The Nook gave me 32 lines of 14 words each, which translates to noticeably fewer page flips. On a Kindle Paperwhite reading Charlie Jane Anders' "The City In The Middle of the Night" at a small font size, I saw 27 lines of about 12 words each. The big screen means the GlowLight Plus can show more text than 6-inch ebook readers. Our unit had a little bit of uneven lighting around the edges, but not enough to bother me.
The front light is roughly 50 percent brighter than the Amazon Kindle Paperwhite's, according to our tests. You can change it manually, or have the device change it on a timer. The Nook has a color-changing front light that goes from blue to yellow. And it's IPX7 waterproof, so you can read by the pool. It also has both Bluetooth and a standard 3.5mm jack for audio, and a rounded, soft-touch back that doesn't get greasy too easily.
I'm not a fan of recessed screens, because I feel they accumulate sand and dirt in the edges, but I know some people like them. There are physical page-turn buttons on both sides of the recessed screen. It measures 8.3 by 5.9 by 0.3 inches (HWD), weighs 9.6 ounces, and has a relatively large 7.8-inch, 300ppi E Ink Carta display. Purely taken as a hardware object, the Nook GlowLight Plus is really nice for $200.
Ultimately, the $250 Amazon Kindle Oasis provides an even more luxurious reading experience coupled with a much stronger ecosystem, while the $130 Kindle Paperwhite is an unbeatable value.
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But an ebook reader isn't just hardware, and Barnes & Noble falls down hard on its software and ecosystem. It's light and comfortable to hold, with useful physical page-turn buttons. At $199.99, it's a strong buy for a big, waterproof ebook reader.
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