Barnes & Noble Will accept soon gift cards as payment.
Good news on the eBook front: they”ll soon accept Barnes & Noble gift cards as payment in their eBook store.
This change — effective in mid-December — will allow customers to use physical gift cards and online gift certificates to purchase eBooks through their site, through nook, and through other devices using the B&N eReader software.
We’ll have full details (including the specific launch date) in mid-December.
A few nasty rumors were circulating that Barnes & Noble wouldn’t accept its own gift cards for ebook purchases, but thankfully, the outfit has come clean today to refute those claims. ‘Course, it’s possible that this change in policy was a direct result of all the bickering, but either way, the company will be accepting physical gift cards and online gift certificates as payment for ebooks really, really soon. The cards will work on purchases made at B&N’s website and through the Nook itself (not to mention “other devices using the B&N eReader software), and we’re told that the new policy will be in full effect come “mid-December.” In other words, all those gift cards you just purchased as stocking stuffers for to-be Nook owners are good to go. Phew.
