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NOOK Color Now Even Better with Streaming Entertainment and More Content in VividView

Biggest-ever, Free Software Update Adds Access to Popular Movies, TV Shows from Top Services Including Netflix and Flixster, with Others Coming Soon

Largest Digital Catalog of Books, Newspapers, Interactive Magazines, Children's Picture Books and Now NOOK Comics

Today Only: Free $25 Gift Card with NOOK Device Online Purchase Using a MasterCard Card

Introducing Instant NOOK Book Gifting - the Perfect Holiday Present for NOOK Customers Who Love to Read

December 12, 2011 - Barnes & Noble continues to enhance its critically acclaimed NOOK Color with the largest-ever software update to the device now available at no cost (www.nookcolor.com/update), adding over 100 feature enhancements, access to top video and music services, popular apps, comics and more. With new tablet features and access to the best names in entertainment, the first-ever Reader's Tablet is now even better at the incredibly low price of $199. Customers can enjoy popular movies and TV shows through leading services like Netflix and Flixster, with others coming soon. The update also brings faster, easier access to the world's largest digital catalog of color and interactive books, magazines, children's books, high-quality apps, and now comics and graphic novels.Read more

Barnes & Noble Announces Cyber Monday Steals

Free $25 Gift Card with NOOK Device Online Purchase Using a MasterCard Card

Up to 70 Percent off Season's Best Reading and Entertainment Products

November 28, 2011 – Barnes & Noble announced today even more amazing specials for online holiday shoppers on Cyber Monday. On Monday, November 28, customers who purchase any new Barnes & Noble award-winning NOOK device online with a MasterCard will receive a free $25 Barnes & Noble Gift Card, along with free shipping. This amazing offer applies to the full NOOK product line, including the #1-rated $99 NOOK Simple Touch, the ever-popular $199 NOOK Color, and the all-new $249 NOOK Tablet, the company’s fastest, lightest tablet with the best entertainment displayed in stunning VividView. So in addition to giving the gift of the top-rated reading and entertainment products available, BN.com shoppers can also use the Gift Card to purchase great new physical or digital books, magazines and children's books – or a stylish accessory for the new NOOK. Read more

Best Buy to Carry Kindle Fire, NOOK Tablet

by jessica on Thu, 2011-11-10 05:00


Kindle Fire, NOOK Tablet

Best Buy will carry two of the hottest devices out this holiday shopping season – the Kindle Fire and the Barnes & Noble NOOK Tablet.

The new Kindle Fire will be available at all Best Buy and Best Buy Mobile stores beginning Tuesday, November 15 where customers will be able to touch, test, try and buy the device. Best Buy says they will have ample supply and customers who pre-ordered Kindle Fire in-store will be able to pick-up their reserved device in-store.

Kindle Fire features a full color, seven-inch, multi-touch display and comes loaded with 8GB of storage as well as free storage in the Amazon Cloud for all of your Amazon content. And let’s not forget about the 18 million movies, TV shows, apps, songs, magazines and books available for the device. The Kindle Fire is priced at $199.

A few days later, November 18, the new Barnes & Noble NOOK Tablet arrives at all Best Buy stores. Available for pre-order now at BestBuy.com for $249.99, NOOK Tablet comes with a 1GHz dual-core processor and 1GB of RAM, providing plenty of memory to stream HD videos smoothly, browse the Web, and switch between books, magazines, videos and apps effortlessly. Touting a battery life of 11.5 hours of reading time or nine hours of video viewing, the NOOK Tablet also features the VividView display and full IPS lamination to reduce reflection and glare.Read more

NOOK Tablet Unveiled

by jessica on Tue, 2011-11-08 05:00


NOOK Tablet

Barnes & Noble on Monday announced NOOK Tablet – its fastest, lightest tablet to date. More than an e-reader, NOOK Tablet owners can enjoy movies, TV shows, and music through entertainment services like Netflix, Hulu Plus and Pandora, in addition to apps, books, newspapers, interactive magazines, children's picture books, NOOK Comics, fast web browsing and email.

NOOK Tablet features a 7-inch VividView IPS LCD display (the same as used on the original NOOK Color), and it boasts a 1GHz dual-core processor, 1GB of RAM, 16GB of storage, and a microSD card slot capable of holding 32GB of additional space. Battery life is impressive too - Barnes & Noble says it will deliver 11.5 hours of reading time or nine hours of video viewing.

