This review says the Fire
http://www.freep.com/article/2011112...hich-one-wins-

This one says the Nook
http://www.businessinsider.com/kindl...ablet-2011-12#

I hope I've helped

I am going to get my Mom the fire, but only because she's got a very early version of the Kindle, so I am hoping for an easier learning curve and continued use of her library. If I were going to get it for me, I'd get the Nook. Oh - and for my mom, her biggest complaint about my Nook when she tried it and a friends iPad were that they were heavy (the old Nook is no heavier than a book), and all of these new tablet readers are heavier than her old Kindle, but the new Kindle is the lightest, I think.