I use the Nook iPad app and I have an original Nook as well.
Originally, I bought a Nook over the Kindle because there was a rather large number of free public domain books that I wanted to read and the Nook supported open formats. I pulled down hundreds of books from Project Gutenberg.
Barnes and Noble pushes them in all their stores and believe it or not, Amazon doesn't have every customer in the world. Physical stores can still push a product better than an ad can.
Originally, I bought a Nook over the Kindle because there was a rather large number of free public domain books that I wanted to read and the Nook supported open formats. I pulled down hundreds of books from Project Gutenberg.
Barnes and Noble pushes them in all their stores and believe it or not, Amazon doesn't have every customer in the world. Physical stores can still push a product better than an ad can.