I've been using a Nook Color for almost a year now and I love it. I didn't think that I'd ever get used to the small form factor and tablet computing, but it works very well for me. Ironically, I use this "reader" more for writing. Here are some of the ways to use the Nook for writing and some of the writing apps available:
http://voices.yahoo.com/can-write-nook-color-11145152.html?cat=15
