Sunday, June 20, 2010

I Bought a New Toy!!!

Well, I finally joined the ranks of the eReaders!!! A couple of weeks ago, I purchased a nook from Barnes & Noble and have had a fantastic time reading on it. There were several reasons why I chose the nook...

  1. I have been purchasing eBooks since 2007 and most of my eBooks are in eReader format because I could read them on my laptop and on my Palm PDA. Since this is one of the formats that the nook supports, this was the main reason for the purchase...no converting my books!!!
  2. They were running a special at Barnes & Noble that if you purchase a nook you get a $50 GC to help with the purchase of eBooks (or anything else in the store).
  3. They also had another special where you could get a designated free eBook...this ran for about 5 weeks, but I think it has ended with Father's Day.
  4. Memory expansion - to hold even more books!!!
  5. Ability to sit in Barnes & Noble and read for free (for about an hour each time).
 I also purchased a beautiful cover and light for it from M-Edge. Here are a couple of pictures...


This is my nook in its cover with the light. This is one of the many screen savers on the nook. The cover allows storage of the light right next to the nook. See the nice little pockets on the left side for the extra memory expansion cards??


This is the outside of the cover. The only thing I don't like about it is that the light hangs a little lower than the bottom of the cover. But it hasn't caused a problem.

I have read several eBooks on it already...Fatal Affair by Marie Force; Wild Heat by Bella Andre; and am currently reading Extreme Exposure by Pamela Clare. I love it!!! I don't have all my eBooks loaded on it yet...wanted to get to the reading part of it to see how I liked it!! My son has even played Sudoku on it. I want to find some time to go to Barnes & Noble, sit with a cup of coffee, and try their free reading for an hour. Sounds like fun.

How about you? Do you have an eReader...looking to get one?


2 comments:

Jamie said...

I have a Nook too! I LOVE mine...I especially love the LendMe feature.

Hott Books - Gina said...

Oh, yes!! I love mine! Follow me at Hott Books - every Friday I reveal the newest free books at Barnes and noble.

FYI - check out their free classics expiring tomorrow: Barnes & Noble

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