I've been looking to get an eReader for a while, now I think I am going to actually do it. I cant make up my mind between the Nook Color and a regular nook/kindle.
I really like the Nook Color because it is a backlit LCD and that it has the ability to do some of the things a tablet can do. I have read quite a few reviews and writeups about the Color though and a lot of them mentioned pretty severe eye fatigue after a while reading off it.
The Kindle/Nook and about $50 cheaper than the Color but they dont have backlighting so they will require a separate light for reading in darker areas such as an airplane. These also dont have the problems with eye fatigue the Color has.
Either way I go, it will be used strictly as an ereader about 95% of the time.
BTW, I looked at an iPad, but as nice as it is, for what I would use it for I cannot justify the difference in price.