The selection of books is actually quite good (although there are several classics mixed in) and there are three cookbooks included, which look great on the nookColor. However, there is no search facility for books (so, you need good indexes and table of contents in cookbooks) and no back "button" so you can get back to where you were if you click a link (which I did accidentally several times when reading recipes).
More details HERE, but this is an in-store only promotion and only "while supplies last". I know our store had at least a dolly load or two of the nookColors, but don't know how many of the microSD cards are in each store (which is the big limitation of the offer).
If you do decide to take advantage of the deal, consider getting a B&N membership at the same time - it includes a $25 credit on the nookColor (essentially you get the membership for free) and you can then get a discount on cafe, in-store book or online non-ebook purchases for a year.
Here's a list of all the books included (the links are mostly to Amazon paper editions, as I find their reviews better, generally), most of which are nook only in their ebook editions:
- The Good Housekeeping Cookbook: 1,275 Recipes from America's Favorite Test Kitchen, From the Editors of Good Housekeeping and Susan Westmoreland
- Big Bowl of Love: Delight Family and Friends with More than 150 Simple, Fabulous Recipes, by Cristina Ferrare
- Clean Start: Inspiring You to Eat Clean and Live Well with 100 New Clean Food Recipes, by Terry Walters
- Country Living The Mom's Guide to Running a Business: Strategies for Work Success and Family Balance, by Michelle Lee Ribeiro
- Bedside Baccalaureate: The Second Semester, by David Rubel
- AARP® Crash Course in Finding the Work You Love, by Samuel Greengard
- The 21st Century Crossword Puzzle Dictionary, by Kevin McCann and Mark Diehl
- Creating Your Best Life: The Ultimate Life List Guide, by Caroline Adams Miller MAPP and Dr. Michael B. Frisch
- Flawless: Inside the Largest Diamond Heist in History, by Scott Selby & Greg Campbell
- Checkout Girl: A Life Behind the Register, by Anna Sam
- Susie's Sun Signs: How to Truly Understand Your Lover, Family, Friends, Pets, and Yourself Using Astrology, by Susie Cox
- Soccer: The Player's Handbook, by M. B. Roberts and Ronald C. Modra
- It's a Jungle in There: Inspiring Lessons, Hard-Won Insights, and Other Acts of Entrepreneurial Daring, by Steven Schussler and Marvin Karlins
- Glory in the Fall: The Greatest Moments in World Series History, by Peter Golenbock
- Tiger's Curse (The Tiger Saga, Book 1), by Colleen Houck
- Love Virtually, by Daniel Glattauer, Katharina Bielenberg and Jamie Bulloch
- My Boyfriend Wrote a Book About Me: And Other Stories I Shouldn't Share with Acquaintances, Coworkers, Taxi drivers, Assistants, Job Interviewers, ... and Ex/Current/Future Boyfriends but Have, by Hilary Winston
- The Other Rembrandt, by Alex Connor
- The King Whisperers: Power Behind the Throne, from Rasputin to Rove, by Kerwin Swint
- Summer in a Glass: The Coming of Age of Winemaking in the Finger Lakes, by Evan Dawson and James Molesworth
- Jessica Lost: A Story of Birth, Adoption & The Meaning of Motherhood, by Bunny Crumpacker and Jil Picariello
- Empowerment: The Art of Creating Your Life as You Want It, by David Gershon and Gail Straub
- Know Your Rights: A Survival Guide for Non-Lawyers, by Ronald M. Benrey JD
- Robinson Crusoe, by Daniel Defoe and L. J. Swingle
- Don Quixote (Barnes & Noble Classics Series), by Miguel de Cervantes, Tobias Smollett and Carole Slade
- Classic Starts™: The Adventures of Robin Hood, by Howard Pyle, John Burrows, Lucy Corvino and Arthur Pober Ed.
- Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott and Scott McKowen
- Walden; Or, Life in the Woods, by Henry David Thoreau
- The Secret Garden (Sterling Classics), by Frances Hodgson Burnett and Scott McKowen
- Aesop's Fables (Illustrated Edition), by Arthur Rackham, V. S. Vernon-Jones and G. K. Chesterton
