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Three goals drove my decision to the Nook Color:

• Switch to eBooks instead of paper books to make my library something that I can always have with me
• Access to Android apps to expand the functionality beyond being just an eBook reader
• Explore Android as a version of Linux

While I have an eBook reader on my netbook, I rarely used it. The battery life just made serious reading to difficult, and being tethered to a battery charger made it inconvenient to use. Yet, I had the dream of separating from the world of traditional books. I love books. I love to read. I just wanted them all in one place that was easy to carry, and lasted for hours of reading. The dream started with the Star Trek shows, and became reality with the purchase of and eBook reader.

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