It took me a while to figure out how it all worked (no, I didn't read the instruction manual. It's still in the box sheesh). But by the time we left for Lexington, Neb., for a weekend of basketball tournaments, I had the thing all figured out and books loaded on it, including Rabbit in the Road, which I did finish reading this weekend.
That being said, once you get past the setup, if your tech savvy, the Nook is easy to figure out and upload epub books to as well as PDF files. It has some nice social features, including linking your book to Twitter and Facebook so you can share where you are in the book or share quotes/segments from the book with others. The other cool thing is that it came with a 32 gig SD card that contained 300 classic books. Pretty sweet deal that just made the purchase better.
I do have to say that I was, originally, skeptical about how good books would appear on the e-reader. That was quickly alleviated when I started playing around with font size, fonts, and everything else. The reader is easily adjustable no matter what font size your tired, or not so tired, eyes need.
There is no glare from the screen either, which makes it great for reading in the car, on a plane or outside.
I haven't tried the purchasing options yet. I'm not too keen about tying credit cards into a device like this. I plan to just order ebooks through the main B&N site through my computer and sync from there. Makes it a lot easier.
As I get more ebooks to read, I look forward to reading them on my Nook. At least I no longer have to turn away books to review because they only give e-copies.
