The ballpark release date for the first wave of Nook is tomorrow/today, which raises my desire for this non-ebil device significantly.  It connects via USB as mass storage!  Okay, so I’m probably the only one that really sees this as an exciting feature, but after finding a lot of good reading apps for eBiLpod and then having to pass on them because they required wi-fi to upload the files I wanted to read to somewhere else first and then to eBiLpod, it’s thrilling to think of being able to just get my files from my computer to my device.  Wi-fi should be a supplemental feature, not a required one.

Going totally off the topic of Nook for a moment, the lack of simple features, such as USB transfer of files for ebil apps and being able to save and view offline webpages on eBiLdevice is one of the newer reasons I hate Apple.

Back to Nook, I can’t justify spending $260 since it’s not something I need nor does it enhance my hobbies.  Yes, reading is a hobby of mine, but unless I borrow 10+ books every time I go to the library (I don’t…anymore), it’s not that big of an improvement.  If all the major publishers of BL started releasing their graphic novels as e-books (proprietary Kindle format doesn’t count, DMP), then I might give up the money because I’ve run out of shelf space several times and had to reorganize, but for now I’ll wait for the price to go down to something more fitting of a person who mostly just borrows all her reading material from the library and has bought maybe two non-graphic novels in the past five years.

Nook alternatives I’ve considered:

eBookwise 1150–Rejected because I suspect it doesn’t look as paper-like as the newer e-readers.

Aluratek Libre–Same as above, except replace “newer” with “more expensive”.