WSJ's Mossberg Compares the Three Most Popular iPad E-Reader Apps

A review that'll be of use to novices just starting to use iPad for reading books. Old news for everybody else, This is purely a comparison of software interfaces/ergonomics, and book selection, rather than hardware. Walt Mossberg, WSJ.com: "For this review, I compared Apple’s own fledgling e-reader software and store, called iBooks; Amazon’s Kindle iPad app; and the newly revamped Barnes & Noble iPad app, called Nook. Overall, they are more similar than different. Each is free and operates much like the pioneering Kindle device, offering access to an online library of books you already own and an online store to buy more. Each remembers where you left off in your books, and includes built-in search, dictionaries and the ability to enter notes and to highlight text. All also offer the option to search for more information on terms in your books, using Google or Wikipedia. ... "