E-book readers

Comment:

I wanted a basic e-reader to take on vacations, so that I don't have to carry a lot of books. This fills that need perfectly. However, it is very difficult to organize your books. The library lists all the books on the device; if you have 50 books, you have at least 10 pages of book listings. You can create shelves; to add or remove books from a shelf, you edit the shelf, then scroll through all the pages of your library and select/de-select. Don't remember which books you want on the shelf? Too bad!!! You have to exit the shelf edit, go back to the library, scroll through the pages until you verify which ones you want on the shelf, go back to the shelf, edit the shelf, and scroll through all the pages again until you find the book. <br /><br />How hard would it be to have an option on the book information page to add/remove the book from a shelf? I've searched for suggestions on how to manage books, and all I found were lots of complaints about the B&N software, and suggestions to use Calibre (so all books would be side-loaded). <br /><br />Otherwise, a great device: easy to read, long battery life. It would also be nice if there was an option to rotate the display (my mother uses a fairly large font, which becomes almost hard to read when there are only a few words on a line). <br /><br />But the difficulty of managing the books on the device makes me regret purchasing it, and I cannot in good conscience recommend it without making the drawbacks very clear.

How long have you owned it:

More than six months

Bottom Line

No, I would not recommend this to a friend.

(2 of 2 customers found this review helpful)

Comment:

This device is easy to use, easy on the eyes, and lightweight. I loved it at first and then discovered that while e-readers are good for reading prose, that is not the case for poetry: formatting poetry for e-readers is still not perfected; the poems are often just run on, unreadable mush. This is not just a problem with this device. If you are a first-time buyer--if there is such a thing--you should know that e-readers generally do not do a good job with some of the greatest works in literature! So, forget about Paradise Lost! However, if you want to get rid of your shelf of dusty Dickens, those you can store and access on this device. <br /><br />That said, my device stopped connecting to its online store (via my WiFi) after about 7 months of use. Web discussions show that other people have had connectivity problems. The store where I bought it could not help--just gave me the phone number of customer service--and customer service had me download an upgrade that proved useless.

How long have you owned it:

More than six months

Bottom Line

No, I would not recommend this to a friend.

(2 of 2 customers found this review helpful)

Comment:

I have had no problems with my reader at all. It does excatly what I want and it does it well. I wanted a reader to read books, not to go on the internet and not to check my email. This reader is the best. I have not experienced any of the problems that some of the others on here have stated.

How long have you owned it:

More than six months

Bottom Line

Yes, I would recommend this to a friend.

By zombiegirl86

User has of experience with this product

I love it!!!! The nook simple touch works very well in direct sun light. It is also a touch screen reader for 100 dollars. I have been using it since Christmas. Barnes and Nobel also has great costumer service and you can take it right to their stores and they will help you with any problems that you may have.

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By anonymous

User has 4 Months of experience with this product

I love the size and feel of this e-reader. I didnt like the books showing at the bottom of the original version or the key pad on the Kindle. Im very happy with this e-reader.

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By anonymous

User has 4 Weeks of experience with this product

this isnt a very good item

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