Barnes & Noble Barnes and Noble Nook Glowlight 4 eReader 6 32GB BNRV1100 Black (Renewed)

My last e-reader was a kindle paper white 6th gen, so this is total upgrade for me! I don't find it laggy or slow like some other reviews say (you should meet my 12 year old kindle) I find it fast and smooth. And no weird screen savers of smut romantasy novels like kindle 🤣 Kindle has the advantage of instantly uploading Libby books onto kindle, but it's not too troublesome to upload ePubs manually through my computer. My old Kindle PW had a white/blue backlight for reading in the dark which hurt my eyes so I never used it. I LOVE this nice and warm amber backlight from nook. Also... I love the BUTTON PAGE TURNERS! It was frustrating how the touch screen on kindle would not register my tap to turn the page, instead taking me back a page or highlighting a word or something else. It was too sensitive for my fumbly fingers. The chunky buttons on nook are amazing! So far I love this little nook. I can't find any cons vs the kindle besides the instant Libby uploads. Then again my kindle was old and not as fancy as the newer gens. Now I can read comfortably in bed, ( and in the dark if I want) on my side and turn pages easily :')

This was shipped quickly, and arrived quickly. I see no difference as it looks brand new, and works like new. I saved quite a bit of money buying this renewed product. Not a mark on it, the screen is excellent, and all my books are displayed once I signed in. You can also side load ePub's as well, which I did. Not much to dislike. One thing I like about this nook is the bezels on the side are a bit bigger, which is good for me, having large hands, as I can hold on to it much easier than some other devices. page turn buttons work well too.

It works perfectly fine just like a brand new one but much cheaper! I also have a kindle but my Nooks are older and my previous Nooks were too old to update. I do like having both a kindle and Nook.

Love this. I use it all the time.

I am an ARC (advanced readers copies) reviewer with NetGalley and some other independent authors, and so many of the ARCs are ebooks. Reading on my phone is bothersome for my eyes so I wanted something a little easier on the eyes AND wallet than some other popular brand ereaders. Terrible mistake. In theory the process to download your own books onto the device seems easy but after an hour+ of my very tech savvy husband fiddling with this, there was no success. We managed to get a version onto the device but then it would not display the content or flip through pages. It’s crazy in such a digital world it required the device to physically be connected to a laptop. There was not an option to send it in any way. Even if I were using it solely to purchase books from it, the device was so laggy. And after charging the device for hours, the battery life was only at 7% and the off screen read “your device is dead”. All roads were leading me to disappointment with this gadget.

It's a little over a year since I bought this renewed Nook. I've started having issues the last few months with the screen freezing or not turning on, but using the power button worked. Now it's frozen on a page on my book for the last 24 hours. I've tried the power button restart options, nothing has worked. I charged it for a few hours, nothing. I'm going to try charging it overnight using a charge block to see if it starts working again. Otherwise I read that resetting it means losing your books. And I have a lot! I don't know if these renewed nooks only last a year, but in my case it seems so. Otherwise love the buttons, the size and the readability. Especially reading at night - the amber light is perfect!

My husband has been using this on and off for a year or so now with no complaint. He likes the size and says its comfortable for his eyes.

If you told me it was brand new I would believe it. Light weight, no defects or blemishes. The physical side buttons are excellent. The screen is very crisp and the backlight illuminates very evenly.