There are tons of books available in the library and you can quickly search for them by activating the Windows Charms. There are user ratings and reviews for specific books to help you make a better decision. The interface of NOOK for Windows 8 is easy to navigate if you're familiar with Windows 8 or Windows RT: you just swipe from right to left to reveal more content. With Nook apps on Android and iOS, Barnes & Noble has a great ecosystem for their library.

Nook users also have access to subscription trials as well as samples for almost all the books, magazines, and newspapers that Barnes & Noble has to offer. Compare this to being forced into a browser with the Kindle app and you can see why NOOK for Windows 8 has the superior user experience. Where NOOK for Windows 8 wins out is in its fleshed out library of content that can be viewed and purchased within the app.

Both companies will sync bookmarks, annotations, and reading positions to their servers, making sure you can pick up where you left off on any device. There are tons of options in both apps to change fonts, text size, background colors, and more. For reading books, NOOK for Windows 8 and Kindle for Windows 8 are neck and neck.

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