This is the second Lautner cover purchased and was for a gift. The first cover was purchased from Barnes and Noble at twice the price. I have been using that cover for a year and a half and it has held up nicely. The inside was dirty from handling over a year, but I was able to wash off most of the dirt and finger oils using a cloth and dish soap. The advantages of this cover is the magnetic closure which can be flipped to hold the cover open when reading. The only disadvantage is that this cover has only two clips to hold the Nook and the Nook sometimes slips out of the clips. Would be better if the cover had four clips to match the four notches on the Nook.