[Hidden-tech] Kindle or Nook

[Jan Werner]

AFAIK, Kindle supports mobi (mobireader is owned by Amazon), but not 
ePub. There are far fewer books available in mobi format than in ePub.

The Color Nook is in fact a 7" tablet running Android 2.1 at 1024 x 600 
resolution.

To my great surprise, I have found it quite easy to read many ebooks in 
ePub format on my HTC Droid Incredible using the free Aldiko reader.

A great source of information about ebook readers, including reviews of 
new devices and comparisons, is http://www.the-ebook-reader.com/

Finally, if you own any print editon books from O'Reilly, which now 
includes Microsoft Press, you can set up an account on the O'Reilly site 
and register them there. After doing that, you can  buy and download the 
ebook version (if there is one) for each registered title. Most are 
available in pdf format, many in ePub and mobi, a few in Daisy (for the 
sight-impaired).

Jan Werner
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> You might also consider the Sony E-book -- nice little device, esp if
> you prefer reading the classics - we get most of our content from
> gutenberg.org (although they really blew their marketing opportunity --
> they now have a store like Amazon)
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> We have both a Sony e-book and an iPad - we used the Sony to travel over
> 4 months in the EU where we had no place for much bigger for reading --
> it was great.
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> One thing you need to understand is the difference between a 'real'
> ebook and a tablet -- an ebook uses a different technology called epaper
> and is very slow and very low power (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epaper)
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> Most all devices read e-pub format and some have their own. Pdf is
> readable to a varying degree.
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> All the Kindle, B+W Nook and Sony are e-books -- the iPad is a tablet --
> I can't tell which the color Nook is - it looks like a tablet to me.
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> On 12/3/2010 4:02 PM, Izzy Gesell wrote:
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>> Hi Folks
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>> I’m ready to buy one or the other. Is one better than the other? I
>> know that Nook has color and books can be swapped, I know a lot of
>> folks with Kindles, very few with Nooks.
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>> Happy Holidays,
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>> Izzy
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