Summer reading will be less expensive for people who are near a Barnes and Noble store. The chain is offering free books for ereaders this summer. Although the process is the opposite of the streamlined joy that ebook readers cherish: want it, click it, read it. Free is a great price, and most book lovers wander into a brick and mortar store on occasion.
How to Get Free Nook Books from Barnes and Noble
In order to participate in the promotion, customers must have a Nook or a the free Nook app. The Barnes and Noble free ereader software is available for the following devices:
- Blackberry
- iTouch, iPhone, and iPad
- PC or Mac computer
Installing the ereader app is easy and it already comes with a few classics as free books.
After installing the ereader application, go to a Barnes and Noble store and show a store clerk the device with the app. The store clerks then give Nookers the needed access codes to use when ordering the books.
Nooks should automatically recognized in the store as qualified for the promotion, but be prepared to show the Nook to an employee, because the books are only free with the promo code. When ordering the book, go to the voucher site and put in the BN ereader coupon code, order the book, and start reading.
Barnes and Noble Promotion Books Available by Date
While the books aren't new bestsellers, they also aren't gathering dust in the public domain. The following books are available for the following weeks, but all the access codes should be usable until July 1:
Ending May 23, 2010: The Number One Ladies' Detective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith. Originally published by Knopf Doubleday in 2003, the award winning, amusing adventures at an African detective agency gave birth to both a book series and an HBO original tv series.
Ending May 30, 2010: Storm Front by Jim Butcher. Originally published by Penguin in 2000, the book is part of the sci-fi Dresden Files series. It has a sort of dark, Harry-Potter-as-a-crime-fighter feel, and The Dresden Files became a tv show in 2007.
Ending June 5, 2010: One Shot by Lee Child is a thriller from the Jack Reacher series. It was published by Dell in 2005.
Additional Free eBooks that will be Available through the BN Promotion
The dates for the following free ebooks are not readily available, but the titles have been announced:
- Home Safe by Elizabeth Berg is one of the newest books on the list. It is about a widow who discovers her husband had betrayed her. It was published by Random House in 2009.
- The Long Tail by Chris Anderson. It is about demand and distribution, and how niche interests become big business. It was originally published by Hyperion in 2006.
The Long Tail might seem like a surprise on a summer reading list, but it appeals to a much wider audience than the subject matter may imply. A non-fiction addition is a nice surprise, because most summer reading lists are quick beach reads, but the Chris Anderson's has a Freakonomics element that makes it interesting beyond the world of dataticians.
Alex Sharp - Alex Sharp is a teacher who has been keeping Suite101 readers up to date with the latest in audio- and e-book gadgetry since 2008.
