Buying an ereader: Kindle, nook or Sony Pocket Reader

[pslasher.livejournal.com]

Hey everyone! I’m probably going to be buying an ereader for Christmas and have narrowed it down to the nook, Kindle or Sony Pocket Reader. But I keep debating over them and thought I’d see what the users have to say.

Amothea says that the Sony Pocket Reader supports collections and has excellent sorting abilities:
My Supernatural collection has over 300 stories but I can within the collections sort by date, author, title, and etc. And once I have the title or author selected it gives me a list A-Z so I can jump to the author at the end very quickly.
Do the Kindle or Nook do anything similar, like support the tags from Calibre? I prefer the look and feel of the nook and Kindle, and they are less expensive than the Sony, but this feature is excellent.

　
Kindle: I REALLY like the long battery life and light weight of the 3G but I have a few questions.

1. I think I heard that fics uploaded to the Kindle from Calibre can be tagged and the Kindle will display those tags and the related ebooks, but I’d like that to be confirmed.
2. Can you browse the web on the Kindle? I think I’d really use that feature for finding new fic that I want to put on the device, and I know the nook can do it.

　
Nook: I LOVE the ability to add extra storage, and to browse the web. I think I’d use the web browsing to find new fic often.

1. Does the nook (black and white) have the ability to create My Shelves like the nook color? Can you sort through books in a collection by author, title, ect?


Is there anything I need to know, good or bad, about the devices? I think I’m leaning towards the nook, but I’m still not sure. I’ve got more thoughts about ereaders here.

Comments

[poisontaster]

The Nook does indeed have the ability to create shelves like the Nook Color; it was part of their last software update. Sadly, afaik, you can't sort within the shelves, you just have to page through the collection until you find what you want, which can be daunting if you have a large collection.

I have a Nook and I do love it quite a lot, but it seems to me that B&N doesn't do a lot of marketing or successful marketing regarding the Nook. If you have a B&N membership card, it's not applicable toward ebooks at all. They generally have fewer free ebooks at any given time and they don't have the clout that Amazon does in dictating price, so their books are sometimes more expensive than the Kindle equivalent.

I don't know much about Sony readers, but there's really not that much functionality difference between the Nook and Kindle. I will say that B&N has, however, been very good about listening to what Nook users want, in terms of improved functionality (like the shelves) and have been consistent in offering software updates. I don't know if Kindle is the same, but I have liked how B&N seems devoted to improving the Nook you have, rather than forcing you to buy the next gen.

[pslasher.livejournal.com]

That's great to know about the shelves! It's too bad that you can't sort within the shelves yet, that would be handy.

That seems to be kind of short-sighted of B&N. I thought they were supposed to be linked with the Google archive which has millions of books? Plus the free books on Friday sounded cool? I did notice the significant difference in price compared to Amazon, and that makes me lean to amazon a bit.

That's good to know that B&N has good support for the nook. Thanks for commenting!

[taylorgibbs.livejournal.com]

In reverse order of Freebies, Sony has far by the least, then Nook, and Kindle has the most.