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Diktuon: A Good Look at the Nook

Author(s) -

Beth M. Sheppard

Publication year - 2011

Publication title -

theological librarianship

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

ISSN - 1937-8904

DOI - 10.31046/tl.v4i1.173

Subject(s) - open access journal , publishing , library science , intersection (aeronautics) , sociology , religious studies , political science , philosophy , geography , computer science , scopus , medline , law , cartography

When recently gifted with a black and white 3G version of the Barnes & Noble Nook e-book reader, I couldn’t wait to see if, in addition to personal reading, it would work for theological library applications. After all, I had heard so much about the Barnes & Noble library of over 2 million titles, the ability to lend books to others for up to 14 days, and the great touchpad that would allow scrolling though colorful covers. Having previously rolled out the Amazon Kindle2 in my library setting,1 I wondered if I should have invested my precious library collection dollars in Nook devices instead. Would the Nook live up to its hype? Would it unseat its rival Kindle?

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