We first learned of Barnes & Noble’s plans to launch a tablet with tech giant Samsung back in June of this year, and this week it finally arrived. The Samsung Galaxy Tab 4 Nook launched on Wednesday, and is essentially what its name says it is – a standard Galaxy Tab that comes bundled with Nook software. For you Nook fans out there, this is not necessarily a bad thing. The company has long endeavored to bring the Nook platform to a more familiar and fully-featured device, and according to Barnes & Noble CEO Michael P. Huseby, this tab is “the first ever full-featured Android tablet designed for reading”.

While the device is undeniably Samsung, it’s a tablet built for reading first. It includes an app called the “Barnes & Noble Advantage”, which allows for book downloads as well as tech support. The Nook software is layered into the tablet, meaning it will come loaded with Nook Newsstand for magazines, Nook apps, and Nook Video for movie/TV purchases and rentals. Barnes & Noble says its store offers more than 3 million books, a number of popular comic books and graphic novels, and over 9,000 children’s books. And to get you started, they have included $200 worth of free content including best-sellers like Freakonomics, The Wanderer, and I Am Number Four; a free episode of HBO’s Veep, NBC Universal’s Hannibal, and BBC America’s Orphan Black; and up to four 14-day free trial magazine subscriptions. Plus, each buyer gets a $5 credit to the Nook Store with purchase, as well as access to Free Fridays which offers a free Nook book, video or app each week.

The Galaxy Tab 4 Nook has a 7-inch, 1,280 x 800 pixel display as well as a 3-megapixel camera and 1.3-megapixel front-facing shooter (you asked, they listened!). It uses a 1.2 GHz quad-core Snapdragon processor and runs Android 4.4 (Kit Kat), and of course includes Samsung’s patented TouchWiz skin. It comes standard with 8GB of onboard storage, expandable up to 32GB via Micro SD, and of course Google services like Maps and Chrome. For those of you that like to multi-task, features like multi-window mode allow you to tend to your social media while perusing your latest literary purchase. And just to put a nice bow on this sweet little machine, the tablet is only 0.35-inch thick - making it very travel-friendly.

The Galaxy Tab 4 Nook is currently available at Barnes & Noble stores, Barnes & Noble’s website, and Nook’s website, and comes in either black or white. The starting price is technically $199, but with a “$20 instant rebate”, it’ll only set you back $179 at the time of purchase. If you buy the device through the store, the booksellers will even offer in-store support including app setup and book browsing. It will also support “in store reading”, which allows you to read titles while in the store.