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My wife and I had a Nook date last Friday at a BN near our house. We went there to look at covers. She wanted to "feel them up" and compare them to what was available online. I wanted to see what would happen. It took my Nook a little longer to display the B&N icon that indicated I was physically present at the store, but, once it did, the world opened up.
I saw the 7-layer dessert bar offer (wasn't hungry), and had already taken the free book offer. But I wanted to try the read-in-store function. Boy, this is a great way to get people to buy more books! I wound up reading the first chapters of "The Blind Side" and a "chick" book. I don't think I reached the 1-hour limit so I was never bumped off a book, but, the chick book's first chapter was truncated, which to me was a signal that it was time to go home; that and my wife wanted to leave anyway.
When I got home, I looked at my Nook's library listing and saw that the chick book was listed as buy now. I didn't want to buy it and it took a couple of tries to remove it from my library. The Lewis book never left itself on my Nook, so my guess is that the last "read-in-store" book you read is the one left on your Nook, teasing you into buying it.
All-in-all, a positive experience. Our problem is that the two BN stores near us are not really that close. I will likely not repeat the In-store experience anytime soon, possibly once a month (for the desserts, of course!).
DrJamba
I prefer to be called Evil Genius
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