Barnes & Noble NOOK Tablets Go on Sale
NOOK Media, a subsidiary of Barnes & Noble (NYSE: BKS), a leading retailer of content, digital media and educational products, announced today, Nov. 22, that NOOK HD and NOOK HD+ are now available to purchase in the UK.
NOOK HD features the high resolution 7-inch display and the 9-inch NOOK HD+ is more than 20 percent lighter and nearly half the cost of the leading full-size tablet, the company claims.
Customers across the UK will now be able to experience this first-hand in top high street retailers, and the tablets will start arriving throughout the week to customers who pre-ordered the devices online.
NOOK HD+
The tablets are arriving on shelves in John Lewis, Argos, Asda, Dixons, Sainsbury, Waitrose, Blackwell’s and Foyles and they are also available to purchase through www.nook.co.uk.
Both tablets feature must-see displays for superior reading and entertainment and NOOK Profiles, a feature that creates an instantly personalised tablet experience for each family member.
NOOK HD
Both NOOK HD and NOOK HD+ offer access to the NOOK Store’s 2.5 million books; a large selection of magazines and apps; and NOOK Video, a broad collection of popular films and TV shows available for purchase or rental, which will be launched early December.
The prices start at £159 for NOOK HD and £229 for NOOK HD+.
