Barnes and Noble has simply launched their first e-reader since 2009, with the arrival of the Nook Glowlight Plus. It sounds pretty good on paper, with the identical excessive decision display discovered on the Amazon Kindle Voyage and is waterproof, a lot akin to the Kobo H2O. It additionally has software program not present in another e-readers in the marketplace, resembling Nook Profiles and Nook Readouts. Has Barnes and Noble hit a house run with the Nook Glowlight Plus and most significantly, will you purchase it?
The Barnes and Noble Nook Glowlight Plus incorporates a six inch e-Ink Carta show with a decision of 1430 x 1080 and 300 PPI. This e-reader is waterproof, just like the Kobo Aura H2o. It’s IP67 licensed, which implies you can go away it submerged in recent water for as much as half-hour at a most depth of 1 meter.
There is no such thing as a phrase but on what processor this mannequin has nevertheless it does make use of 512 MB of RAM. One of many good issues about the Glowlight Plus is that it doesn’t have the identical limitations of earlier fashions. You used to have solely 512 MB of inside reminiscence in your personal e-book assortment, however this has been since upgraded to 2GB. In whole, you now have 4 GB of obtainable storage, however use it properly, since there is no such thing as a SD card.
The Nook Glowlight Plus is a fashionable e-reader that doesn’t push the envelop with its {hardware}, however stays aggressive. That is very refreshing for the bookseller to supply a compelling various for customers who’ve since switched to doing enterprise with Amazon or Kobo.
On the software program entrance, there was some noticeable UI adjustments and some new options like Nook profiles and Nook Readouts.
B&N Readouts contains of ebook excerpts in in style genres and subjects, together with Fiction, Romance, Mysteries & Thrillers, Science Fiction & Fantasy, Teen & Younger Grownup, Life-style, Books & Concepts, Science & Tech and Enterprise & Innovation. It additionally provides clients sneak peeks of upcoming books and particular bonus content material from authors and publishers. There’s additionally featured articles from a myriad of magazines too, providing you with a way of featured tales, with out having to really obtain or buy the whole situation.
Barnes and Noble Nook Profiles is just like what they did with the Nook Shade and Nook Pill. It lets you setup separate profiles for up to 6 customers, which is right for individuals who share their e-readers. Particular person customers can determine which titles they wish to share with the opposite profiles and there may be some developed parental controls, so that youngsters can’t make their very own purchases.
Is that this an e-reader you’ll purchase? It does supply software program options not discovered on another devoted e-ink system in the marketplace. I believe its a viable improve in case you have the Nook Easy Contact, Nook Easy Contact with Glowlight, the options discovered on the brand new mannequin might be completely enormous. When you have the Nook Glowlight from 2013, I believe the waterproof nature might be an amazing boon. There’s a giant contingent of readers that prefer to learn whereas soaking in a shower, or are a klutz like me and dump espresso on it. What do you guys suppose? Will you purchase it, or anticipate extra critiques earlier than making a choice?
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Michael Kozlowski is the editor-in-chief at Good e-Reader and has written about audiobooks and e-readers for the previous fifteen years. Newspapers and web sites such because the CBC, CNET, Engadget, Huffington Submit and the New York Occasions have picked up his articles. He Lives in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
