Barnes & Noble Lures Customers Into Stores With Contest, Nook Price Cuts

Barnes & Noble is cutting the price of Nook devices Friday-Sunday to jump-start the holiday shopping season, the company said Wednesday in a news release. The Samsung Galaxy Tab 4 Nook will drop to $149 (from $199) with instant rebates for the 7-inch, and to $249 (from $349) for the 10-inch tablet, Barnes & Noble said. The Barnes & Noble Nook GlowLight eReader is getting a $20 permanent shave to $99 beginning Friday, it said. The promotions are part of Barnes & Noble’s Discovery Weekend, during which consumers who visit a Nook Boutique in a Barnes & Noble store Friday-Sunday can enter a contest to win a shopping trip for two to New York, a $1,000 gift card and a meet-and-greet with singer Nick Jonas.