Nook Simple Contact with GlowLight hands-on

the major store of content, electronic press and academic items, today presented NOOK Simple Contact with GlowLight, the first E Ink system with patent-pending lighting style technological advancement that reduces the number-one problem lovers have in bed – having their rest disturbed, or being avoided from sleeping, when their associate flows with light style on. With a smooth, adaptable ambiance, GlowLight gives going to bed visitors just the right quantity of lighting style for examining, without distressing a tired partner.

Like having two Readers in one, the first and only Audience designed to let E Ink clients study in the darkish is similarly awesome at the seaside, with a paper- like examining encounter, even in the shiny sun. This modern system is the first to incorporate the most modern and quickest E Ink display with a accurate infra-red touchscreen display, built-in anti- glare display for examining in any lit atmosphere, and an allocated and adaptable lighting style for examining in the darkish. NOOK Simple Contact with GlowLight is also the least heavy NOOK ever, with a long-lasting battery power for over one 30 days of examining on 1 cost, with light style on. Customers can pre-order the latest addition to the award-winning NOOK collection instantly for just $139 at www.nook.com and in Barnes & Royal shops. NOOK Simple Contact with GlowLight will be in shops and houses beginning in beginning May, the best gift for Mothers Day, Dad's Day and graduations.

For individuals who love to study, E Ink's paper-like legibility, no-glare display and lengthy battery power have made it a preferred and nearly ideal system choice, with one exception: examining in bed or other low-light circumstances. And according to a recent Barnes & Royal nationwide study of mature visitors, examining in bed is what 64 % do regularly, so it's not unexpected that the number-one ask for from E Ink clients is the ability to study in the darkish to avoid pestering a considerable other.

The Cleverest Innovation in Reading

Barnes & Royal designed cutting-edge GlowLight technological advancement, a modern lighting style solution enhanced for low-light circumstances, never before seen on an E Ink display and not available on any Amazon ereader. NOOK Simple Contact with GlowLight provides consistent lighting style across an E Ink display, creating a better evening hours examining encounter than LCD. GlowLight changes on instantly and tunes easily with a little, so clients can control the quantity of lighting style, whether in a mysterious or message darkish area. NOOK Simple Contact with GlowLight is the best peacekeeper for the 50 percent of study participants who would study more in bed if it didn't intervene with their partners' rest.

"To date, visitors have had to compromise: either buying black-and-white E Ink examining gadgets to boost their outdoor examining or color LCD gadgets to be able to study in the evening in bed with light style off. NOOK Simple Contact with GlowLight is like two Readers in one," said Bill J. Lynch, Primary Professional Specialist of Barnes & Royal. "With our new GlowLight technological advancement and the most modern E Ink display available, we've designed the most flexible, high-utility Audience ever; as remarkable for examining in the pitch-dark bed room as on the smartest seaside. At only $139, NOOK Simple Contact with GlowLight provides clients an awesome value and is the only system of its kind on the globe."

Resolving the Bed time Reading Debate

For provided that there have been bed frames, and guides, there's been a common conflict between lovers at bedtime: Lighting on, to read? Or off, to sleep? "The Barnes & Royal NOOK Bed time Reading Controversy," a study performed April 1-5, 2012, asked 1,358 mature visitors across the nation about their examining routines, and shed new lighting style on this age-old obstacle.

• Bed Heads: Roughly two-thirds (64 percent) of individuals asked study in bed, and nearly a one fourth study in bed between five and seven days a week.
• Those who own Visitors among the most likely to study in bed (72 percent) and are more likely to study in bed regular than product owners (61 % vs. 54 percent).

• The Sex Divide: While examining in bed is a top pick for both sexes, there's a unique split when it comes to second place: females are more likely than men to study outside (40 % vs. 25 percent), and men more frequently study in the restroom (41 % vs. 26 % for women).
• The Light/Dark Debate: 77 % of study participants say they or their associate needs lighting style for their going to bed examining, although nearly 90 % say their ideal rest atmosphere is completely darkish.
• Men are far more likely than females to review their considerable other interferes with their rest by using a lighting style to study in bed.
• Keeping Peace: 50 % of participants say either they or their associate would study more in bed if it didn't impact the other individuals rest.
• Sleepus Interruptus: A associate using a lighting style to study in bed was considered most troublesome by participants – even more than a amorous lover's "midnight goes."
• 31 % of participants mentioned that a lover's use of a lighting style to study in bed interupted with their rest or avoided them from sleeping, while 20 % mentioned that enchanting overtures did the same.
• Perturbed Partners: Nearly 50 percent (42 percent) of study participants have gone to rest frustrated because their considerable other was examining with a lighting style on.
• Evening Journey, Not Fight: 42 % of individuals questioned say they or their associate has actually moved to another area to study to not disrupt the associate who desired to rest, as most also decided this was the best way to "keep the serenity."
• The "lights-on" violation of bediquette delivers many to give up when it comes to rest with tossing on the TV, making the area to study or remaining up to study themselves the most consistent solutions.

Lightweight and Super Portable

At under 7 oz., NOOK Simple Contact with GlowLight is Barnes & Noble's least heavy NOOK ever and 5 % brighter than the highly recommended NOOK Simple Contact. The lamps ergonomic office soft-touch design makes it super comfortable to hold in just one hand – ideal for remaining up forever in bed with a can't-put-it-down novel, or for holding everywhere. Customers can also customize their gadgets with an unique range of fashionable and safety components.

Barnes & Noble's Award-Winning Reading Experience

NOOK Simple Contact with GlowLight delivers first-to-the-world lighting style advancement to Barnes & Noble's award-winning Audience and examining encounter. The most-advanced and quickest E Ink display and modern built-in display guard offer paper-like examining with no glare, even in shiny sun, and lightning-fast page changes. The organization's unique Best-TextTM technological advancement with adaptable print styles increases each mail, so terms are sharp and clear.

It's simple to get around, store and study with just the touch of a kids finger on NOOK Simple Contact with GlowLight's 6-inch touchscreen display technological advancement. Contact to turn pages, look up terms, emphasize paragraphs, study your way by changing the typeface size and style and more. Shop the biggest electronic book store of more than 2.5 thousand guides, newspapers and newspapers and enjoy helpful suggestions from Barnes & Noble's book professionals, customized based on preferred writers, as well as those from friends to decide what to study next. Plus, lend e-books from public collections.

NOOK Simple Contact with GlowLight maintains more than 1,000 guides, plus it has extended storage. It's set up on on the go with long-lasting battery power life: on 1 cost with Wi-Fi® off, study for over one 30 days with GlowLight on and over two months with it off.

Availability

At the incredibly low price of $139, NOOK Simple Contact with GlowLight provides an award- successful examining encounter, with a power adaptor and built-in anti-glare display guard at no additional cost, as opposed to Amazon ereader. NOOK Simple Contact with GlowLight can be pre-ordered at www.nook.com and in Barnes & Royal shops. The latest NOOK is predicted to be in shops and in houses in beginning in beginning May, in time for Mothers Day, Dad's Day, graduations and summer examining. Experience NOOK items at www.nook.com or at the NOOK Digital ShopsTM and shows in one of Barnes & Noble's nearly 700 book stores and other major suppliers. Barnes & Royal provides Always Free NOOK Support in all of its community book stores, with more than 40,000 NOOKsellers across the nation ready to assist clients with establishing up their NOOK gadgets or choosing their next great study.