Barnes and Noble has signed a deal with rival booksellers Foyles and Blackwell's as well as Argos and John Lewis.

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The tablets are arriving on shelves in John Lewis, Argos, Asda, Dixons, Sainsbury, Waitrose, Blackwell's and Foyles and they are also available to purchase through www.nook.co.uk.

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Conservative peer Lord Blackwell, who was a political adviser to former Prime Minister John Major, said that "the primary reason for our current deficit" was a growth in public spending from 40% of GDP to closer to 50% over the last decade.

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