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ZodWallop · 06-22-2015, 11:58 AM

I think B&N cut their own throats with the latest Nook Glowlight. I have a Nook Simple Touch with Glowlight and I love it.

The truth is, Barnes and Noble is an okay eBook seller, but they can't compete with Amazon. The Simple Touch distinguished itself by having great design (the curved back, soft touch feel, page turn buttons, even the little 'n' home button) and (most importantly) an SD card slot.

They gave me a great device that made it easy to sideload books from Gutenberg, Baen, Smashwords or wherever that also had access to a very good store. Not as good as Amazon, but no slouch either.

When the new Nook was announced, I was hoping for a Simple Touch with a higher resolution screen and an improved Glowlight. Instead, they dumped everything that made Simple Touch a winner (okay, I still like the 'n' button). The Nook Glowlight is a Kindle-clone that is a white slab with very little room to sideload books (512 MB). Well, at that point, why buy a Nook that is a wannabe Kindle when I can buy the real deal and have access to a better store (better organized, bigger selection, lower prices)?

I doubt there will be another e-ink Nook, and if there is, unless it's a return to the path the Simple Touch was taking, I won't care. My ST is still chugging along, but I've already decided that when it goes to the great bookshelf in the sky, I'll be buying a Kobo.

06-22-2015, 11:58 AM	#6
ZodWallop Gentleman and scholar Posts: 11,479 Karma: 111164374 Join Date: Jun 2015 Location: Space City, Texas Device: Clara BW; Nook ST w/Glowlight, Paperwhite 3	I think B&N cut their own throats with the latest Nook Glowlight. I have a Nook Simple Touch with Glowlight and I love it. The truth is, Barnes and Noble is an okay eBook seller, but they can't compete with Amazon. The Simple Touch distinguished itself by having great design (the curved back, soft touch feel, page turn buttons, even the little 'n' home button) and (most importantly) an SD card slot. They gave me a great device that made it easy to sideload books from Gutenberg, Baen, Smashwords or wherever that also had access to a very good store. Not as good as Amazon, but no slouch either. When the new Nook was announced, I was hoping for a Simple Touch with a higher resolution screen and an improved Glowlight. Instead, they dumped everything that made Simple Touch a winner (okay, I still like the 'n' button). The Nook Glowlight is a Kindle-clone that is a white slab with very little room to sideload books (512 MB). Well, at that point, why buy a Nook that is a wannabe Kindle when I can buy the real deal and have access to a better store (better organized, bigger selection, lower prices)? I doubt there will be another e-ink Nook, and if there is, unless it's a return to the path the Simple Touch was taking, I won't care. My ST is still chugging along, but I've already decided that when it goes to the great bookshelf in the sky, I'll be buying a Kobo. Last edited by ZodWallop; 06-22-2015 at 12:05 PM.