle applications that are registered to your Amazon.com account. There may be limits on the number of devices (usually six) that can simultaneously use a single book. Subscriptions to newspapers or periodicals cannot be shared on multiple devices. You can see all your Kindle content and send downloads to your registered Kindles or Kindle applications from the "Your Orders" section of the Manage Your Kindle page.

Learn more: Manage Your Kindle

I share my account with about 6 people and I access about 6 people's accounts. We don't leave our accounts connected. This is how it works.


1. Get the other person's sign in and password.
2. Deregister your Kindle from your account (from the settings page on your kindle).
3. Register your kindle to your frined's accont (from the settings page on your kindle).
4. Immediately, all your folders dissapear, but everything 1) not in a folder and 2) hard loaded from your computer (not downloaded) stays on the kindle.
5. Go to archives (it will now be your friend's archives) OR go to her Manage Your Kindle Content on amazon.com and send/download the books you want to your Kindle (which is now registered to her account).
6. Once you have the books you want, deregister from her account (same as above.)
7. Register back into your account (same as above).
8. Your folders/collections will re-apear, all the books you downloaded from your friend's accounts are STILL (yippee!) on your kindle and also all the books you have hard loaded onto your kindle are there. So basically -- everything is there. I have never put the books I downloaded from friend's accounts into a Collection as I am afraid it wouldnt come back when I re-register -- anyone done this?

Right now I have alot of books on my kindle from my 6 friends' accounts -- it is a wonderful thing and they have books from my account, and it is all legal and abvoe board. :) I hope this helps.

What does hard loaded mean?

When you connect your ereader to your computer and transfer directly from your computer to the ereader.

so anything else downloaded directly to your kindle would be lost if you deregister your kindle? what if you archive all the books and have the same account on another device, like your phone or ipad?

No. I never said anything is lost. Nothing is lost.

If you read through all my steps I am clear nothing is lost. I outline what happens at every step above.

I'm sorry, you said disappear. So does that mean when I re-register MY books will reappear? Wow, it seems so simple and a great way to increase your bookshelves!

What happens if you and a friend have some of the same books? Do you end up with duplicates on your kindle?

Theresa point 8 answers your first question. Yes they reappear. As to the second - the books will only be downloaded if you specifically request them to be downloaded. So you should not have duplicates.

It is an amazing feature. I love it. Now amazon is allowing sharing and delivering wirelessly to kindles of audible.com audio books.