Monday, February 1, 2010

Barnes and Noble: nook gripes

With 1.1.2 impending, I'm hoping the following issues are addressed. These are the ones that bother me on a regular basis.

  • Lack of sorting in My Documents - at the very least, should be able to sort by date, author or title. Currently there is no sort, items show up in the order in which they are placed on disk. There are workarounds, but none that are acceptable to average users.
  • Merge My Documents and B&N books. Kindle does it. Once we acquire media, do we really care where we acquired it from? If I load 5 books from Kobo and have 5 purchased from B&N - why would I want to view them separately.
  • Folders or tags, please. Kindle has this same shortcoming. We should be able to create folders and organize books. Or use tags and sort by tags. Or sort by book genre. 
  • Bookmarks / last place read. It's still way to easy to have your nook forget where it was. After a full reboot, and often after a USB connection, the nook forgets how far into a book I was. 
  • Preorders to show accurately. This shouldn't even require an update, it can be addressed on the server end. Right now, if you browse Game Change at Barnes and Noble's web site, it shows as a pre-order (for the eBook edition). When shopping from your nook, it shows up as if it can be purchased immediately, which is damn misleading!
I'm looking forward to spending time with Sony's new reader, as I continue the quest for a perfect (hah) eReader.

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