Excellent point! I forgot the back is plastic.

Hey, put it in a cover and you won't notice the stickiness. Or maybe stick your choice of a sticker over the sticky area.

Speaking of covers I've read that many of the nookcolor covers will work with the 950, but they have to be the kind without the builtin Nook cradle. In other words, the kind with four corner straps. You can take your 950 to the store and see which covers will fit.