Barnes and Noble have disclosed to Good e-Reader that several tablets released between 2011-2013 are being discontinued. Starting in June 2024, users can no longer connect to the Barnes and Noble Bookstore to buy digital content, such as audiobooks and ebooks. They also won’t be able to register new accounts or login to existing accounts. They are now considered to be paperweights. What Nook tablet models are now considered EOL? The Nook Color, Nook Tablet, Nook HD and Nook HD+.
Next week, Barnes and Noble will email their customers about the tablet situation. It will spell everything out very clearly. You have to understand that these tablets are over a decade old, and I bet hardly anyone still uses one as their daily driver since the batteries are all likely dead anyway. If you find a glut of old/new stock on eBay or other marketplaces for the tablets above, I would not buy them.
Barnes and Noble do have an upgrade offer for those of you with older tablets that still use them or are in a drawer somewhere. Users can get a $30 credit in their B&N account for the Nook Glowlight 4e or the brand-new Nook Tablet 9 by Lenovo, which comes out in May. There is a new landing page where you must find your serial number and the email account associated with your Nook. The upgrade offer expires at the end of April this year, so time is of the essence. This offer cannot be combined with the Barnes & Noble Premium Membership discount.
This is not the first time the bookseller has discontinued products. This past November, they announced the Barnes and Noble Simple Touch, and the Simple Touch with Glowlight would no longer be able to buy digital content or connect to the Nook store. The total shutoff will occur on the same date as the tablets, June 2024.
Michael Kozlowski is the editor-in-chief at Good e-Reader and has written about audiobooks and e-readers for the past fifteen years. Newspapers and websites such as the CBC, CNET, Engadget, Huffington Post and the New York Times have picked up his articles. He Lives in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
