Barnes & Noble enters the eBook reader market with the "Nook"

Barnes & Noble has just made its move to enter the eBook reader market with the introduction of its own device.  This device, called "Nook" is proof that there is plenty of chance for innovation in this field.  The Nook adds a small, full color, screen underneath the eInk screen which is used for displaying the content for reading.

By using this separate screen Barnes & Noble elegantly worked around the most inconvenient aspect of the currently available crop of eBook readers: navigating through your content.

The eInk screen used in just about every eBook reader out there is great for displaying black on white content as it does not require energy to maintain the image being displayed.  This allows for incredibly long lasting battery charges which is a great aspect for a device you would want to carry on a long trip.

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The Climate is Changing... Can eBooks help?

I love my traditional, paper, books as much as any other book lover does.  Holding a reading device while sitting in a confortable armchair doesn't really equal sitting in the same chair with a nice, original, book in your hands...

But... Let's get real about it... We're in a changing world.  There are too many of us, placing too much strain on our environment.  Our climate is changing and it doesn't seem to be for the better.  Can we really justify the continued use of paper books when they are not necessary?

Over the past four years I must have purchased somewhere around twenty paperback or hardcover books.  During the same period, I have certainly aquired more than one hundred and fifty eBooks and some ten audiobooks.  While the overall phisical experiece might be different, my enjoyment of the works themselves was not diminshed at all.  In this last month alone I read over ten eBooks and listned to six audiobooks.  

If you haven't yet started to make the move to electronic, you should try it.   Do your little bit to help reduce climate change by reading in electronic books, using a low power device such as a Kindle, a Sony Reader or on your iPod or iPhone.