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I'm David Connolly executive editor cnet com and I'm here with the new barnes and noble simple touch with glowlight this is an e-ink device so it is good for reading outdoors but Barnes & Noble is making a big deal about that glow light it does display uniformly across the screen and it is integrated right into the device a lot of people do read at night and according to barnes and noble this was the number one feature that people asked for in a new ereader it does come with a cost the device is a hundred and thirty nine dollars you get an AC adapter with that to charge it as well as an anti-glare screen cover but it is forty dollars more expensive than the regular Simple Touch which stays on the market from a design perspective there really isn't any difference here except for the gray border around it that has changed barnaul says it has managed to shave off about six percent of the weight while maintaining the battery life at around one month with about half an hour to use a day the other key performance upgrade is that the touch screen has been enhanced it is more responsive than the simple touch that is not a software upgrade but is actually something that's been engineered into the product so some slight enhancements in terms of performance but the real key feature here is the new glow light which does work very well in the dark i'm david carr nguoi and that's the new barnes and noble simple touch ereader with glowlight thanks for watching