There’s a post over on reddit with visual proof (posted above) of a new Nook ereader that’s about to get released soon, and it’s going to be called the Nook Glowlight 4 Plus.
It looks like the new Nook is basically a second generation version of the 7.8″ Nook Glowlight Plus that was released in 2019.
According to a sign that was photographed at a B&N retail store, the Nook Glowlight 4 Plus has a 7.8-inch flush-front screen with 300 ppi, and it has “GlowLight illumination + night mode” (that’s just fancy talk for a frontlight with adjustable color temperature).
The new Nook has 32GB of storage space so there’s more than enough space for ebooks, and they’re also adding audiobook support to this model. The device has a headphone jack and Bluetooth for listening to audiobooks.
The new Nook also has page-turn buttons (it’s a Nook thing), two on both sides of the screen, by the looks of it. The device is also waterproof. The price is listed at $199.99, which is pretty reasonable for a 7.8″ ereader.
That’s pretty much all the details we have to go off of at this point. Barnes and Noble still hasn’t announced the new Nook officially, and it’s nowhere to be found on the B&N website yet.
The in-store poster has a “Coming Soon” label on it, and it says to “see a Bookseller to Pre-Order”, so they’re probably getting ready to announce the new Nook Glowlight 4 Plus (that’s kind of a long name) soon.
What do you think of this new 7.8″ Nook? There aren’t very many flush-screen ereaders with page buttons so that’s kind of different, and the overall design looks smaller than the last version, but I still don’t understand why these companies keep trying to make a big deal about having audiobooks on ereaders. I just don’t think that’s something most people care about.
via: reddit
I love it! Perfect size for me, with page turner buttons! Never had a b&n device before, hope it’s easy to side load books onto!
Love the page turn buttons.
The Nook software is poor. Slow, few customization options, and they’ve recently returned to their old game of storage partitioning. Unless B&N improves their software dramatically, I’ll not buy another Nook.
I’m intrigued. Granted, most of my ebook collection is on my Kindle, but I’ll definitely give it a look once it’s announced.
It is good news from B&N! I will also certainly take a look. Whenever I can, I would prefer to support a brick-and-mortar bookstore. I like the size of the screen and the symmetrical design with buttons. But we’ll see if they have fixed their very outdated options for font weights.
Don’t think it’s enough of a difference from my 2019 Glowlight Plus, but we’ll see. I do love that design.
My Glowlight Plus and performed flawlessly . The split in memory is not an issue for me.
I keep my digital library on the thumb drive and only the titles of immediate interest get side loaded to the reader. Side loading goes smoothly via the USB connector. I am not sure I will upgrade. I read my books, I do not listen to them 🙂
Oh good! My Glowlight is getting old, but I haven’t given it up because I love the larger screen size. This is great news!
Flush screen is a dealbreaker, otherwise I’d be really temted to get one.
I prefer to do audiobooks on my kindles as it saved battery life on my phone and it also doesn’t get interrupted with stupid notifications. The audio quality I think really depends on the device you are using.
I read “Glowlight + night mode” as adjustable front light and ability to invert black/white.
Nooks don’t have inverted mode. They call using the warm light night mode.
Not having a dark inverted mode is a non-sale for me. I have eye floaters and always read with the warm light on black screen. I had hoped that Nook would get updated with the inverted option since Kobo and Kindle have it. But BN is so far behind their competition, I am not really surprised they didn’t.
This is precisely the size and format of device I want. Sadly Nook devices don’t appear to be available in the UK, and I’m concerned by poor software reports – I’d really like to be able to install my own fonts.
Have you seen the new Pocketbook InkPad 4? It has a similar design, but with the buttons at the bottom instead of on the sides, and the software is a lot more user-friendly.
I saw the post you linked, I’ve been patiently waiting for the promised review 😉
Yeah, I was planning to review it but then the Tab Ultra C came out first so I’ve been working with it lately. There will be several months in a row where nothing new comes out, and then all at once 4 new devices will get released at the same time and it makes it impossible to actually use them all. Pocketbook reviews don’t get as many views as other brands so that doesn’t help either, but I still might get around to reviewing it later this month.