If you can get passed the corny name of the new Barnes & Noble eReader, the Nook, you might see it as worth your time for a look. Though, I don't see it out selling the Amazon Kindle any time soon. With an E Ink display you are able to read as if you are looking at pages in a real paper book. This display also cuts out the glare and backlight from making it look like you are reading off a laptop.


Fonts are sizable allowing you to make them larger to read better or smaller to have less page flipping. The wireless network that the Nook uses it the AT&T 3G or you can connect wirelessly from a wifi that you have access to. Size of the memory has a 2GB, which is what the Kindle has in it.


The ability to add a micro sd card to the device gives you the freedom to expand the amount of space you have or take your card out keeping the ebooks safely for later on. Barnes & Noble is giving samples of the eBooks so that you can read some before you buy the $9.99 new releases. Searching is made easily through the highlighting and bookmarking features that allow you to just jump right to the areas that you want to be in. When you restart your Nook, the eReader automatically remembers what book and page that you were on, and goes right to it to save time. Barnes & Noble has been kind enough to give us a book reader for your computer, iphone, or blackberry so that the books are still readable even if you don't have the reader on you. They have given us the functionality to lend out ebooks to friends for up to 14 days using their free software download. Look fashionable with your covers on the Nook that give it a little flare.

Height: 7.7 inches
Width: 4.9 inches
Depth: 0.5 inches
Weight: 11.2 ounces (317 grams)