Thanks kingcharizard you saved me from spending my life savings on lottery tickets. If it weren't for you, I wouldn't know any better.
PkGaming, if you are to get either the nook, Kindle Fire, the iPad, the Xoom, or the Samsung (is it Galaxy?) depends on what you want to do with it. iPad is for the more all round type of guy who likes a book every once in a while and likes the cool apps and games. Android based tablets, however are MUCH more flexible and VERY customizable. App development on the android is also a lot less regulated so it is easier for third party companies to make them. However, if you mainly want a tablet for the ebooks, get a nook. I have an iPad and got it for the books, and I am kind of disappointed because I have a VERY unstable attention span and tend to drift between reading and playing Bloons Tower Defense lol. It isn't the fault of the designer of the nook - it's my fault for being ADD lol. I like the organic feeling of the nooks – especially the black and white ones. Then again, you get a lot more value for the iPad lol. And, then again, once again, all tablet pc's are overrated anyways. I'm not even sure if you even want a tablet computer and have no idea why I gave you this advice.
Don't get the Kindle Fire. It's like the equivalent of a chinese iPhone.