Got a Nook :)

So I finally got an ereader! (Have for about a week now)

I was quite resistant the past year due to my video gaming addiction and lack of reading. Another thing was that I hated the idea of reading off an ereader and not from an actual book. I worked at Best Buy for a short period during the hectic Thanksgiving period and while there I had to learn about all the different ereaders since they are selling them. The Nook Color sounded best back then, but I did more research since Kelci and I planned on getting some as our anniversary gifts this summer for each other.

So knowing that we were going to buy two, I went and did a ton of research. My desire for a Nook Color was up there due to the apps you can get on it thanks to Android but a BIG let-down was seeing the battery life only being 8 hours. Since I'm going to be doing a TON of reading once I transfer and focus on my english major, I felt that 8 hour battery life was crap.
So I looked into the classic Nook and I liked it, except the fact that I can't read digital comics on it.

I was quite torn but thanks to eBay and Barnes & Noble we bought the Nook (classic) early with our credit card. Barnes & Noble was selling refurbished Nooks (with wi-fi, no 3g) for $79. Usual price for a refurbished Nook with wi-fi was $119 and new they are $150. We ended up saving quite a bit of money and we are both very happy with them.
I was quite surprised when opening up the box and seeing the screen. It looked like paper was covering the screen so I reached down to grab it and found out that it was the actual screen. I heard and read that it looked like actual paper but I was still shocked.

I like how I can have all these books in one device rather than having to carry a bunch with me if going anywhere. I got my bike in Iowa City now and I plan on using that as my main means of transportation. That means my bag will be just a little bit lighter when it comes to books.
Oh happy day!

I have been on a download craze the past few days thanks to Project Gutenberg. I first started with Google Books free selection but found Project Gutenberg to be better. Just a lot easier to find book on in my opinion, especially for book series and collections. I am up to 258 books/stories from that site alone, all of which fit on my Nook.

Besides getting ebooks I was busy getting different screensavers and wallpapers for my new toy. I first went with some I got from Nook-Look but I then went around different sources on the internet and got my own images. Wasn't too difficult to make my own screensavers and wallpapers since Nook-Look gave me the correct dimensions that images needed to be. I will share those tomorrow I think. Don't want to make this post too large.

So see ya then with some awesome screensavers/wallpapers you can use for your own reading device.