Is kindle worth it?

[ScaryMerry]

One other thing that I recently learned when I was considering getting a Nook Simple Touch:

As I mentioned, I get most of my books from sources where I can acquire them with no DRM, so I very rarely buy books from Amazon and sideload my content onto my Kindle. It turns out that Nooks can only hold up to 512mb of sideloaded content and will not save any notes and highlights you make in sideloaded content, all in an effort to boost purchase from the B&N store. They don't publicize this, which I think is dirty, and has effectively prevented me from ever being a Nook customer.

[KindleChickie]

Cheers how does it compare to other e-readers, like the kobo

I have owned Sony and Nook.  The biggest advantage of Kindle is the Kindle store.  Second is Amazon customer service.  And I guess third would be Kindles warranty is transferable, so if you sell or gift within the year the remaining warranty transfers to the new owner.

[KindleChickie]

One other thing that I recently learned when I was considering getting a Nook Simple Touch:

As I mentioned, I get most of my books from sources where I can acquire them with no DRM, so I very rarely buy books from Amazon and sideload my content onto my Kindle. It turns out that Nooks can only hold up to 512mb of sideloaded content and will not save any notes and highlights you make in sideloaded content, all in an effort to boost purchase from the B&N store. They don't publicize this, which I think is dirty, and has effectively prevented me from ever being a Nook customer.

 I have a Nook simple touch and I could have sworn I have more than that side loaded.  I will check when I get home but I know I put over 100 books on from Calibre.

[balaspa]

I agree that, since this is the Kindleboards forum, you are more likely to find people who agree.  I can say, without a doubt, that I prefer my Kindle over reading books on a PC, tablet or smartphone, and I have read entire or parts of books on all of those.  The e-ink is what does it for me.  Also, with the new Kindles, I think they are more relevant than ever.

[ScaryMerry]

I have a Nook simple touch and I could have sworn I have more than that side loaded.  I will check when I get home but I know I put over 100 books on from Calibre.

There's more about the memory partitioning here: http://www.mobileread.com/forums/archive/index.php/t-135458.html (search for "sideload" to locate the discussion).

[KindleChickie]

Yeah sorry merry.  Looking at mine I realized mine are stored on the SD card.  But I did see my notes on my side loaded books.

[GerrieFerrisFinger]

Absolutely!