My biggest goal for this Summer was to read more. I have always loved to read but have found that since starting college, I have had little time to read during the school year or the Summers I've taken classes. I also have a lot of free time at work during the Summer so I figured increasing the amount I read would be easy. I have been reading, on average, 2 books a week. I have spent quite a bit of time at the Used Bookstore (in fact, I'm the mayor of it on Foursquare!) I've also used Bookmooch (a book trading site) extensively.
Despite my very full bookshelf, I often find myself frequenting book stores. Whenever I am in Mandarin, I make a point of stopping at Barnes and Noble. I've been interested in getting an e-reader for a while but had planned to wait and ask for one for Christmas. Then, a few weeks ago, I was in Barnes and Noble and saw that they were dropping the price of their e-reader, Nook, and releasing a wifi only version (as opposed to their wifi and 3G version). I played a little with the display model in the store (not for the first time) and started to think I might just buy myself one now, rather than wait for Christmas.
Sure enough, I decided to order the Nook later that day. I was beyond anxious for it to arrive and I'm sure I drove everyone crazy talking about it! By the time my Nook had arrived I had already set up Calibre (a fantastic program for organizing non B&N ebooks) and filled it with books. I received my Nook last Thursday night. I flew through a few books within the first few days.
The Nook is perfect for taking to work. The size is perfect, it fits in just about any purse and doesn't take up much room. I love the inclusion of the internet browser, even though that was just an extra to me in buying it. I also have found myself using the soduku more often than I thought I would. The Nook is great for people who like to read more than one book at a time because it will remember the last page you read in every book.
Some resources for Nook owners:
Nook on Twitter
InkMesh (a great search engine to compare pricing)
Mobile Reads Nook Forum
Nook Look (this site has backgrounds and wallpapers to download)
NookBoards Forum
Free online book sites (mostly older books, as they are now in the public domain)
Readprint
The Online Books Page
Mobile Read
Project Gutenberg
Wednesday, July 7, 2010
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