Barnes & Noble Introduces New Glowlight Ereader, Ad-Free For $119

From B&N:

At just 6.2 ounces, the new NOOK GlowLight isn’t only the lightest NOOK ever, it’s 15 percent lighter than the Kindle Paperwhite.
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Packed with 62 percent more pixels, the new NOOK GlowLight features NOOK’s highest resolution E Ink display.
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The new NOOK GlowLight also includes a selection of new handcrafted and fine-tuned fonts that maximize long-form readability for ultimate eye comfort.
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Equipped with twice the storage of its closest competitor, the new NOOK GlowLight can hold up to 2,000 books.

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Barnes & Noble’s new Nook GlowLight is lighter, faster, and full of ideas (via The Verge)

Barnes & Noble is primarily concerned with winning over new readers, those who have never owned an ebook reader before. So it’s easing the transition everywhere possible, like virtually eliminating full-page screen flashes while you read and offering a one-click way to get back to your book from anywhere. The new Nook also comes with eight weeks of battery life, and a variety of cases that make the device feel a little more like a paperback book you can actually open.
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…Barnes & Noble touts its human-powered recommendation system, which recommends books that are good, not that are related; it’s a digital version of the curated tables at the front of its hundreds of brick-and-mortar stores.

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New B&N Nook GlowLight e-reader gives the Kindle Paperwhite a run for the money (via CNET)

Aside from improving the display and slimming the chassis, the biggest enhancement Barnes & Noble has made is to the integrated light — the GlowLight is now significantly brighter at its highest setting, looks whiter, and displays more evenly across the screen.

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