I purchased the Kindle 1, then a BeBook (because it reads PDFs), and now a Kindle DX for the Text-To-Speech. The Nook looks so cool, until you own one. Heavy copy protection, even on PUBLIC DOMAIN books is ridiculous. And, from what I am reading on the web, the books are encoded with a person's credit card # and other personal info. So ... hackers can rejoice if I loose my Nook.

Anyway, books are still cheaper on Amazon.

The color touch screen is cool, until you realize that it takes up SOOOO much of the reading area and ... costs battery!

Maybe next year, the nook will be ready for prime time.
I purchased the Kindle 1, then a BeBook (because it reads PDFs), and now a Kindle DX for the Text-To-Speech. The Nook looks so cool, until you own one. Heavy copy protection, even on PUBLIC DOMAIN books is ridiculous. And, from what I am reading on the web, the books are encoded with a person's credit card # and other personal info. So... hackers can rejoice if I loose my Nook. Anyway, books are still cheaper on Amazon. The color touch screen is cool, until you realize that it takes up SOOOO much of the reading area and... costs battery! Maybe next year, the nook will be ready for prime time.