Barnes & Noble's latest e-reader, dubbed the Nook Glowlight, is just the kind of modest upgrade you'd expect from a product line that's been eclipsed by full-blown tablets.
The $119 Nook Glowlight isn't a reinvention of the black-and-white backlit e-reader. All its refinements are aimed at making the book reading experience better—and to keep up with rival Amazon, which announced its own new $119 Kindle Paperwhite earlier this month.
Barnes & Noble started by boosting the 6-inch screen's resolution by 62 percent over the previous Simple Touch Glowlight, to 758-by-1024. And although Barnes & Noble has dropped "Simple Touch" from its moniker, the Nook Glowlight still has a touch screen. As with most E-Ink readers, the Glowlight resists glare and is therefore easier to read out in the sun than a full-blown tablet.
Another improvement comes in the backlighting, which according to Barnes & Noble illuminates more evenly than the previous model. Users can adjust the level of backlighting or turn it off completely, and during bedtime it's supposed to provide just enough illumination to read without waking your partner.
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