I'm going back and forth, on the Kindle. On the one hand, it was AMAZING, just AMAZING to have on my 10 day trip over Christmas--normally, a trip with not only long plane rides, but multiple long train rides, I'd be carrying a huge bag of books, buying more along the way, and worrying the whole time about running out. And instead I had plenty to read, was never bored, and had a very light bag. Awesome.

At home, though, I'm finding I'm less likely to start/get into a new book, on the Kindle. Something about the physical act of having a stack of unread books, and picking them up one by one and knowing I've read all the pages and putting it in a different pile has more pull on me, and appeal to me, than just knowing there's unread stuff, and getting to the last screen and filing it away.

The one thing the Nook is weird to me about is that I don`t appear to have a problem starting more than one at a time. Other than that I love it. And both the SO and I use it more or less constantly.

The two things I like about reading on the iPad are that I can prop it up in its case to read handsfree, and that as soon as I hear about a book I might want to read, I can easily get a sample chapter. Oh, and the text being searchable. I keep forgetting about that, but when I remember it's very handy.

Reading a paperback right now, though. And a bit sad that I read Rosemary and Rue electronically so I can't give it to my mom to read (that park, Paso Nogal? Right by her house). So, tradeoffs. As always.

I have to admit to loving my Nook, it is lightweight so I can carry it around everywhere. (Usually have a book in hand anyways while cooking, walking around the house, bathroom duties, etc) And because I have such a hard time returning the library books in a timely fashion, the ease that I can check out book from the comfort of my own office and then they just magically return themselves and no fees for me...BLISS.

I also didn't think I would be able to read much on the Nook since I have a hard time reading too much on the computer, but I got the original non backlit Nook and it is heaven. I can read for hours and I do all to often.

Although I must thank and curse you all for getting me to read The Hunger Games trilogy. I read all three books in a day and a half. They were good, what else can I say.

The Nook has already paid for itself in a month with the money I'm saving on used books and library fees. But I also get an empty feeling of guilt in the pit of my stomach when I drive by my used book store. Think I need to still get some books from her since I would hate for her to go out of business.

I have read so much more since I got my Nook too, and I don't feel at all bad about it. I need to be better about keeping it charged, because that's frustrating, and it's also frustrating when I can't get books on it, but it was a lovely buy.

It's really helped me get back into reading things that aren't fanfic, and I'm glad of it. Especially helpful in the ER and over vacations.

Also, new books do support authors! Which doesn't help with supporting used bookstores (which don't support authors anyway), but I think they'll be around for a while, for books that are out of print or not available in e-book editions yet.

Does anyone have any of the e-reader apps (Kindle, Nook, etc.) for the iPod Touch? If so, do you use it/like it?

If I had an iPad, I would definitely use it, but I don't know that I'll read on a screen as comparatively small as an iTouch's screen.

(Besides, why waste time reading t sarcasm when I can get sucked into the madness that is Angry Birds?)

Apple has a free iBooks app. You can try that with some free books to see if you like it.

Is an iTouch screen a lot bigger (or even somewhat bigger) than a phone screen? Because I can't even read the web on my phone comfortably.

I'm so tempted to get a Kindle/Nook/similar now. Just for out of the house use.

I've read a few books on my 4th gen iPod Touch and it worked surprisingly well. I have a free novelette available on iBooks which I admit is the only thing I've read with the iBooks app. I've read a couple using the Stanza app which isn't as nice but works fine. Of course you can import unprotected ePub files into iTunes and use the iBook app to read them.