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B&N Releases Samsung Galaxy Tab A Nook

August 18, 2016 by Nathan

Samsung Galaxy Tab A Nook

Kobo wasn’t the only company to announce the release of new ereaders yesterday, B&N also announced the release of a new Nook.

Except this is Barnes and Noble that we’re talking about so it’s a Nook in name only, and it’s not exactly new since it has been on the market for over 4 months.

The new Nook is in fact another rebranded Samsung Galaxy tablet, the 7-inch Galaxy Tab A to be precise.

I reviewed the 7-inch Galaxy Tab A back in April and it’s a really nice tablet for the price.

The problem, however, is that B&N is currently charging $20 more for it than it’s selling for on Amazon right now.

They’re going to have a hard time selling them at that price considering the “Galaxy Tab A for Nook” is the exact same tablet as the regular Galaxy Tab A, just with extra B&N apps installed on it that can be downloaded for free from Google Play anyway.

Typical B&N. But it’s not all bad. They do have an offer where you can get the the new Nook Galaxy Tab for $99 if you trade in an older Nook or if you show proof of a past Nook purchase.

That second stipulation is quite interesting but of course they don’t give any explanation about it anywhere that I can find. Here’s the quote from the press release:

Existing NOOK customers can upgrade to the newest NOOK by Samsung device at an even greater value, for only $99.99, by trading in or showing proof of purchase of any NOOK device at any Barnes & Noble store.

Unfortunately they don’t elaborate any more than that. There’s a link about the $99 deal on the Samsung Galaxy Tab A Nook product page at B&N but clicking it just reloads the page instead of giving any information about it. Whatever…

Additionally, B&N members can get a free cover as part of the deal (a $39.95 value).

So what it comes down to is B&N is rewarding previous and loyal customers by giving discounts, which is nice, but they are doing absolutely nothing to gain new customers. In fact they’re making them pay $20 more than buying the exact same device somewhere else. Odd strategy…

Filed Under: Nook, Tablets Tagged With: samsung galaxy tab

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  1. Bryan E says

    August 19, 2016 at 7:36 pm

    Either they fixed the “$99” link on the page, or you (perhaps) had javascript disabled (NoScript, anyone? 🙂

    The page detailing the $99 price is here:
    http://www.barnesandnoble.com/h/terms-and-conditions?m=8&y=2016&f=samsung-galaxy-tab-a-nook-upgrade-offer

    • Nathan says

      August 19, 2016 at 9:10 pm

      Someone finally fixed it. 🙂 But the fine print still doesn’t give any details about how the deal actually works, just a bunch of disclaimer nonsense…

  2. Tommy says

    August 22, 2016 at 12:38 pm

    I sent email inquiry to the 2 persons at B&N (as indicated in the press release) to ask about the trade in details, i.e. how to show proof of purchase of previous Nook. No reply at all.

    • Rushton says

      September 10, 2016 at 12:31 pm

      I went to my local store and showed them my Nook Simple Touch. The manager gave me the $99 price and the free cover, and told me to keep the Simple Touch unit.

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