If you ever wanted an enticement to get an Android Tablet for only $249 that you already know is good, now is the time to get your Nook Color from Barnes & Noble.  You can read it, you can browse it and you can flash it with the latest and greatest Nook ROMs from the Android community to turn your Nook Color into an Android Tablet powerhouse.  There are a couple already setup in the community release system and more will be added very soon.

30 free e-books from Barnes & Noble is a pretty good deal if you’re into reading and want to get into the E-Book arena.  Sound too good to be true? There is a catch with this $313 valued offer, you can’t pick your own books.  Barnes & Noble will send you you’re  Nook Color with an SD Card pre-loaded with 30 E-Books of their choosing.

Beginning July 1, bring any eReader into a Barnes & Noble bookstore to compare and upgrade to a NOOK device and receive an instant NOOK Book collection – 30 free digital titles valued at $315. The limited-time NOOK upgrade program is offered with purchase of any popular NOOK device including The All-New NOOK and NOOK Color Reader’s Tablet™.

Beginning Friday, while supplies last, customers will receive a free, 2GB microSD card loaded with 30 NOOK Books – from cooking and lifestyle to classics and reference – when they show a bookseller their old device and purchase the NOOK reader that best suits them.  Book lovers of all ages will love The All-New NOOK, The Simple Touch Reader™, which dozens of leading reviewers have praised as the best dedicated reading device on the market. The easy-to-use, ultra-light, portable 6-inch eReader features a simple, immersive experience with a full-touchscreen and the most-advanced E Ink® Pearl display, the longest battery life in the industry with an incredible two months on a single charge and the most social reading experience ever with NOOK Friends™

As you can see from their quote above, this offer is available for the Nook and Nook color devices. Both devices are running Android, but the Nook Color is the device to purchase if want to turn it into a full blown Android Tablet and run the likes of CyanogenMOD and other custom ROMs.

Source: Barnes & Noble via Engadget