Thing 9-E-Books

I do not have a reader but my husband has been wanting one for some time. So I think I will be the "good" wife and surprise him for Father's Day or most probably his birthday in November. 2 people in my family have the color Nook and my sister has the Kindle. From all I have seen, I think I would most prefer the ipad since I have become an Apple convert (:)). I would like to wait a bit for them to iron out the kinks since there are still some. I really like the fact that you are able to change the font size (big plus with old eyes-lol), only have to cary one devise verses a stack of books when traveling-especially now that that charge for everything and my husband and I both are big readers! I also like the other capabilities that the ipad offers-tho I do feel often with alot of Apple products, they do so much more than any one person could ever need. But in my old age after I retire- I will have that time to fiddle and fool with it all to see just what all it is capable of! I also think it is very cool that you are able to still use your library for this purpose-(actually only some libraries do have the capability) "borrowing books" from your local library for your device.
I also never knew before viewing some of the different readers that some are back lit-and others are not, so too that seems like it would be a bigger consideration depending on what and where you plan on using it for.
When I went to download a book, most you had to pay for-even when they said they were free. I found and chose a children's story- Thumbelina- not an edition I would recommend to any younger child, as it was a scarier version-not a cutsie one! The other drawback being it was downloaded onto my computer so not quite the same experience as being mobile with it-which to me is one of the biggest draws. (But hey- I did notice after downloading that Ad Blocker for Safari or may have been the readability app-it was a clean version-AD-FREE! YEA!!!)
Another drawback that I was was fearing that pleasantly surprised me when I checked out my sister's Kindle-was it did not seem like you were staring at a computer screen and tire my eyes the same way it seems to from staring at a regular computer screen.
Whoa- I may be crossing over to the dark side-haha!