you can read them anytime you just choose the book in your kindle library and tell it to put it on your kindle for android app then it is on your device to read at any time. to use barnes and noble online you need to have an account set up that just means a user name and password but they do ask that you put a credit card number on file with them so that if you want to purchase a book it will be able to do that automatically, anytime you get a book even a free one you go through the process just like if you were buying it, only the total is zero, and it gets put in your nook library, you can then access it with your nook reader app just like you do kindle and download it to your device. Aldiko has an area where it lets you put in a url address for where you want to get books from and it also contains list of book sources you can just choose to go to, but what I do is anytime I find a book I want (I always get epub format) I download the book to my pc, I keep a folder on it that I put all my ebooks in, then I take the sd card that I use for the device put it into my card reader and copy my books from that folder into the sd card. When I put the sd card into the device Aldiko can access it and I can read the books. On the aldiko home screen there is an sd card icon you click that find the folder that has your books in it, sometimes it is in the ebooks folder, in my recent one it was in the external folder, I just click through the folders till I find the books, put a check mark in front of the book you want to read or you can do all of them and it will say move to Aldiko or something like that. You just leave the SD card in the device. I am not sure about your gift card. how that would work you may have to do it from your pc?? never tried that. Read eBooks On Android Using Aldiko Book Reader this is a little video on how to use one of the various book stores that aldiko can access for you Downloading eBooks to Aldiko from BooksOnBoard one thing I like is that when reading to adjust the brightness of the screen just slide you finger up and down along the left edge it will change the brightness, I always read in the night read mode it is just easier for me to see and especially when reading in bed. feel free to ask anything you need help with. I am still learning new things daily too. In fact I just downloaded that FBreader yesterday to give it a try. If you do not like the browser on your device there are some very good ones you can try out, Dolphin, Opera mini, firefox, and soon there will be a chrome version, several others too. you can add them to try them then delete them if you don't like it, you will be given the choice of which browser to use each time you need to use it. Dolphin is very slick and has the tabs.

I have both the B&W Nook and the Color Nook. I gave my B&W one to a friend to use, but I do miss it when reading at the beach. Other than that, I don't miss it at all. I love my color Nook. I love that I don't need a reading light and don't find it makes my eyes tired. I love getting my email on my nook and I love checking out library books. I only buy books occasionally. I love being able to lie on my side and I can just prop my Nook up on a pillow. I like that I can take 10 books with me on vacation and they all fit right in my purse! :-) I have to admit that I was a real anti e-reader person. My DH bought my first one as a birthday gift because he couldn't think of anything else to get me. I reluctantly agreed to try it out but had every intention of returning it. I loved my paper books - the feel of them, smell etc. Now, I cannot fathom reading on anything but my Nook. LOVE IT!!

wow sorry I had never seen that I was asked a question and never answered it. I bought my pandigital novel at bed bath and beyond they can be bought at many locations which are listed on their website including Radio Shack and Kohl's. Mine ran me right at $100 with their 20% off coupon and a rebate. The one I have is the 7" white tablet. It is a full android tablet now with their latest update so you can access apps from the android market, you can surf, email, play your music, watch videos, youtube etc, pretty much everything you can do on a laptop. If you are familiar with any of the android phones it is very similar. I thought if I was going to pay over a hundred dollars for something I wanted it to do as much as possible not just be an ereader which is why I went with this PDN. The ereader part is excellent also and since you can now use android apps you can use the kindle app to read kindle books and the nook app, lots of ereader apps are available so you can choose the one you like best gives you lots of flexibility. It of course does have wifi connectivity which works great. We have had several very long threads about the PDN and ereaders over on the computer help forum, you can search the topic there and find much more. There are a lot of people on GW that got Pandigitals too. the lookbook reader I got at CVS pharmacy when they had them on for $49 it only does ereader functions and does color and have wifi and is linked with the kobo bookstore. http://www.pandigital.net/

I second Raven regarding using a tablet for e-reading. The tablet I use for reading is an ASUS Transformer and it is extremely light. I cannot find any documentation as to how much it weighs, but am convinced it weighs no more than a few ounces, not even close to 17 ounces. Another advantage to having reading aps on the tablet (including one for downloading books from the library), is that you also download other "entertainment aps" for your tablet. On mine, for entertainment purposes, I have three reading aps (including Kindle), Sudoku, several word games, crosswords which I download daily (Shortyz Crosswords is the ap which downloads crosswords from a number of daily newspapers), a solitaire game, etc. Yes, my entertainments are very old fashioned. In addition, have The Weather Chanel ap, Fitbit ap, a daily Bible reading ap - really there seem to be no limitations as to the aps that can be downloaded to Android tablets. My hands have never gotten tired with holding it, and I too have arthritis in my hands. That tablet has truly changed my life for the better. Personally, I will never have an e-reader that is only for the function of reading. Don't limit yourself. I will stop the ramble now.