NOOK Color New York Times

Barnes & Noble is now offering discounted NOOK Simple Touch, NOOK Color, and NOOK Tablets to customers that sign up for subscriptions to the New York Times or People Magazine.

Here’s how it works:

That New York Times subscription is going to set you back $240 over the course of a year, so this is only a really good deal if you were planning on subscribing anyway. Otherwise you can still pick up a NOOK eReader or NOOK Color for less than the price of a subscription.

But it’s an interesting move that could be the beginning of a new business model for tablet and eReader makers and digital content providers. After all, it’s sort of like paying for your hardware on an installment plan — much the same way that wireless carriers give you a phone for “free” or a low up-front price and then charge you for it slowly over the course of your 2-year service contract.

via The Verge

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5 replies on “Barnes & Noble offering free (or cheap) NOOKs to periodical subscribers”

  1. I don’t consider NYT a legitimate news source.  Too much liberal bias.

      1. I don’t have an account there.  But if you do, please troll them for me.  I would really appreciate it.

  2. I’d be more interested in a big discount for buying a book a month for a year or two…

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