"In NOOK Tablet, we've created the best wireless media tablet in the portable 7-inch class. NOOK Tablet's VividView display has been designed to be the world's finest screen for readability and viewing content. We've utilized that breakthrough display technology to bring consumers the largest digital catalog of color and interactive books, magazines, children's books and high-quality apps through our NOOK Store. Additionally, we've seamlessly integrated today's top entertainment services like Netflix, Hulu Plus and Pandora in a product that's powerful, easy-to-use, under a pound, and a tremendous value at only $249," said William Lynch, Chief Executive Officer of Barnes & Noble.Read more

Barnes & Noble Expands Distribution of NOOK Simple Touch Reader and NOOK Color

Highly Acclaimed Barnes & Noble eReaders and Accessories Now Available at Top Retailers

October 3, 2011 - Barnes & Noble, Inc. today announced that NOOK Color and NOOK Simple Touch eReaders are now available at Target stores nationwide and at Target.com as Barnes & Noble continues to expand the distribution of NOOK devices. The $139 NOOK Simple Touch Reader and the $249 NOOK Color Reader's Tablet and accessories arrived at Target on October 2, 2011. NOOK is now available at Best Buy, Books-A-Million, Fred Meyer, Office Max, P.C. Richard & Sons, Radio Shack, Staples, Target and Walmart, in addition to Barnes & Noble and www.bn.com.

"We are excited to bring our award-winning devices to Target as we expand the retail locations where people can purchase NOOK," said Chris Peifer, vice president, digital business development at Barnes & Noble. "The All-New NOOK offers a simple, easy-to-use, dedicated reading experience for readers of all ages and NOOK Color is the perfect sleek, sophisticated and reading-centric tablet device."

Barnes & Noble's NOOK product line uses the element of touch to achieve simplicity and ease of use. The NOOK Simple Touch features extra-long battery life on the ultra-light, portable 6-inch eReader with the most-advanced E Ink Pearl display and the most social reading experience ever - all for just $139. With a simple tap, it's intuitive and easy to navigate, shop and read.Read more

Barnes & Noble College Textbooks Options Will Save Students More Than $200 Million this School Year

Digital, Rental and Used Textbooks Provide Savings of 25 to 75 Percent

Expands Popular No-Hassle Textbook Rentals Nationwide

Award-Winning NOOK™ Devices Now Offered Through All Campus Bookstores

August 15, 2011 – As financially strapped higher education students head back to campus for the new school year, many will find dramatic savings and great convenience at their Barnes & Noble College campus bookstores. The world’s largest bookseller and an innovator in college bookselling, Barnes & Noble, Inc., projects the over four million higher education students it serves will save more than $200 million during the 2011-2012 academic year thanks to the company’s offering of used, rental, and eTextbooks (both rental and purchase options) with savings between 25 to 75 percent. The company also announced it would offer its highly acclaimed line of NOOK reading devices through its more than 630 Barnes & Noble College bookstores. Read more

Barnes & Noble Invites Customers to See Why Critics Call NOOK Devices the Best

Customers Who Bring Their Old eReader to a Barnes & Noble Store to Compare and Upgrade to NOOK Receive 30 Free NOOK Books Worth $315

June 30, 2011 - Barnes & Noble, Inc., the world's largest bookseller, is inviting customers to experience what the critics and millions of customers are raving about: the company's award-winning, bestselling line of NOOK reading devices. Beginning July 1, bring any eReader into a Barnes & Noble bookstore to compare and upgrade to a NOOK device and receive an instant NOOK Book collection - 30 free digital titles valued at $315. The limited-time NOOK upgrade program is offered with purchase of any popular NOOK device including The All-New NOOK and NOOK Color Reader's Tablet.

