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    New Nook Simple Touch with 'GlowLight' front-lit screen revealed by store signage

    New Nook Simple Touch with 'GlowLight' front-lit screen revealed by store signage

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    he Digital Reader has just posted an image of what appears to be a Nook Simple Touch with a front-lit E ink screen that Barnes & Noble has dubbed "GlowLight."

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    Barnes & Noble Nook Simple Touch
    Barnes & Noble Nook Simple Touch

    We heard a few days ago that Amazon was readying a Kindle with a front-lit, E ink screen — now it appears that Barnes & Noble is ready to do the same thing with the Nook. The Digital Reader has just posted an image of what appears to be a Nook Simple Touch with a front-lit E ink screen that Barnes & Noble has dubbed "GlowLight." While this is by no means guaranteed yet, these images do look fairly authentic, and these details corroborate an earlier report from The Ebook Reader. It sounds like the Nook will use a similar technology to what was described as being used on the next Kindle — a thin layer that covers the entire screen and evenly distributes light across it. While we're not sure when we'll see the latest Nook hardware, it wouldn't surprise us to hear something very soon considering the info that's starting to leak out.

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