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Date Posted: 13:16:17 06/20/12 Wed
Author: doc
Subject: By the way, older books (i.e. not new releases) you can find discounted, but new releases won't be any cheaper than hardbacks, whether for Nook or Kindle. Barnes & Noble has a deal (or had?) where you could download 1 book/week (?month?) in the store for free. I love being able to keep "new" books in a small reader. That said, I hope real books never go away! I love the feel & smell of books, especially old books. I have a bunch of built in bookcase on all 3 floors of my house, but most are filled with antique books. The current books aren't nearly as beautiful...
In reply to: doc 's message, "Nook, love it! Researched both extensively & decided Nook was the way to go. You can upload your own Word documents, which I thought might be nice for reading fanfic & other documents. I've since bought 3 more for nieces, who have almost worn them out reading!" on 13:01:54 06/20/12 Wed

...as those from long ago. My "current" books are kept downstairs in storage, which is why I now buy them on my Nook.

As for Nook vs. Kindle, at the time I purchase mine, Nook allowed you to "share" books between Nook e-readers; something Kindle did not allow. Kindle has a specific format for their (i.e Amazon) downloadable books, which is unique to Amazon. Nook used a universal format, which allowed for sharing, downloading from Gutenberg & uploading Word documents. At this point, I think Kindle might of changed some of their specifics, because they were so proprietary. I'm pretty sure Kindle now allows sharing, but not sure if it allows books to be downloaded from sites other than Amazon. If you aren't aware of the Gutenberg Project, it is an extensive attempt to get older books on line. I'm not sure of the "starting date," but the books must be old enough to be out of copyright restrictions. The ability to share books is a big plus!!!

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[> [> [> So far most of the older books I want are more than new ones. Dont know if its because its a franchise series or what. I bought the original paperback for 2.99 and I have bought current novels of the series for 7.99 but I am not payimg 8.79 for a 20 yr old book. -- DOS Though the thing to watch is how many pages a book is, some of my series has had like mini novels (ie 1/4 pages a normal novel) at 5.99,, 08:32:14 06/21/12 Thu [1]


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[> [> [> I think the price (compared to hard copy) depends on how popular the book is, or is expected to be. I have gotten some new releases as much as several dollars cheaper, and just a week or two later. Others, not so much! (I'm a big romance fan, rather than NY TImes best-sellers, so that may have something to do with it, too!) -- Deemus, 13:14:08 06/26/12 Tue [1]


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