Beginning Friday, while supplies last, customers will receive a free, 2GB microSD card loaded with 30 NOOK Books - from cooking and lifestyle to classics and reference - when they show a bookseller their old device and purchase the NOOK reader that best suits them. Book lovers of all ages will love The All-New NOOK, The Simple Touch Reader, which dozens of leading reviewers have praised as the best dedicated reading device on the market. The easy-to-use, ultra-light, portable 6-inch eReader features a simple, immersive experience with a full-touchscreen and the most-advanced E Ink Pearl display, the longest battery life in the industry with an incredible two months on a single charge and the most social reading experience ever with NOOK Friends - all for just $139.Read more

NOOK Color Gets Mighty Eagle via Angry Birds Location-Based "Magic Places"

by jessica on Tue, 2011-06-28 11:00

Rovio's Mighty Eagle and Chief Marketing Officer Peter Vesterbacka demonstrating Angry Birds in a B&N NYC store

Barnes & Noble bookstores are the first official Angry Birds "Magic Places," giving NOOK Color customers exclusive in-game rewards and unlockables. Starting today, NOOK Color customers with the Angry Birds NOOK App can add the Mighty Eagle character to their game at no cost when playing the game in a Barnes & Noble bookstore.

NOOK Color owners simply need to walk into a Barnes & Noble store and connect to its Wi-Fi network. The Mighty Eagle character will become automatically available once the user is logged in. This is the first time that Angry Bird's "Magic Places" location-based feature has been put to use.

Store visitors will also find a selection of Angry Bird-themed games, toys and merchandise, and in the coming days, free Angry Birds stickers and temporary tattoos, while supplies last.

"We're very glad to make Angry Birds available for NOOK Color and bring the game to another successful platform" said Peter Vesterbacka, Mighty Eagle and Chief Marketing Officer at Rovio. "Most importantly, we're super excited to take the first step towards taking Angry Birds to physical locations around the world. We're proud to partner with Barnes & Noble in introducing the first Angry Birds ‘Magic Places’ in the world: by visiting Barnes & Noble stores, Angry Birds fans with NOOK Color will be able to unlock new fun experiences -- for free!"

Visit www.barnesandnoble.com to find a store near you.

Barnes & Noble Hits 1 Million NOOK Apps Downloads

Milestone Reached Just One Week After NOOK App Shopping Made Available to All NOOK Color Customers

Angry Birds, Drawing Pad, Fliq Calendar and Pulse Among Most Popular Apps

May 16, 2011 - Barnes & Noble, Inc., the world's largest bookseller, announced a major new milestone for its recently updated award-winning NOOK Color Reader's Tablet. Just one week after the company made its free software update featuring popular NOOK Apps available over the air for all NOOK Color customers, customers have made more than one million apps downloads. NOOK Color customers are enjoying access to a variety of popular NOOK Apps and downloading a selection of both paid and free apps that get even more out of their Reader's Tablet, and have given the top 10 paid and free NOOK Apps the highest 4 or 5 star rating.

All NOOK Apps are optimized for NOOK Color's stunning 7-inch color touchscreen. The top five paid NOOK Apps are Angry Birds, Drawing Pad, Solitaire, Aces Jewel Hunt and Astraware Mahjong. Among the top five free NOOK Apps are Fliq Calendar, Fliq Notes, Pulse, NOOK Word of the Day and Fliq Tasks, which help keep customers organized and informed on the highly portable NOOK Color. With the recent v1.2 software update, Barnes & Noble brought the most-requested tablet features to its bestselling NOOK Color, which, in addition to NOOK Apps, includes full-featured built-in email, enhanced Web experience and more exciting content for adults and children. The device, which had already been acclaimed as the best reading device on the market, is now the best tablet value on the market at just $249.Read more

NOOK for Android App Gets Another Update

by jessica on Fri, 2011-05-13 08:31


NOOK for Android

Barnes & Noble on Friday announced an updated version of its free NOOK for Android eReading app. It now includes more than 140 top magazine and newspaper brands - the largest digital newsstand offering for Android tablets to date - from ESPN The Magazine and The Economist to Food & Wine and Us Weekly. In addition, to take advantage of large, high-resolution Android tablet screens, NOOK for Android now offers customers an optimized library grid view, enhanced book margins and line spacing, as well as an improved shopping experience. The new app features are available for 7-inch and larger tablets using Android OS 2.1 and higher (Honeycomb).

To make it easy to find and download, Barnes & Noble has expanded availability for the free app to include Android Market, V CAST Apps from Verizon Wireless, Samsung Apps, GetJar, and AppsLib, with more to come. NOOK for Android will also be pre-loaded or made available in future firmware upgrades for some of the current and highly anticipated Android tablets coming to market. Learn more about NOOK for Android v2.6.1 at www.bn.com/nookforandroid.Read more

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