The Glowlight illuminates the e-ink screen very evenly across the display, producing a very clear, mellow light that isn’t cold like the blue of the Kindle Paperwhite, though it isn’t exactly warm.

The backlight, dubbed ‘GlowLight’, is reminiscent of basic green backlit screens for toy electronics from the 90’s. If you are looking for a powerful tablet that supports a pencil and smart keyboard, read our Apple iPad 10 2 inch tablet review. At smaller fonts some text does appear pixellated, but the 800×600 produces generally clear text and pictures that are completely suitable for reading. It features a fairly small 6″ display that is crisp and great for reading text. The Nook Simple Touch with Glowlight (we’ll call it the Nook from this point on) is the latest e-reader by the largest standalone book retailer in the world, Barnes & Noble. It is at the top of the best tablets list for reading. And the best e-reader I’ve tested thus far is the Nook Simple Touch with Glowlight, a reader that combines the potency of touch-enabled e-ink with comfortable mechanical buttons and a backlight for night reading. This year is really the first where e-readers are inexpensive enough for everyone to own they start as low as $60 for a brand new device.

I think they are a brilliant but young technology.

Barnes and noble nook reader machines