Will the New Nook Save Ereaders From Tablets?

Today Barnes & Noble unveiled its touch-screen Nook, the Simple Touch Reader, almost exactly 22 hours after ereader also-ran Kobo announced a similar device. Wait a second, you say, isn't there already a touchscreen Nook? Yes, and that's exactly the point. Up until the last day, it looked as if the world of E Ink readers was being eclipsed by tablets like

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