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Nook Vs Kindle eBook Prices

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1. Strategy for Nook Vs Kindle « Kindle Review – Kindle 2 Review, Books, on October 30, 2009 at 11:14 am Said:

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2. Hope D, on October 30, 2009 at 1:50 pm Said:

   I decided to fact check a few of your price comparisons here are two out of 8 I checked that are incorrect.

   Breaking Dawn by Stephanie Meyer – $9.99 on Kindle. $18.39 on Nook.
   *** nook is actually $9.99
   Eclipse by Stephanie Meyer – $7.79 on Kindle. $10.39 on Nook.
   *** nook is actually $9.99

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3. switch11, on October 30, 2009 at 3:18 pm Said:

   thanks for doing that. those were the prices yesterday. I wouldn’t be surprised if the Nook prices for all the ebooks on this list were changed to match Kindle prices.

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4. SF, on October 31, 2009 at 7:48 am Said:

   My physical bookshelves hold a wide range of subjects. Using them as a base reference, I trawled Amazon’s and Barnes and Noble’s sites, checking the price and availability of electronic equivalents to my physical books.

   I, too, found that many of Amazon’s ebooks are less expensive (sometimes markedly so) and that Amazon has a wider selection of electronic books.

   One presumes that the stock selection will change. The cost difference, however, may remain. To date, Barnes and Noble has remained stubbornly stuck to its higher prices, and I see no reason to believe that the future will bring a significant change.

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   • switch11, on October 31, 2009 at 7:59 am Said:

     than you. that’s much appreciated. this is coming up again and again in forums.

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   • James, on November 11, 2009 at 1:35 pm Said:

     It’s hard to say whether BN keeps their higher prices now that the market space is heating up. I think selection is going to be the larger issue. I trawled also and, if not mistaken, all of P.J. O’Rourke’s books are on Kindle and none of them are available from BN. On one hand the Nook isn’t out but on the other, BN has been supplying ebooks for other devices so it’s not a given that they will expand their offering in the gap between bestsellers and public domain.

     Perfect world I’d have the Nook hardware and Amazon’s selection.

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5. Derrick Dodson, on November 17, 2009 at 1:53 pm Said:

   OK, this thing is really starting to bother me. I have a “pre-order” in for the nook as I did want to have this thing before christmas. (gift to me ..

   However while going through amazon and picking apart my wish list, mainly consisting of lesser know authors (non best sellers) i can find NO version of the ebook on the BN site. I’m not talking about a few missing titles I mean Nada, Zilch. This is making me wonder if I should be canceling my order soon and just waiting out the apple tablet as I’m quite sure it will handle PDFs with ease and the readers for BN, Kindle will both work on that device (they both have readers for the iphone)

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   • leaningtowardskindle, on March 28, 2010 at 5:32 pm Said:

     I was thinking the same thing Derrick, however, iPad does not use e-ink. Looking at a bright screen for a long period of time can hurt your eyes and is not reading friendly. I tried reading books through iPhone, only to have hurting eyes a couple of days later.

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     • Derrick Dodson, on March 28, 2010 at 8:57 pm Said:

       I have my iPad on “pre-order” I should have it on Sat and will be testing ALOT with all of the various formats. The first big test for me is my Microsoft e-books for my cert programs I am going through. They are all in PDF format and will want to know the true scalability of the PDFs.

       I also have books from the Amazon, B&N, and Stanza formats and will be testing all of those over the weekend as well.

       Remembering that Amazon and B&N both do not have “native” iPad apps (yet).

       So I will let you all know how that goes.
6. Real reason Press prefer Nook over Kindle « Kindle Review – Kindle 2 Review, Books, on December 1, 2009 at 5:50 pm Said:

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7. Kurt Anderson, on December 30, 2009 at 3:18 pm Said:

   I’ve spent a few hours now comparing BN and Amazon’s ebook catalogs. I can find almost any book I’m interested in on Amazon. BN has few that aren’t mainstream. The Google books at BN give me lots of hits, but they’re old and outdated (“1908 edition”). Also, a Google title will generally show up several times on my search results. It looks like 5,000 Google “books” is more like 2,000 with a lot of duplication. I was fired up for a Nook, but I’ll be buying a Kindle instead.

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8. mina, on May 11, 2010 at 9:38 am Said:

   my birthday is coming up and i want a nook but my cousin said don’t buy it till they get rid of all the glitches what should i do

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   • switch11, on May 11, 2010 at 11:07 am Said:

     A lot of the Nook glitches are fixed. It still has bugs – however, it’s usable. If you want a Nook you should go for it.

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9. Justboughtnook, on May 21, 2010 at 10:19 am Said:

   I bought a nook before I found out that bn book selections and price stink!

   I’m still considering returning it. Although bn Never told me there was a restocking fee. Now I’m ticked and feel stuck.

   I like that the nook can read library books which the kindle can’t (according to my library)

   I’d be super thrilled if anyone can tell me if it’s possible to download an amazon ebook and convert/read it on the nook??? Maybe a workarond?

   Thanks!

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   • switch11, on May 21, 2010 at 2:24 pm Said:

     There’s not really any workaround that I’m aware of.

     You could read B&N ebooks on Nook and read Kindle books on PC or iPhone or another platform. The Nook is quite a good little eReader once one gets over the smaller book selection. Perhaps you just use it for a year or so and then get Kindle 3.

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10. Justboughtnook, on May 24, 2010 at 11:07 pm Said:

    Thanks for the reply. Do you know when the kindle 3 is coming out?

    Any rumors about the nook getting the text to speech function one day in the future?

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    • switch11, on May 25, 2010 at 12:22 pm Said:

      No idea on when kindle 3 comes out.
      Not sure why Nook doesn’t add text to speech.

      Perhaps it’s some sort of agreement – you’re allowed one of LendMe or Text to Speech and not both.
      Perhaps it’s something else.

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11. Hannah Montana, on June 13, 2010 at 1:30 pm Said:

    ok so i still love my nook, all the books o here that cost mor than the 1s on kindle I DONT EVEN READ… so it dont rly matter kindle is still amazing

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12. Hannah Montana, on June 13, 2010 at 1:31 pm Said:

    btw i meant above nook is still amazing not kindle, sry 4 confusion

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    • switch11, on June 13, 2010 at 2:22 pm Said:

      Perhaps it was a Freudian Slip.

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