I was frankly disappointed in the Nook Color. While it was great in terms of sales – and those sales help support the existence of brick and mortar, Barnes and Noble bookstores – I didn’t like the move from e-ink to LCD. The idea behind e-ink was to better mimic the experience of reading a physical, paper book by eliminating the back lit effect of reading on a computer.

By moving to LCD screens, the Nook Color made itself into an affordable entry in the tablet computer market and is possibly better for perusing photograph heavy magazines, but seemed to move away from the central function of reading (and as far as the magazines go, I prefer magazines heavier on the written word than on photographs).

Well, Barnes and Noble is now unveiling a new Nook that returns to the e-ink screen, while adding a touch screen.

To me, going back to e-ink sounds like progress.