Jamie Iannone, president of digital products at Nook Media (the spinoff of Barnes & Noble¡¯s digital and college businesses, which was completed in October and includes investments from Microsoft and Pearson), said in a statement that the two-for-one deal lets customers ¡°fully experience all that the expansive Nook Store of more than 3 million titles has to offer.¡± The idea is that tablet users who are coming to the Nook HD+ for its ¡°movies, apps, magazines and more¡± ¡ª though it¡¯s unclear how many people actually want these things from Nook, especially following the launch of the iPad Mini) ¡ª might stick around and buy some ebooks if they have a device to do so. (Of course, they can also read ebooks on a Nook Tablet.) The deal might just be intended to get rid of Nook e-readers ¡ª it¡¯s possible that Barnes & Noble wants to focus on the Nook Simple Touch with GlowLight going forward. It may also be Barnes & Noble¡¯s effort to compete with Amazon, which recently slashed the price of the 8.9-inch Kindle Fire HD, bringing the WiFi versions price in line with the Nook HD+.For more information, please visit 9 inch tablet
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