Yeah, the price is really a deterrent -- and why I'm debating whether or not I really need one. Especially since I'm still primarily a paper book reader!
I'd definitely say if you're not urgent to have one, wait another six months and see how they've fixed up the Nook between now and then. I should know better than to buy new technology right when it comes out -- it's nice to give it some time to get the kinks straightened! The overflow issue from one page to the next seems to be a pdf thing -- the pdf page is too large to fit onto one screen, so you get a full screen then a partial screen. I don't know if the Kindle has the same problem now that it can read pdfs natively, but it'd be worth asking around. Honestly, the page turns are quick enough (much faster than a page loading online, for example, and just as long as some pdf pages loading in Adobe Reader now that I think of it) that I've been reading apace and not really noticing a pause due to the truncated (if that's the right word) display.
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I'd definitely say if you're not urgent to have one, wait another six months and see how they've fixed up the Nook between now and then. I should know better than to buy new technology right when it comes out -- it's nice to give it some time to get the kinks straightened! The overflow issue from one page to the next seems to be a pdf thing -- the pdf page is too large to fit onto one screen, so you get a full screen then a partial screen. I don't know if the Kindle has the same problem now that it can read pdfs natively, but it'd be worth asking around. Honestly, the page turns are quick enough (much faster than a page loading online, for example, and just as long as some pdf pages loading in Adobe Reader now that I think of it) that I've been reading apace and not really noticing a pause due to the truncated (if that's the right word) display.
Anyway, still undecided. ;)