Nook GlowLight 4

People avoid the Nook for a few reasons: Nooks are only available in the US. Technically you can use them outside the US, but you're likely to run into issues with actually purchasing things on it. They do, naturally, work outside the US for reading, but the actual process of buying books is US-cent

Great write-up. Despite a lot of drawbacks, the hardware is great especially if you enjoy pageturn buttons. I have NOOK, Kobo, Kindle and Boox devices and always grab my NOOK GlowLight 4 or 4 Plus to read.

Agree with this. As a kindle user with the latest model paperwhite, I still prefer the nook glow light 4 hardware wise. The screen, buttons, and form factor is just superior. Barnes & Noble just tortures us with the horrendous software.

I love my GlowLight 4! I mostly borrow books from the library. Setting up Adobe Digital Editions to get the epub files from libby onto my nook was a pain, but it was well worth the effort. I love the physical buttons and it's the perfect size for my bag and for the using on the commute

If you're tech saavy you can use ADB to install apps (because it's technically android 8.1) so you can install something like eink launcher and koreader to even bypass the nook UI and really just strip it down to basically ereader functionality. I use a Nook Glow Light 4 Plus like this. Just turn of

Honestly, I've seen a fair few broken Kindle screens. Or posts about how people have scratched their Kindle screens. But, when it comes to personal experience, having owned a dozen or so different devices, from five different brands (Nook, Sony, Kobo, Kindle, Pocketbook) ... not one screen has been

I have a Pocketbook Era, the build quality seems excellent. I've only owned it since summer of 2024, having bought it used on eBay, but it's solid, and feels like quality. Pocketbook might be a bit more fiddly for dialing in your experience, there's a fair amount of customizations. If you don't plan

I have been a pretty big reader most of my life but convincing myself to read in bed was always really hard for me, shifting back and forth to catch the light from a lamp or re adjusting a clip on light every few pages drove me nuts. I got a nook glowlight 4e and have never read so much in my life.

Choices are definitely limited for new in this form factor and for a BW screen. If you can find a Kobo Sage, it's an excellent device. The same is true for the Kobo Libra 2, but they are in high demand used, so it could take some patience. Kobo Forma is not a bad option, but, being older than Sage,

Yes, if you want a 7.8-inch black-and-white e-ink screen and to purchase, read, and move on to the next eBook, the NOOK GlowLight 4 Plus (2023) is perfect.** Crisp text, warm or cool light, and if you want to listen to any audiobooks you purchase from B&N, it has a 3.5mm audio jack or Bluetooth capa