I bought a cheap literati at first, when it broke, I opted for the nook 1st generation, its completely useless. For books I previously had for my literati (which was color btw for only $15), it won't let me use their covers, it won't even show the covers of the books unless they came from B&N, then the problem with brightness, I realized that it would be poor, but its soooooo bad that it hurts my eyes to look at it, kinda defeats the purpose of an ebook.. i wanted my books for night time reading without disturbing the husband, this one is useless because I need a flashlight to read it.