New Nook Simple Touch with GlowLight coming early May for $139 (hands-on video) | The Verge

Not dead yet -- see the link below for more details and a video overview

"The Nook Simple Touch with GlowLight (official name) is nearly identical to the earlier model — same 6-inch E Ink Pearl touchscreen display, same internals, same size and chassis — but is actually hair lighter, at 6.95 ounces vs. 7.48 ounces. And, of course, the GlowLight. Barnes & Noble calls it a patent pending technology that consists of scattering LEDs up top that work with an anti-glare screen protector to uniformly spread light across the screen. There might be some other tricks at play to make it uniform, specifically along the sides and bottom, but they wouldn't tell us anything more. "

New Nook Simple Touch with GlowLight coming early May for $139 (hands-on video) | The Verge