Starting today, July 1, 2011, Barnes & Noble is offering upgraders to the Nook Touch eReader or the Nook Color a FREE 2GB microSD card loaded with 30 NOOK Books – from cooking and lifestyle to classics and reference for a limited time. To get this deal, show a bookseller at a Retail Barnes & Nobles your old device and purchase a Nook eReader at the store. Deal is valid until supplies last.

The Barnes & Noble nook Simple Touch WiFi eBook reader is expected to ship on June 10, 2011. The nook Simple Touch Reader is 35% lighter and 6% thinner than the original nook. It features a high quality 6″ 800×600 touchscreen greyscale E-Ink display with 50% greater contrast, on-screen keyboard, WiFi 802.11n wireless (with FREE access at AT&T hotspots or in Barnes & Noble stores), 2GB internal memory, expandable with a microSD card slot, up to two months of reading time on a single charge, eBook library viewing, Nook Friends social networking, and access to many public library books for FREE.

The Nook Color features a stunning 7-inch color touchscreen, a sturdy build quality, magazines & newspapers in rich color, over 2 million titles at your fingertips, 8GB internal memory, built-in Wi-Fi wireless b/g/n LAN, and integrated browser for surfing the net, an App Store for extended functionality and all this built on top of the Google’s Android OS. It comes with 1 year manufacture warranty.