TIME to Publish Special tablets for sale-Only Edition on Boston Marathon Bombing

This week TIME will publish a special tablets for sale edition that will focus on Monday’s tragedy at the finish line of the Boston Marathon. The issue will feature stories from TIME’s Nancy Gibbs, Fareed Zakaria and other writers, along with exclusive photos and interactive features exploring the ongoing investigation and analyzing the aftermath of the attack.

Available on iPad, Nook, Android and Kindle, the 7 inch tablet edition will be free and available to all readers on Thursday morning. Though TIME released two tablet-only editions during the 2012 election season, this week’s digital edition will be the first free issue of its kind.

The next print edition (and regularly scheduled tablet edition) of TIME will be dedicated to The TIME 100 — our annual look at the 100 most influential people in the world — and will hit newsstands Friday, April 19.

The 9-inch Nook HD+ is a Retina-quality tablet with a very simple mission – it wants to replace the iPad in the entry-level tablet market. It runs an acceptably fast 1.5 GHz processor that powers a 1,920×1,280-pixel screen. This means images are exceptionally bright on the device and video is more than acceptable. When we first looked at the HD+ in December on Fly or Die, I gave the dfsf4WFx HD+ a fly even with its limited functionality at the time and its lack of a camera.

The B&N party line is that this device is updated and I suspect there’s a reason they are running through these with a new round of reviews. Because I didn’t write a formal review when 7 inch tablet first came out – I was far more impressed by the Nook HD – so it’s worth revisiting this tablet.

As it stands, the Nook HD+ is primarily a “dumb tablet” with a few smart tablet features. You can run a number of apps and games and view Nook Video alongside other video from providers like Crackle and Ultraviolet. This update also improves the speaker (it’s still mono) and improves performance.