Barnes & Noble offers book lovers great choice and value with the most full-featured dedicated eBook Reader, available in two models: NOOK 3G, which includes free 3G wireless and Wi-Fi connectivity, for $199, and NOOK Wi-Fi, which offers all the great features of NOOK 3G with Wi-Fi connectivity only, for $149.
Designed for a Better Reading Experience
A NOOK eBook Reader feels great in hand and features a contoured, easy-to-hold back. About the size and weight of a paperback book, NOOKs are thin, small and portable. With a dual screen design, the NOOK's best-in-class E Ink® Vizplex™ display is easy on the eyes with text as clear and crisp as a printed page. And with no glare or backlight, adjustable text size, and several font styles to choose from, you can read comfortably for hours. Our minimalist design puts the focus on the content, not the technology, welcoming the reader to dive right in.
Color Touch Screen for Easy Navigation
NOOK eBook Readers feature the first-ever color touch screen for navigation on an eBook Reader. The combination of color and touch on the beautiful lower screen make navigating your NOOK intuitive and simple, even for the tech novice. It offers an immersive experience, inviting you to virtually browse through brilliant cover art, flip through an expansive library, or search using a virtual keyboard. NOOK eBook Readers present the controls, navigation and keyboard you need, only when you need them.
Download eBooks Wirelessly
NOOK 3G offers both free 3G wireless – with no set-up required or additional wireless costs – and Wi-Fi connectivity, and NOOK Wi-Fi features Wi-Fi connectivity. Browse the expansive Barnes & Noble eBookstore and instantly download eBooks, magazines and newspapers simply and seamlessly. Connect to Wi-Fi hotspots, including the fast and free Wi-Fi provided by the AT&T Wi-Fi network in Barnes & Noble stores and the thousands of AT&T Wi-Fi hotspots and download at broadband fast speeds.
Lend eBooks to Friends
Barnes & Noble is the only bookseller to offer digital lending of eBooks with its breakthrough LendMe™ technology. NOOK device customers can lend a wide selection of eBooks to friends free of charge, for up to 14 days at a time. Just choose the book you want to share and send it to your friend's NOOK or iPad™, iPhone®, iPod touch®, Android™ smartphones, PC or Mac® with free NOOK software (formerly BN eReader software). Select BlackBerry® smartphones will be added in the next several months.
A Continuous Reading Experience
The Reading Now button is your virtual bookmark. With a tap, NOOK eBook Readers will bring you back to the last book you've read, right where you left off. Coming soon, it will work across a range of devices. If you forget your NOOK eBook Reader at home, free NOOK software on your compatible computing or mobile device will let you pick up where you left off. And when you're reunited with your NOOK eBook Reader again, the Reading Now page will be updated and ready to go.
Over one million titles. Any time, anywhere.
Browse and buy from our extensive collection of over one million eBooks, including thousands of free titles, virtually anywhere you are. Get your favorite eBooks, newspapers and magazines, plus exclusive reads from Barnes & Noble, delivered via a fast and free wireless connection.
Portability and Personalization
You can easily transfer PDF-format documents from your computer to access and read business documents, legal contracts and travel information on your NOOK eBook Reader. You can also transfer your photos to create custom screensavers.
Save Time, Money and Space
Carry up to 1,500 eBooks using NOOK eBook Readers' 2GB of memory. And, for a virtually unlimited library, simply use microSD™ and microSDHC™ cards in NOOK's expandable memory slot. With just two touches, you'll be able to purchase, download and store eBooks in seconds.
Play Games on NOOK
Enjoy challenging games on NOOK eBook Readers, the first Android applications available on the devices. From eBooks to rooks, play Chess against NOOK with one of three levels of difficulty, or get puzzled with Sudoku, choosing from four levels of play. Control the game using the color touch screen as the game board appears on the E-Ink display.
Listen to NOOK
Using a standard pair of stereo headphones, plug into a NOOK eBook Reader and listen to your favorite songs (MP3s), uploaded through your computer. Use headphones or the built-in speakers to enjoy listening to audiobooks, podcasts, lectures and more.
Protect Your NOOK in Style
NOOK eBook Readers come with removable back covers, which you can personalize from a selection of four great additional colors. You can also choose from a range of accessories by renowned designers and brands such as kate spade new york, Jack Spade, Jonathan Adler, Lilly Pulitzer and others.
Experience NOOK eBook Readers at Your Local Barnes & Noble
With the Read In Store™ experience (in beta), customers can browse complete eBooks, and soon, periodicals, for free on NOOK devices at any Barnes & Noble store, whether or not the title is in stock. Settle into the café and get exclusive More In Store™ content from leading authors, special promotions and much more using Barnes & Noble's complimentary Wi-Fi, provided by the AT&T Wi-Fi network.
Availability
nook, the Barnes & Noble eBook reader is now available at Barnes & Noble stores.
Unsecured Text: ePub, BBeB Book, PDF, TXT, RTF, Microsoft® Word, (Conversion to the Reader requires Word installed on your PC)
Case colors
Graphite only
White, Graphite
Graphite only
Replaceable color back cover 5 Color Choices
Replaceable color back cover 4 Color Choices
Black (PRS-600BC) Silver (PRS-600SC) Red (PRS-600RC)
Price
$139
$189
$379
$149
$199
$159
Purchase
How to Choose Which e-Reader is Right for You? Consider the Following:
3G Wireless Connectivity: nook and Kindle
Wi-Fi: nook and Kindle
Text-to-Speech: Kindle only
Expandable Storage: Sony Reader Touch Edition and the nook
Touch Screen: nook (first color touch screen) and the Sony e-readers
Price: With Amazon's recent price-drop, the Kindle is the least expensive, at $139.
Built-in Speakers: Kindle (stereo) and the nook (mono)
Supported file types: Sony and Barnes & Noble realize that open formats are more preferable than proprietary ones. By supporting the ePub format for Sony's e-readers and B &N's nook, they are essentially guaranteeing that your digital library will always have a home. Stick with Kindle's proprietary format, and you're forever a slave to Amazon's device.
B & N's Bricks-and-Mortar eBook Advantage: Barnes & Noble has something Amazon and Sony cannot replicate: 1,300 or so physical locations (including college stores) across all 50 states. Every Barnes & Noble has free Wi-Fi, and if you go into a Barnes & Noble with a nook and get on their network, you can browse any e-book there for free.
Additional Unique Features of the nook by Barnes & Noble:
One important new feature of the nook is the ability to lend out e-books you've purchased to friends for free for 14 days. You will be able to send e-books to a friend's nook, iPhone, or iPod Touch, select BlackBerry and Motorola smartphones, as well as Windows or Mac PCs that have the Barnes & Noble eReader software installed on them. However, not all e-books will be available for lending.
With the free Barnes & Noble eReader app, you can also read your eBooks across a wide range of devices in addition to your nook, including: iPhone and iPod touch, BlackBerry® smartphone, or Windows® and Mac® laptops and desktop computers. And the eBooks purchased from BN.com will sync between your nook and other reading devices with the Barnes & Noble eReader app, so you always return to the last page you read.
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