If you want to do both, I think the Nook is it. The Sony and Kobo readers should let you check out books (they support Adobe DRM), but unless you want some specialized features of the Sony ones I think the Nook is clearly the best choice.
Mal: Hell, this job I would pull for free. Zoe: Can I have your share? Mal: No. Zoe: If you die, can I have your share? Mal: Yes.
'The Train Job'
Literary Buffistas 3: Don't Parse the Blurb, Dear.
There's more to life than watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer! No. Really, there is! Honestly! Here's a place for Buffistas to come and discuss what it is they're reading, their favorite authors and poets. "Geez. Crack a book sometime."
Gudanov - Nov 12, 2010 9:17:25 am PST #12915 of 28286
Coding and Sleeping
javachik - Nov 12, 2010 9:18:28 am PST #12916 of 28286
Our wings are not tired.
And the Kindle has announced that the lending feature will be available "soon".
Gudanov - Nov 12, 2010 9:21:36 am PST #12917 of 28286
Coding and Sleeping
It would be nice if the Kindle supported Adobe Digital Editions. I suppose that would open up the ability to buy books from other places, but I'd bet that would lose them hardly any business.
§ ita § - Nov 12, 2010 10:08:27 am PST #12918 of 28286
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
And the Kindle has announced that the lending feature will be available "soon".
Was that lending between Kindles or lending from the library or both?
erin_obscure - Nov 12, 2010 10:30:34 am PST #12919 of 28286
Occasionally I’m callous and strange
just finished listening to _Abraham Lincoln, Vampire Hunter_ and was surprised at how much i enjoyed what i picked up on a lark as something fluffy to distract me while commuting. It does very interesting things with certain historical realities (like the lost colony at Roanoke) and spins the whole civil war as an OMG OF COURSE *headsmack* kinda situation.
erin_obscure - Nov 12, 2010 10:33:03 am PST #12920 of 28286
Occasionally I’m callous and strange
and Zuisa, if you want a spoiler mockingjay does eventually end with Peeta and Katniss living happily ever after, well, as much as is possible in that world. While the final book is indeed bleak bleak bleak it does end with hope.
Volans - Nov 12, 2010 12:57:51 pm PST #12921 of 28286
move out and draw fire
Thanks Gud
javachik - Nov 12, 2010 1:02:38 pm PST #12922 of 28286
Our wings are not tired.
ita, I think it's just lending between Kindles.
Frankenbuddha - Nov 12, 2010 6:57:45 pm PST #12923 of 28286
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
I can't believe that crap with Amazon and Allyson's book. What? The? Fuck?
Granted, I DID get my copy from Amazon, but it was an advance effing proof.
JZ - Nov 12, 2010 7:02:48 pm PST #12924 of 28286
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
Sadly, it's not unheard of, including for much bigger authors and much bigger publishers. Books are no longer Amazon's core stock in trade, and are not managed with as much care as they should be. It's a glitch, a hiccup, and nothing more than a lot of authors have had to grit their teeth through in the last couple of years.
Reiterating: the Amazon issue will be fixed; and in the meantime, you can use Amazon to order directly from the publisher, or just go to your local indie store, place an order there, and have a copy for your very own in about 10 days.