Barnes & Noble to offer free WiFi
As part of a larger push into the e-book world, Barnes & Noble says that it is offering complimentary WiFi at its nearly 780 stores across the nation.
Formerly, BN customers were charged $3.95 for two hours of access to AT&T's in-store wireless Internet service, which has been available in stores since 2005.
The book retailer said in a news release that customers in its stores now will be able to download and preview any of the more than 700,000 titles in its recently launched e-bookstore, along with the thousands of free, public-domain books available through Google.
Earlier this month, the company released its free eBook reader application called eReader for the BlackBerry, iPhone, and iPod touch.
Posted by Paul S. Makishima, Globe staff
