Price Cut: Barnes & Noble Will Charge Less for Nook Tablet

by Angela Nazworth | August 13, 2012 9:24 am

Monday is off to a good start for Barnes & Noble (NYSE:BKS[1]). The bookseller has announced price cuts to its e-reader tablet that will make consumers happy, while delivering a kick in the shins to archenemy[2] Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN[3]).

Here’s a rundown of Barnes & Noble’s new pricing structure for Nook tablets.

Nook Color: $149; was $169
Nook Tablet (8-gigabyte): Starts at $179; was $199
Nook Tablet (16-gigabyte): Starts at $199; was $249

The price cuts — the latest salvo in the tablet wars — mean the less expensive model of the Nook tablet now retails for $20 less than Amazon’s 8-gigabyte Kindle Fire.

As far as tablets go, Apple‘s (NASDAQ:AAPL[4]) iPad is still the market’s best-seller.

Endnotes:

BKS: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=BKS
archenemy: http://investorplace.com/2012/08/ebay-tries-to-entice-other-retailers-to-gang-up-on-amazon/
AMZN: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=AMZN
AAPL: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=AAPL

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