Barnes & Noble on the iPad
The Barnes & Noble eReader software is now available on the iPad, making it an even better choice as an eReader. You can now access material from all of the major eBookstores except Sony on the iPad…Amazon, iBooks, and now B&N. Interestingly tantalizing…they left the “Lend Me” feature intact. If it wasn’t horribly crippled, that feature alone might be a reason to do most of your reading in the B&N universe of content.
We’ll see how the continuing Bookstore Wars plays out on the iPad…I’ll have a review of the B&N app up soon!
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Reading "universe"?
Doesn’t just the fact that you said "the B&N universe of content" imply just how screw up the eBook environment is right now. I just want to read, not read in a particular vendor’s universe.