Digital News Report – Best Buy announced that they will be selling Barnes & Noble NOOK eBook reader beginning April 18th. This is an exclusive partnership between the electronic retailer and bookseller to sell the book company’s ebook reader.
In addition to this Best Buy will also sell accessories for the NOOK as well as distrubute free Barnes and Nobel eReader software through their retail stores in the US. The Best Buy stores will have the NOOK on display so consumers can try out the reader before purchasing it. The cost for the Barnes and Noble NOOK ebook reader is $259.99.
Best Buy will also feature the free BN eReader on some of their laptop, desktop, netbook, and tablet computers. They also will have some of the smartphones with the free BN eReader application installed.
The books can be purchased at www.bn.com/ebooks and they there are many free titles through Google Books that will work with their software and ebook reader.