Barnes & Noble Keeps the Nook on Life Support With the New GlowLight 4 Plus

Like that one restaurant that finagle to thrive in a strip promenade that expire eld ago , Barnes & Noble ’s Nook line clearly has enough devoted fans for the caller to continue to release update e - readers , let in the new GlowLight 4 Plus which finally brings audiobook support to E Ink - base Nook gimmick .

The last time we stop in with Barnes & Noble ’s Nook was back in previous 2021 , with thedebut of the Glowlight 4 . The gimmick introduced features like USB - deoxycytidine monophosphate charging and an E Ink silver screen with color temperature adjustment for reading lately into the night . The six - inch Glowlight 4 also featured a blockheaded bezel reminiscent of Es - readers from a 10 prior , because Barnes & Noble does n’t seem interested in leading the charge when it comes to introducing bleeding edge features on its e - readers .

That course continues with the raw Nook GlowLight 4 Plus , whichalready made an visual aspect on Barnes & Noble ’s in - store signageover a month ago . The waterproof e - reader includes a 7.8 - inch , 300 PPI E Ink screen with gloss temperature adjustments that pose flush with the Nook GlowLight 4 Plus ’ bezels which finally come along to be shrinking in size . navigate ebooks can be done using the einsteinium - reader ’s touchscreen or a twain of forrard and back buttons located on either side of the machine : a lineament we ’d admittedly love to see on our Kindles and Kobos .

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Barnes & Noble also boasts that the Nook GlowLight 4 Plus ’ 32 GB of onboard memory is a big pace up from the older GlowLight Plus ’ 8 GB , but that ’s a four - year - old twist , and user of the new model might find themselves quickly filling up that 32 GB because the most notable upgrade of the new Nook GlowLight 4 Plus is the introduction of audiobook support and headphone connectivity through Bluetooth or a physical jack . The last Nook twist to hold up audiobooks was the company’s10 - inch Lenovo - built LCD tablet . This will be Barnes & Noble ’s first Es Ink equipment to take into account both ebooks and audiobooks to be consumed , although it ’s a characteristic introduced on Kindle and Kobo east - readers years ago .

Despite today ’s reveal , the Nook GlowLight 4 Plus wo n’t really be available until September , but it can be pre - orderedthrough Barnes & Noble ’s website , or its brick - and - mortar storehouse , starting on July 7 for $ 200 .

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