At the time, this was the ereader with the best touch screen, side page-turning buttons, a nice contoured design that made it easy to hold, etc.  I had this ereader for a couple years until I switched to the Kindle Paperwhite.  The Nook Glowlight was my first choice, but the backlight on the screen was super faulty.  I still shop at barnes and noble for all my paperback books rather than amazon, and like bookstores, but I'm no longer on the Nook train.