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The white casing of shiny piano-paint was a concern for me also: admittedly, it is a beauty, but I was also afraid of the reflection it may cause. But after using it for more than a month, I am so happy to tell you that it did not distract me at all when I am reading - I never use a book light, but on other lighting conditions, there is no issue at all.
Touch Screen is also not an issue as it will be de-activated in a few seconds. The only concern about a touch screen is battery drain, not a serious issue, but it does drain battery.
I was never a fan of a touch screen until a couple of days ago when I converted a 9000 page Chinese history book with 200 plus chapters. I cannot even imagine using a Kindle joystick to navigate through 200 chapters - but on the nook, it works like a charm, you can tap the screen using your finger to roll over the chapters very smoothly and quickly (like you would on an iPod touch or iPhone) and select the one and hit go, this is fantastic. Chapter rolling only involves the touch screen, so it is blazing fast and very smooth, however, navigation for functions other than chapter rolling takes both the e-ink screen and the touch screen, which takes some practice - for one thing, the e-ink due to its limitation, does not re-paint fast enough, and you have to look both the e-ink screen on top and the touch screen on the bottom which takes some coordination. Anyway, when inactive, the touch screen will not distract you in anyway, and the finger swipe feature (when it's inactive) and the chapter rolling feature (when it's active) is well worth a touch.
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