Kobo’s app start screen mimics the simplistic design of the Kindle app with similar store integration as seen in the Nook app. The Kobo ecosystem might be considered a much smaller player next to Amazon’s Kindle and Barnes & Noble’s Nook, but it still provides a great selection of content. You can grab the Nook app here (opens in new tab). We enjoyed the option to switch on “Publish Defaults” for text, but the inability to select the number of reading columns - just might be a deal breaker.
If you insist on integrating comics and books in the same app, Nook has you covered. Overall: The Nook’s UI is a welcomed change from the dark Kindle UI and offers a beautiful layout. The Nook app automatically selects a number of columns for you based on your text size – for me, this is a deal breaker and makes reading not as comfortable. We did not like the fact that columns could not manually be adjusted for reading within the application. We also enjoy the fact that the Nook app’s settings allow for a “Publish Defaults” option it is easy to switch on, and almost always seems to format an eBook perfectly. The application has a page slide animations which pushes pages out of the way while more beautiful, I find the animations a bit distracting after an extended reading period. That being said, we recommend using comiXology’s app for comic book reading. Amazon has begun to introduce comic book content into their store, but for now – Nook has the edge. The Nook store has a vibrant collection of media including books, magazines, and comics. Unlike the Kindle UI, which tucks the store away until you need it, the Nook app’s start screen is a mixture of your content and what Barnes and Nobles hopes will soon be your content. Users can scroll to the right to access more of their collection or start browsing content from the store. The application design is a nice bright refresher compared to Amazon’s dark Kindle UI. The Nook app opens up to display your “Daily Shelf”, a five item collection of your latest content. UPDATE: Since this article, a new version of the Amazon Kindle app with a brand new UI has been published click here to learn more. Though Barnes & Noble backtracked and said it would continue to design and make Nook color tablets, the "Will They or Won't They?" trope continues, since a new device has yet to be announced, and holiday shoppers didn't seem interested in the rekindling relationship between the color Nook tablets and Barnes & Noble.You can grab the Kindle app here (opens in new tab). A few months later, however, an apparent change of heart was announced. The bookseller called it quits on the Nook color line, giving the reins to third-party manufacturers. It dumped, then reconnected with its Nook color tablet line, but was it too little too late for shoppers?ĭespite valiant efforts - offering a few good bookworm-friendly slates - then-new releases, like the Amazon Kindle Fire and Google Nexus 7, burst onto the tablet scene with hot-to-trot specs and hard to beat price points. A wise man once asked, why do people break up, then turn around and make up? Like many of us, Barnes & Noble learned this lesson the hard way.
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