Three reasons to choose NOOK over Kindle:
1. WIFI option. Both the Kindle and the NOOK allow you to download books for free over the 3G network. Only the Nook, however, allows you to connect to a WIFI hotspot. For the Naval Aviator stationed overseas, this is great since there is no 3g in say..Afghanistan. It also has a built in web browser that you can use when connected to WIFI only. PLUS you connect FREE to any ATT&T WIFI Hotspot.
2. Lend me a book feature. If you have any of the Barnes and Nobles reader apps (iPhone, PC) I can lend you a book for up to 2 weeks...Can't do that on the Kindle. This is still limited to certain titles.
3. E-Pub format allows you to read books on your Nook that you have downloaded FREE from your library. Sites such as
www.overdrive.com link to your public library and allow you to check out E-books for about 3 weeks at at a time... as far as I am aware, the only books you can read on a Kindle are Kindle books (but I may be mistaken).
4....okay I said three reasons: but there are several Amazon Kindle titles that cost 3/4$ more than the same E-book on Barnes and Nobles website
Bottom line...the WIFI is what sold it for me. I am overseas so the Kindle would have been useless for me...I would have had to take my computer to a Wifi hotspot, download the books I want and then synch up the Kindle to the computer...cannot express how AWESOME the WIFI feature is. I bought the 3G/WIFI version (200$) not the 150$ WIFI only version.
Also do NOT let the fact that you have purchases Kindle books for your PC or iPhone determine which device to buy. You BOUGHT those books you should be able to read them on any device you choose. I had about a dozen Kindle titles for my iPhone and converted them for use on my Nook. They are books that I paid for and should be able to read them on any device I choose.