Barnes & Noble announced that customers who purchase $75 or more in Barnes & Noble Gift Cards will receive a free $10 gift card.

This special, limited time offer is available at nearly 700 Barnes & Noble stores nationwide and online starting today through December 2, 2013. Now is a great time to stock up on Barnes & Noble Gift Cards, the perfect holiday gift for everyone in the family. This special offer is redeemable starting December 26.

Customers who take advantage of this special gift card offer in stores will receive their free gift card at the time of purchase. Customers who purchase gift cards online at will receive their free $10 eGift card via e-mail on December 26.

Barnes & Noble Gift Cards are the perfect gift for anyone on your holiday shopping list this year. In a recently commissioned survey focused on consumer habits around holiday shopping, Barnes & Noble discovered that 55% of adults agree they like to receive gift cards as a holiday present. With a Barnes & Noble Gift Card, customers can choose from a wide selection of exciting products like the best books of the season including current bestsellers from popular authors, fun toys and games for kids and adults, DVDs, music, and other must-have electronics, exclusive gifts and unbeatable bargains.

Customers can redeem gift cards at Barnes & Noble stores and online

Barnes & Noble Gift Cards are also redeemable for the entire line of NOOK Readers and tablets, including the newly announced NOOK GlowLight. Customers can also use Barnes & Noble gift cards to purchase exciting content from the NOOK Store including popular NOOK Books, digital magazines and newspapers, as well as apps, movies and TV shows for the highly acclaimed NOOK HD and NOOK HD+, Barnes & Noble's highly acclaimed 7- and 9-inch high definition tablets featuring Google Play.