[GRLUG] e-Books rule at Amazon

[Bob Kline]

Hi Roger --

Thanks.  After sending my note I
found that B&N claims to have 2 million
books, versus about 1 million for Amazon.

You can access the same books indefinitely?

   -- Bob


On Thu, May 19, 2011 at 1:40 PM, Roger Roelofs <roger.roelofs at gmail.com>wrote:

> Bob,
>
> I have the B&N Nook Color, basically a 7" android tablet.  I've been
> very happy with it.  I'm probably going to root it in the next few
> weeks so I can have access to the Android Market.  B & N has a market,
> but the choices are somewhat limited.
>
> When I was doing my review, the kindle seemed more locked down than
> the nook.  The Nook supports epub, pdf and something else that is
> escaping me.  I found a great linux app for creating epubs so I can
> now use my nook when giving presentations.  My unofficial guess is
> that Amazon has a wider selection, but it is pretty easy to buy epubs
> from places other than B & N and get them on the nook.  The big plus
> for the kindle is that the screen is more paper-like.  However, I have
> not encountered any difficulty reading from my nook.
>
> hth
>
> On Thu, May 19, 2011 at 1:30 PM, Bob Kline <bob.kline at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20110519/tc_afp/usitcompanybooksinternetkindleamazon
> > Apparently the crossover point of more
> > digital than paper books has been crossed
> > at Amazon.
> > I'm seriously thinking of getting a unit now.
> > Two questions:
> > *  Does one have unlimited access to a
> >    digital version?  i.e., if I want to reference
> >    a book three years later, will I be able to?
> >    I'm really looking for an online library.
> > *  I know that GRLUG members have both
> >    the Amazon and the Barnes and Nobel
> >    readers.  I'd appreciate comments about
> >    the pros and cons of each.  Amazon claims
> >    it has 950K digital books now.  I don't know
> >    what the corresponding figure for B&N is,
> >    but that would be a factor too.
> >      -- Bob
>
>
> --
> Roger
>
> Roger Roelofs
> Know what you value.
>
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