On Tuesday, B&N introduced Nook for Web, a browser- based e-reader.

Separately, Barnes & Noble today said the New York Times is now available via the iPad- based e-reader software.

Barnes and Noble also plans to offer desktop and smartphone- based e-reader software that will work with its Nook.

Continuing my experimentation with the tablet- based e-reader, I decided to bite the bullet and see how far it could go as an Android tablet.