Got Nook???? discussion

Although I still like the feel of a book and the smell of a new book while turning the pages, my Kindle has become a welcome addition to my way of reading. My decision as to which media to select is personal on each selection. If illustrations are important, I will buy the book, especially if I want to keep it in my library. When the story is more important, my Kindle is my choice. The prices are excellent and the download is instant. I do most of all my book shopping on Amazon, so the choice is easy when I decide to purchase. With my Kindle purchases, I am more likely to expand my reading menu so it is the recommendations that help me make a decision. I do find that with the portability of the Kindle, I'm reading more (instead of relying on what magazine may be in a waiting room). As an aside from reading, my Kindle does and will make things easier with dusting, clutter, and back-breaking moving of books to Goodwill. Glad I could share!

I like reading with my iPad and specifically the Nook app. I like the app so much that I'm considering buying the Nook device. I have not stopped buying bound books despite switching much of my readings to the Nook. The Nook and other eReaders like Kindle has a built in dictionary. It's the main reason I read with an eReader, so I can lookup words. I can highlight words and sentences. They are saved so I can find them later. I can add notes and recall them.

As to buying eBooks, I don't go by suggestions from websites. I buy books recommended by friends. I read a lot of nonfiction also and so it's just a matter of looking up books on a subject I'm interested in. I also read classics and many of them are free as ebooks.

I read reviews not to help in choosing a book, but for something to compare to after I've read the book.

This seems like an OLD discussion but I'll add my two penn'orth anyway. I nearly didn't join this group because I have a Kobo not a Nook but then I notice lots of you have Kindles. All but three of my ebooks are free ones and the three I bought were by friends. I like www.gutenberg.org as a source of free ebooks because the texts are proof-read by real people. The Internet Archive is also good but their ebooks are machine-made and contain some OCR errors. I download the pdf as well as the epub then I can make corrections if I need.
I've joined the gutenberg 'distributed proofreader' volunteer group and it's really easy to help. Just correct a page or two a day by comparing a scan of a page with the text (one above the other) and that's it. With more and more people reading ebooks there's more need for proofreaders.