Barnes & Noble Takes Aim at Amazon with New HD Nooks - Lauren Goode - Product News - AllThingsD

Apparently the timing didn't work out for a Windows 8/RT Nook, this time around

"The Nook HD is a seven-inch tablet, while the Nook HD+ is a larger, nine-inch device. Both are lightweight, have high-resolution displays and are running on “forked,” or modified, versions of Google Android’s 4.0 operating system.
The tablets are available for pre-order today, and are expected to hit stores in early November. They’ll range in price from $199 to $299, depending on size and storage."

Barnes & Noble Takes Aim at Amazon with New HD Nooks - Lauren Goode - Product News - AllThingsD