Summer reads, perks for kids

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Amarillo bookstores are hoping to snag new customers at an early age.

Hastings Entertainment and Barnes & Noble Booksellers both have summer promotions going to encourage children and teens to read.

Hastings Summer Book Club has a presence online and in stores. The program, which began in May, provides rewards such as discounts and gift-card drawings.

The retailer also is running an essay contest, in which the winner will receive a laptop computer for himself and his school.

The promotion concludes Sept. 8.

Barnes & Noble started its free in-store program for children and teens -- contingent on a NOOK Tablet purchase -- on Monday.

The NOOK Tablet Summer Reading Program, which will run through Sept. 2, makes available three different free collections of best-selling kids' and teen digital books.

Each collection is offered for a limited time and is divided into three age groups.

The collection for children ages 7 to 12 will be available this week through July 15. The set for teens will be available July 16 through Aug. 5.

A collection of picture books for tots can be downloaded from Aug. 6 through Sept. 2.

Examples of the titles you'll find in the children's collection include top sellers "Artemis Fowl " by Eoin Colfer and "The Lemonade War" by Jacqueline Davies.

The limited-time offer applies to new purchases of both the 16- and 8-gigabyte NOOK models, which retail for $249 and $199, respectively, according to Barnes & Noble information.

 

 

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