I have succumbed to the Dark Side of the Force.

[rabidsamfan]

Yesterday, I bought a Nook.

Today, I plugged it in to charge it before I went to work.

I am home now, ready to play with the new toy.

It won't turn on.

*headdesk*

Comments

[catyah.livejournal.com]

I wish I had some helpful advice to get it to turn on for you, but this is the reason that I don't have an e-reader. Well, that, and I'm really really frugal cheap. :-)

In the meantime, I hope you've got plenty of books to read until you can get the Nook to work.

[rabidsamfan.livejournal.com]

I have a gazillion books and I work in a library. I got the nook because a) I have to know how to work one if I'm going to teach other people how to and b) because I am backed into a corner and have to read Hunger Games and the request list is over 400 people long. And because the bookstore didn't have The Princess Bride and I want to read along with Mark (http://markreads.net).

That is if the stupid thing ever turns on.

[dreamflower]

*eep!*

I'm afraid my experience wouldn't be much use. The new Nooks are nothing like the one I have (one of the first ones). But a very good thing about a Nook-- when I had a problem with mine a few months back, I just took it with me to the nearest Barnes & Noble (a major production here, as the closest one is 60 miles away) but probably easier where you live.

There is always a person there especially to answer questions about and help with, the Nook! The guy answered my question easily, and fixed the "problem" (which apparently really wasn't one) without even looking the least bit put out. (I found that impressive, as most tech-y type people usually at LEAST roll their eyes at my ineptness.)

[rabidsamfan.livejournal.com]

I got it to work, and then had to read 174 pages of user agreement. *headdesk*

[dreamflower]

Well, at least it's working! Just remember that help may be as close as your nearest brick and mortar B&N!

(I'd so much rather a Real Person SHOW ME than having some overworked IT person on the phone...)

[gaffer42.livejournal.com]

on the plus side once you do get it running, you'll really like it. I have to say my Kobo hasn't replaced paper books for me, but augmented them. For instance, commuting is so much easier when I don't have to choose my books for their weight. Right now I have all the Sherlock books (ACD), all the Hunger Games, most of the Matthew Reilly and all Louise Penny books on it. Choice is wonderful!

I still read paper at home, though. Don't know that I'll ever totally replace those!

If it's like the Canadian Kobo, though, the response time is slower than anticipated for turning on and off. And periodically it might just stop turning pages - if that happens, just put it to sleep and wake it up again. I read REALLY fast and sometimes I think I just jam up the buffer...