![]() The app has three sections to choose from at the top: Cloud, Device, and Kindle Store. It felt like there should be a little more space between characters, words, and paragraphs to make it more visually appealing and easier to read. I found the text on the Nook app (or at least in this particular book) to be sort of crowded. I can simply swipe to the left or right to “turn” the pages as I would with a “real” book. It’s obvious, though, that the app is meant to be used in portrait mode. It displays the text in two columns–I suppose it’s reminiscent of what a book would look like if you held it this way, and admittedly the text would look awkward as well if it just ran all the way across the screen in a single column. I downloaded a sample of the book ‘The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business” just to see how the Nook app works. As I scroll to the right, there are sections for recommended books, magazines, comics, popular books, newspapers, reading material for kids, etc. ![]() ![]() I don’t own any Nook books, so my My Daily Shelf hosts a collection of free samples available to download. It starts with something called My Daily Shelf–which I believe holds material available for me to read. The Nook app side scrolls like the Store app, and is broken into sections similar to the different categories of apps in the Windows Store. According to reports, Barnes and Noble will also be paying Microsoft royalties on every Nook device sold. That might be a function of the partnership between Microsoft and Barnes and Noble ( Nook Media LLC), borne out of a patent dispute settlement. The Nook app looks and feels a lot like the Windows Store app. With that goal in mind, Amazon and Barnes and Noble were both at the front of the pack when it came time to develop and release apps for Windows 8. The apps themselves are free, but in order to use a Kindle or Nook app, you have to buy a Kindle or Nook book, and both Amazon and Barnes and Noble want to make sure that when you’re ready to buy a new book, you do so from them. Of course, that was also true before the advent of the Kindle and the renaissance of ebooks, so the up side is that now I have all of those books at my fingertips no matter where I am–just in case the mood strikes.īoth Amazon–with the Kindle app, and Barnes and Noble–with the Nook app, have been aggressive at ensuring that they’re ereader is available on virtually every platform and device made. ![]() ![]() Unfortunately (for me), I’m way better at finding and buying interesting books than I am at reading them. I have a decent collection of books in my Kindle digital library. For Day 18 of the 30 Days with Surface Pro series, I take a look at how the Surface Pro handles my digital library, and how it fares as a device for reading ebooks in various conditions. One of the most common uses for tablet devices of all shapes and sizes is as an ereader. ![]()
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