Open E-Readers - Motorola DROID Manual

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CHAPTER 16: New Media: Reading Newspapers, Magazines, and E-books
Nook
The Nook is Barnes & Noble Bookstore's dedicated
e-reader. The Nook reader is actually a modified
Android tablet, so it's not surprising that Barnes &
Noble has released a Nook app for Android.
Register with an account either through the Nook app
on your DROID or on the Web.
One of the selling points for the Nook app is that it
allows you to lend books to other Nook users for up
to two weeks. (Shortly before this book went to
press, Amazon announced they were going to do the
same for Kindle books. )

Open E-Readers

In addition to commercial e-book readers like the Kindle and Nook apps, you can use
open, alternative readers that support common formats. The disadvantage is that many
of these apps are not attached to a bookstore, so purchasing books is not as
convenient.
We'll start with Kobo, which looks like a commercial e-reader with a brick-and-mortar
bookstore backing it, but it is also an open reader. That means it has the polish of a
proprietary reader with fewer content restrictions.