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

[sothcweden.livejournal.com]

I have a Sony Pocket, and the reason I chose it over the Kindle (I know nothing about the Nook) is that I use my reader mostly for fanfic rather than downloaded books. I don't have 'net access at home, and to load "personal" documents onto the Kindle they have to be emailed to Amazon for conversion and loading onto the device, which just won't work for me. I prefer to copy stories into .rtf files and load them on the reader myself.

[taylorgibbs.livejournal.com]

Personal documemts can be dragged and dropped onto the Kindle. you don't have to necessarily email them. I drag and drop to mine all the time.

[sothcweden.livejournal.com]

I didn't realize that. I might be thinking of an earlier version that someone in my family owns, or I could just be wrong. Thanks for the correction, as that means that I might consider the Kindle in the future if something were to happen to my Sony Pocket.

[taylorgibbs.livejournal.com]

I have a Kindle 2 and I can do this...but I'm not positive about the first generation.

[pslasher.livejournal.com]

I just wanted to agree with taylorgibbs that you can drag-and-drop content onto the Kindle just like an external drive. The email option seems to be a convenience feature. There is an email option that doesn't convert the document and doesn't cost anything.

[sothcweden.livejournal.com]

I appreciate the information. I think the Kindle I was shown was the 1st generation, or maybe the person showing it to me just didn't know better. Thanks to you folks who know better, I might consider a Kindle when I'm in the market for another reader.

[pslasher.livejournal.com]

You're welcome. It was because of everyone else that I felt confident with my decision to get a Kindle, so I'm just paying it forward.