It seems as if Barnes & Noble are trying to get some of those Christmas gift dollars with their eBook gift card being available for use on eBook purchases either through the Barnes & Noble website or their Nook eBook reader and the Nook-compatible apps out there.

The "announcement" from Barnes & Noble that the eBook purchase capability will be available in "mid-December".

Ok. So some of you might have heard (or probably read) that the world's largest bookseller Barnes & Noble was finally throwing their hat into the eBook reader ring.  So why am I confused?  Well, their announcement first eBook announcement was for an eBook Reader collaboration with Plastic Logic and not the "Nook", which seems to be B&N's self manufactured device.

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