Barnes & Noble Nook discussion

I love my Nook; it's practically another limb at this point, but I don't read all my books on it. I find that I don't like reading philosophy on the Nook for some reason. Maybe it's because you can quickly switch to previous sections on a hard copy of a book, but I'm not quite sure that's it.


Does anyone else have this issue with certain books or genres?

JK wrote: "I love my Nook; it's practically another limb at this point, but I don't read all my books on it. I find that I don't like reading philosophy on the Nook for some reason. Maybe it's because you can..."

Not since getting my tablet. It makes finding things super easy. Also displays images really well, which the original Nook did not!

Can you take notes on the Tablet? My parents got each other one for Christmas and I've gotten to play with them a little bit, but not enough to discover everything about it.

Maybe I just need to upgrade to a newer Nook...

JK wrote: "Can you take notes on the Tablet? My parents got each other one for Christmas and I've gotten to play with them a little bit, but not enough to discover everything about it.

Maybe I just need to ..."

Yes! The only drawback (?) is the screen which is marginally harder on your eyes than the e-ink.

I don't think the screen would bother me so much, I spend a lot of time on the computer as it is. Maybe I'll download a philosophical work on one of their Nooks and give it a go.

JK wrote: "I don't think the screen would bother me so much, I spend a lot of time on the computer as it is. Maybe I'll download a philosophical work on one of their Nooks and give it a go."

Yes.

I find nonfiction doesn't work very well. Things like memoirs are fine, but when there's formatting and boxes and font changes and such, it gets messy and hard to follow.

I have a Simple Touch, so I don't read books on my Nook that have a lot of images because they do not show up well on the black-and-white screen.

But, otherwise, I'll read pretty much any subject or genre on my Nook.

I', with Alice any books with lots of pictures becasue i have a 1st edition and a simple touch. i was disappointed with the pictures in Bossypants. My daughter has a color and she read a comic book. i think that would be like nails on a chalkboard on my touch. I find any book that really large starts to get to me on my nook because it seems to stress me out when i look at the page count. when i read DT books that are large it doesnt bother me the same way.

Sometimes I miss the smell of books. I think NOOK should have a scratch and sniff option.

Sandra aka Sleo wrote: "JK wrote: "Can you take notes on the Tablet? My parents got each other one for Christmas and I've gotten to play with them a little bit, but not enough to discover everything about it.

Maybe I ju..."

When I first started reading on my Nook I'd get headaches. I lowered the brightness when I first got it and lowered it again and the headaches went away. I do find that after reading a few physical books then going back to the Nook my eyes do need to adjust, but I do find I don't need to hold my Nook as close to my eyes as a physical book.

No. I did lower the brightness, like Missyb did though. Helps with eye strain.

I think magazines I might not want to read on my Nook. I have the Nook color, but I think it's the size of the magazine page compared to the size of my screen. I feel like I'll miss something if I read it on my Nook.

I like to mark books and take notes in margins. This is what I miss most when reading an e-book, because I think I absorb information better this way.

Missyb wrote: "I think magazines I might not want to read on my Nook. I have the Nook color, but I think it's the size of the magazine page compared to the size of my screen. I feel like I'll miss something if I ..."

Does anyone read magazines on their Nook?

I don't.

I have totally changed everything to my nook. I have just upgraded to the Nook tablet and am liking it even more. I have subscribed to one magazine and am enjoying it as well. You can enlarge the page and make all the notes you want. I have had no problems with eyestrain-even tho I am extremely near-sighted. I too thought I would miss the smell and the feel of pages but that has not happened at all-do not miss that.

Missyb wrote: "I think magazines I might not want to read on my Nook. I have the Nook color, but I think it's the size of the magazine page compared to the size of my screen. I feel like I'll miss something if I ..."

I subscribe to the Atlantic Monthly on my NT and find it pretty easy to read because you can select Article View on any article and read it in a special scrollable window. That's OK with that magazine because it's mostly text but I would not do it with a magazine like National Geographic which is mostly pictures.

JK wrote: "I love my Nook; it's practically another limb at this point, but I don't read all my books on it. I find that I don't like reading philosophy on the Nook for some reason. Maybe it's because you can..."

I love my NT too, read it every day. I've been reading mostly fiction lately but if I bought a bigger book with pictures (like a cook book or a travel book) I would buy a real book. Nook works best with books that are mostly text, some pictures.

