So after a less than great experience trying to order a Glo directly kobo.com my Glo from Powell Books showed up along with the free sleepcover from the special they have running - great deals, great service, I will be a return customer.
It is a nice thing when you spend the time to do the research and are so pleased with your choice. I was an original Nook V1 owner - pre-ordered and suffered through the launch pains (ordered in October 2009 for the holidays - finally got it in early Feb. 2010). The original Nook was great, a bit off the mainstream but a joy to use. About a year ago I consolidated, sold off the Nook and a few other things and invested in the latest iPad - which I use constantly. My plan had been for the iPad to become my all around device but have found over the last year that while it looks great, for me, reading for any extended period of time beats the heck out of my eyes and I am simply not reading as much as I usually do - which is the whole point of this. I needed to get back to an e-ink device and at the end of the day the Kobo Glo has won my heart.
Some kind of an illuminated screen was a must - used a light with my Nook V1 and it was functional but a pain. Wasn't impressed with the Nook Glowlight, and even as a Prime member the Paperwhite was too locked down.
So it turns out that the few concerns I had about the Glo where basically a non issue for me. Mine does not have the "blue" light thing - might have only been the early release ones. As far as reading in the dark, while I read so many posts about it being "too bright!" - not for me, frankly even in the dark the lowest setting is a bit too dim. The UI is good and at the end of the day I'm reading again - I have a LONG list of books to catch up on.
I wanted to thank all of you that take the time to participate and share in this forum - your insight really helped me make the right call.
Enough of this... need to get back to reading.
