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Americans love a good bargain -- especially, when it's a twofer. Barnes and Noble (http://www.engadget.com/tag/barnes+and+noble/), arguably the only real competitor to Amazon's Kindle juggernaut, has just announced a promotion to get as many of its Nook (http://www.engadget.com/tag/nook/) readers into consumers' hands as possible. Starting March 24th and running until the end of the month, consumers that purchase the Nook HD+ (http://www.engadget.com/2012/12/12/nook-hd-plus-review/) online, in-store or at select big box retailers will also be given a free Nook Simple Touch (http://www.engadget.com/2012/04/24/nook-simple-touch-with-glowlight-review/). The limited promotion comes hot on the heels of rumors (http://www.engadget.com/2013/02/24/nyt-barnes-and-noble-less-hardware/) that B&N would start to de-emphasize hardware production for the Nook line in favor of its content services; a rumor the company publicly shot down. Still, there's no denying e-reader market share's been an uphill battle for B&N, even if the segment is seeing marginal year-over-year increases (http://www.engadget.com/2011/12/01/barnes-and-nobles-q2-earnings-reveal-nook-to-be-a-220-million-bu/). Numbers aside, if you've been holding out on joining the digital reading fray because of cost, now's the time to make the switch.
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