Barnes & Noble has made a permanent price cut to its popular Nook Simple Touch e-reader.
The e-reader will sell for $79 now, matching its Black Friday pricing last year,
Nook Simple Touch was the first major consumer e-reader to be fully touchscreen, beating out the Kindle. The company sells an upgraded version, with Glowlight backlighting for nighttime and dim light reading, for $119.
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That thing is a piece of junk. I read 2 books on it and sold it on Craigslist for $60. It has no scalability. The author's original vision is completely distorted on those things. It would be completely useless as a textbook reader. Oh, and a book that runs out of batteries? Bad idea. I'm sticking with real books for a while yet.
Originally posted by cart0181: That thing is a piece of junk. I read 2 books on it and sold it on Craigslist for $60. It has no scalability. The author's original vision is completely distorted on those things. It would be completely useless as a textbook reader. Oh, and a book that runs out of batteries? Bad idea. I'm sticking with real books for a while yet.
Would hardly call it junk because it can't read textbooks...the 10 normal books Ive read on mine were just fine.
Originally posted by cart0181: That thing is a piece of junk. I read 2 books on it and sold it on Craigslist for $60. It has no scalability. The author's original vision is completely distorted on those things. It would be completely useless as a textbook reader. Oh, and a book that runs out of batteries? Bad idea. I'm sticking with real books for a while yet.
Would hardly call it junk because it can't read textbooks...the 10 normal books Ive read on mine were just fine.
No, I didn't try using it for a text book. The books I read were self help books that were mostly text with an occasional diagram, but mostly text. My point is that nothing is presented as the author intended. Since I recognize literature as an art form, this is unacceptable. Even LotR has an occasional illustration. I'm telling you they are completely distorted! Beatrix Potter would roll in her grave if she saw Peter Rabbit on ebook. The refresh rate, everything is utter garbage on the Simple Touch. I wouldn't buy it for $5.
