[pct-l] Nook Simple Touch--feedback, anyone?

[Diane Soini of Santa Barbara Hikes]

I just brought a paperback book. I would read a little every night,  
then when my book ran out, I'd see if I could find a place where I  
could trade for a new book. If not, I would just buy a new book and  
leave my book somewhere. You'd be surprised how easy it can be to  
find a trade for your book. I even found one in the post office at  
Crater Lake. The postmistress offered me 4 different books to choose  
from. I picked one and handed her my used book in exchange. Sometimes  
I would choose a book based on weight rather than subject matter. I  
thought that was really funny. I read a lot of books I would never  
choose to read otherwise. Some were really awful. The worst was about  
vampires. I really hate vampire books.

On Mar 17, 2012, at 10:00 AM, pct-l-request at backcountry.net wrote:

> I bought one for my thru attempt this year and have enjoyed the  
> heck out of
> it so far!  I'm as concerned about the weight I carry as the next  
> hiker but
> one thing I simply will not skimp on is a book!  I think I'd
> even consider giving up a portion of my food first if I had too.   
> Now with
> the Nook I carry basically the same weight and get a couple of  
> thousand
> books rather then one- I don't see how that could be anything but a  
> good
> thing :)
> However I haven't actually used it on the trail yet, Marion, so  
> there may
> be some disadvantages that I haven't discovered yet.  Just tossing  
> in my
> two cents...