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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Mercutio01" data-source="post: 5896054" data-attributes="member: 37277">I have both a 1st Gen Nook and a 3rd Gen Kindle keyboard (with ads). The differences between the two are fairly minimal, in all honesty. I tend to use my Nook more often because I sideload books from Project Gutenberg and most of the gift certificates and stuff that I get from friends and family are for Barnes & Noble. What I want most is the new Nook Simple Touch (releasing this week in the US, I think) called Glowlight (again, I'm not sure of the name). It's not backlit, like the tablets, but it will have built in lights the way the old IronMan Indiglo watches did when I was in high school.I have a netbook that I do all that tablet type stuff on. Not saying I don't want an iPad, Fire, or Nook Tablet (I do, and probably Nook Tablet just because I'm already invested in B&N and, in general, prefer it to Amazon), but most of the computer stuff I already do on a lightweight computer and most of the reading I do is on E-ink, which I've found is far preferable to staring at a backlit screen. I know that's the standard marketing-speak behind E-ink, but it's been true in practice for me, too. I also tend to read a lot (two to three books a month or more, and more in the summer--I'm a college teacher) and do it inside, in bed, on the couch, on the porch, and even on the beach, and the Nook does all of those perfectly well. I'm just ready to get away from the 1st Gen Nook's weird touchpad thing on the bottom and into a full-touch screen like the newer ones for usability and convenience more than anything else.EDIT: Are Nooks available outside the US? I suppose I should have thought about that. Oh well.</blockquote>

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