I was literally "this close" to buying a Kindle when I received notice TODAY from Barnes & Noble that they are releasing their own reader product, the Nook, that allows sharing of books not only between Nook owners, but to virtually any device that has the B&N; FREE downloadable reading software. My husband will likely not own a reader, but he WILL read books on one of his other devices that he carries with him all the time, so this feature alone has prompted me to consider the B&N; product over the Kindle. Not only that, but B&N; has access to MORE e-books and MORE FREE books!It's really too bad that Amazon didn't listen to its devoted customers on the sharing issue - this one is gonna hurt.