Free Nook App - OfficeSuite Professional 7

OfficeSuite Professional 7 ($14.99 Amazon), by Mobile Systems, Inc, is the very first Free Friday App from Barnes & Noble. This was a Free App of the Day selection from Amazon a couple of years ago, so I already have this for my other Android devices, but B&N's tablets are a closed environment: only the apps from the B&N store are easily loaded (unless you dual-boot or root the device, of course). This is a no-brainer, must get, for those who have a B&N Tablet, but not of much use to those with a Kindle Fire or generic Android Tablet. BTW, if you've been considering a Nook HD+, then B&N is running a promotion, both instore and online, that gives a $50 credit to spend in the Nook Store with purchase (be sure to use the coupon code and you only have 30 days to use the credit).

App Description
OfficeSuite is the user's choice and best-selling app in mobile office solutions with over 15 million downloads and over 15,000 reviews on Google Play and Amazon. A number of manufacturers such as Sony, Amazon, Coby, Alcatel, Archos, Barnes and Noble, Pandigital, Polaroid, ViewSonic, Kyocera, Kobo trusted MobiSystems and preloaded OfficeSuite on over 70 million devices worldwide.

Get the free App from Barnes & Noble. I don't know if B&N's store will let you purchase the app without also owning a Nook tablet (neither Amazon nor Google will let you buy an app without a compatible device), but it's worth trying if you are thinking about getting one.

Free Book (Kindle/nook) - Capitol Reflections

Capitol Reflections, by Jonathan Javitt, is free on Kindle and from Barnes & Noble.

Book Description
When Marci Newman, the best friend of FDA scientist Gwen Maulder, dies mysteriously, Gwen refuses to believe that the cause was natural. Marci was simply too young and too healthy. Gwen makes it her mission to determine why Marci really died, even though her superiors and even her husband implore her to move on. What she discovers is much bigger and much more horrifying than she ever anticipated.

Her efforts will put her in opposition to some very influential people, people who have every reason to prevent her from discovering their secret…and, more importantly, the power to stop her. As people keep dying, Gwen must go underground to find the answers – risking her life and the lives of those she loves in an attempt to prevent a nationwide disaster.

Written by a true Washington insider and brimming with terrifying realism, Capitol Reflections is a stunning medical thriller.

Get the free ebook from Barnes & Noble.

Free nookColor Game- 180 Ultra

180 Ultra, by Headcase Games, is free for nookColor users, for a limited time.

Book Description
* New in-game Tips & Tricks Guide just added for free! Learn all the secrets and crush your friends' scores!

Easy for anyone to learn in a minute, but deep enough to challenge the most hardcore players. Fans of classic games like Tetris Attack and Bust-a-Move will love the new "shoot and flip" mechanic!

180 is an insane flipping match-3 action puzzler like you've never played before! Launch colorful gems into three-in-a-rows to clear the vertically-descending board. Each gem is 2-sided, flip them 180° at any time with just a tap of your finger. Doing so will enable you to setup incredible combos and be rewarded with HUGE scores - just don't let the gems touch the red line at the bottom, or it's game over!

* Infinitely replayable - You'll never put this game down! * Different game modes, characters, and themes * Multiple gameplay secrets - Can you figure them out? * Colorful HD graphics - Ready for your tablet!

Developed by people who've worked on some of your favorite games (Tony Hawk's Pro Skater, Might & Magic, Knights of the Old Republic, Guitar Hero)

Bargain Book (Kindle/nook) - The Columbus Trilogy

You can pre-order the ebook edition of The Columbus Trilogy, by Derek Haas, on Kindle or from Barnes & Noble. This volume contains the full text of The Silver Bear ($7.99 Kindle), Columbus ($9.99 Kindle), and Dark Men ($16.33 hardcover pre-order). I already had The Silver Bear, so snapped this up to get the next two in the trilogy. It won't release until January, but that's only a month after the last one is released in hardcover, so I won't mind waiting a month for the price savings (not that I don't have plenty to read, in the meantime).

Book Description
An e-original omnibus of three suspense novels by the Barry Award-nominated novelist and co-screenwriter of Wanted, 3:10 to Yuma and The Double.

He calls himself Columbus. His real name never meant much to him anyway. He never knew his father, an earnest young congressman, a rising star in the Democratic Party named Abe Mann, or his mother, a prostitute whose involvement with Mann would prove dangerous.

All Columbus cares about is his next target. A hit man whose quickly made a name for himself as one of the best despite his years, you can be sure he'll fulfill whatever contract's been given him. Even if those who put out the hit have other plans in mind.

In THE COLUMBUS TRILOGY, the first three novels by Barry Award-nominated author Derek Haas, Columbus squares off against the shadow of his father, Czech crime lords, drug dealers, a prostitution ring, and more, in three acclaimed suspense novels by rising master of the genre.

Two Free Kid's Apps for nookCOLOR

The Candy Factory HD, by TouchyBooks, is a free nookCOLOR app from Barnes & Noble.

Book Description
This story is crammed full of magical fantasy, adventure and cotton candy! It’s the sweetest and most colorful treat to hit TouchyBooks yet. Let your child’s imagination run wild with an explosion of color and creativity!

One night, two very lucky children staring out of their window, get wrapped up and swept away by a giant cloud of cotton candy! After falling down a rainbow colored tunnel they find themselves in the mysterious candy factory.

Fuzzy little creatures unravel all the extraordinary secrets of the factory, a whole new world that you can’t imagine… where NOTHING is impossible! The Candy Factory is real overdose of eye candy! It’s packed with elaborate visual effects, touchable objects that burst into all things bizarre and eccentric!

With 17 pages of interactive fun, this is a must-read morality tale for children as they’ll learn how generosity triumphs over greed, and the hazards of excessive consumption.

The Moon Secrets HD, by Genera Interactive, is the second free nookCOLOR app from Barnes & Noble.

Book Description
Moon Secrets is the best bedtime story for kids. Enjoy this fascinating story for kids that initiates a magical world of dreams.

Through this magnificent interactive story with touchable animations and a sweet mystical narration, children can enjoy, play, learn and exercise their imagination.

What is the moon to a child? In an original story with beautiful, dreamy illustrations you can discover the moon through the eyes of a young child. This mystical and sweet narration created for children and offering audio and visual texts inspires pleasant thoughts and dreams for anyone.

Moon Secrets is an indispensable application for children's creative and imaginative capabilities and development. In a simple and fascinating way Luna shows children to the multimedia world while they enjoy and practice new skills. They have all this at their fingertips while they listen to this magical story.

Moon Secrets includes interactive animations within the story complementing the learning development of the child and permitting them to play and interact with different elements as the story is told.

Interactive book is recommended for children ages 4 and up.