New NOOK Reading App 4.0 + Free $5 From Barnes & Noble

Barnes & Noble is now launching a new free NOOK Reading App 4.0 for Android, iOS, and Windows, and they even give new customers $5 in starter credit for free if they sign up:
http://www.barnesandnoble.com/u/nook/379003208icon

The new NOOK Reading App 4.0 is available for use on tablets, smartphones, or other devices you may run the OS on. Barnes & Noble's own NOOK tablets are currently NOOK-labeled version of Samsung Galaxy Tab 4 tablets, called Samsung Galaxy Tab 4 NOOK 7.0 and Samsung Galaxy Tab 4 NOOK 10.1.

The new version of the app offers more customization features than before, better personal sorting and favorites marking of media, a more relevant categorical NOOK Channel (B&N's recommendation algorithm), 14 days of free trials on magazines or newspapers, snappy article browse-through, more sync features, and more adjustments of fonts, spacing, and themes.

The free $5 offering from Barnes & Noble is available until March 30, 2015.

– Jim Miller