I donot care for cookbooks on the Nook or any ereader for that matter. I like to cook from an actual book and I have hundreds to prove it. :)

The Bible....not sure why but I love the hands on version of the book.

Certain books like House of Leaves seem like they'd be almost impossible to read on an nook because there are a million footnotes and the entire book structure starts to deconstruct throughout the books with shifting margins, vertical text and boxes of magnification. So the author would have to be seriously involved in the conversion to e-book.

However, I was pleasantly surprised when I found out Infinite Jest had an ebook version that is clickable- so you have to have a touch. But the footnotes allow you to tap them, go to the endnote at the end of the book, then tap it again and go back to the page you were just reading. It's great.

Bilingual, facing-page translations simply don't work. I haven't yet seen one where the pages line up correctly.

I can't read tutorial-type books on my Nook since I use the NST, and it's just not the same without the color- lol. I purchased the Photoshop CS6 Bible through BN, but I mainly use it on my second monitor.

For the same reason I'd have to agree with the comment above regarding cookbooks.

I'm still trying to transition to my Nook for books I purchase. I think it's the fact that you cannot trade in e-books that has me a little hesitant.

I read just about ever thing. on my nook.

I only read nonfiction on my Nook. I think maybe it's because I like the fact that I can look up words I don't know and highlight sections for easier access. Plus, the nonfiction books tend to be lengthier, which makes them heavier to carry in their paper versions. I have tried to read fiction on it, but I just don't like it for that.

I've been reading mostly fiction, have been reading the Song Of Ice And Fire (Game Of Thrones) series and getting ready to start the 14 part Wheel Of Time fantasy series. I also have the first 2 books in a Ken Follett trilogy. All of these novels are long, great to have them on the nook (and a bit cheaper too).

I don't favor reading cookbooks electronically, though it's much better on my Ipad. Still like to browse cookbooks in the flesh.

I usually read just about everything on my Nook ... however, I still like to buy the special edition mags and comics, specifically if said ones have things with it like posters and dvds etc...

Cookbooks are about the only thing I wouldn't read on my Nook. I also prefer to buy paper copies of collectable books, like books in a series. It's nice having an entire series of a book on your bookshelf where you can see it.

Susan wrote: "Sometimes I miss the smell of books. I think NOOK should have a scratch and sniff option."

Awesome idea :)

I'm with Courtney, Karen, Christopher and others -- I prefer to read hard copies of cookbooks. Everything else, I enjoy on the Nook. I was really surprised by how beautifully the magazines were executed! They really put some thought into that app's design, and it is a pleasure reading The New Yorker on the Nook. It even works on the original Nook.

I used to not like reading my knitting books on my Nook. However, once I got my tablet, it rocks. I can highlight where I am in cable patterns! That is so cool. I am terrible with working on cables, and all of a sudden, I can't figure out where I am . . .

I love my Nook Simple Touch, but just couldn't read craft or cookbooks on it. Bought a Nook HD+ this week (their fault - so low priced) and that has fixed me up perfectly. I still prefer the Eink of the Simple Touch and will use that primarily, but I'm housesitting for a hospitalized relative and the poor lighting convinced me that I 'needed' something with an internal light source. So happy that I can actually see most of a crochet or knitting pattern on one page again! I think I can resubscribe to some of my craft mags now.

I don't like reading urban fantasy books on my Nook.

I dont like read about vampire and ghost demon evil violent attack.

I was in B&N today and looked at the Song of Ice and Fire series thinking about how nice it would be to read the series (5 books) in a hard back or trade paperback. But it would cost a lot of money.

I'll save my money for picture books, read fiction on the nook!

I bought the original nook really enjoyed it. Then simple touch came out and I got it, then simple touch w/light came out, that's right I got it. I have over 700 books on my nook. There is a few authors I don't put on my nook only because I have the everything they have written. I don't put instruction books on my nook and I'm not into heavy reading.

I mainly use my Nook Simple Touch for larger series, like 5+ books. I still love print books, so I buy small series in print. Saving space on my shelf, you know. :)

I prefer to remain with print on series books that I have been following for years. I don't know if it is a collection thing or what, but I have had to go back and buy print books for those that I put on my Nook ST. New series are fine?????

I also prefer reading the Bible in print but love the ability to change font size! Of course books with graphics don't work well.

No there isn't, there are books I still buy because I have all they have written. I still like having a book in my hands.