Barnes & Noble, Inc.
Type	Public (NYSE: BKS)
Founded	1873 (as a printing business) 1917 (first bookstore opened)
Headquarters	New York City
Key people	Leonard Riggio, Chairman Steve Riggio, CEO, Vice Chairman Mitchell S. Klipper, COO
Industry	Retail (Specialty)
Products	Barnes & Noble Booksellers B. Dalton Booksellers Scribner's Bookstores Bookstop Doubleday Bookstores BN.com Sterling Publishing Co. SparkNotes
Revenue	$5.3 billion USD (2006)
Employees	51,000 (2007)
Website	barnesandnobleinc.com

A typical Barnes & Noble bookstore.

Barnes & Noble, Inc. is the largest United States specialty retailer, operating chiefly through its Barnes & Noble Booksellers chain of bookstores and is headquartered in New York City.^{[citation needed]} The company operates Bookstop, Bookstar and B. Dalton Booksellers chains in some markets. These stores are smaller, being found in outdoor strip malls and shopping malls. The company is known for large, upscale retail outlets, many of which contain a café serving Starbucks Coffee, and for competitive discounting of bestsellers. Most stores also sell magazines, newspapers, DVDs, graphic novels, gifts, games, and music. Video games and related items were sold in the company's GameStop retail outlets until October 2004, when the division was spun-off into an independent company. Corporate logo for Barnes & Noble. ... A public company usually refers to a company which is permitted to offer its securites (i. ... The New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), nicknamed the Big Board, is a New York City-based stock exchange publicly held and listed under the symbol NYX on its own exchange. ... 1873 (MDCCCLXXIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... Year 1917 (MCMXVII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Tuesday of the 13-day slower Julian calendar (see: 1917 Julian calendar). ... New York, NY redirects here. ... Leonard Riggio is owner of Barnes & Noble, the largest specialty retailer in the world. ... Drawing of a self-service store. ... Revenue is a U.S. business term for the amount of money that a company earns from its activities in a given period, mostly from sales of products and/or services to customers. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... ISO 4217 Code USD User(s) the United States, the British Indian Ocean Territory,[1] the British Virgin Islands, Cambodia, East Timor, Ecuador, El Salvador, the Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Palau, Panama, Turks and Caicos Islands, and the insular areas of the United States Inflation 2. ... For the Manfred Mann album, see 2006 (album). ... For the album by the Kaiser Chiefs see Employment (album) Employment is a contract between two parties, one being the employer and the other being the employee. ... A website (or Web site) is a collection of web pages, images, videos and other digital assets and hosted on a particular domain or subdomain on the World Wide Web. ... Barnes & Noble bookstore in Torrance, California, near Del Amo Fashion Center. ... Barnes & Noble bookstore in Torrance, California, near Del Amo Fashion Center. ... Wikibooks has more about this subject: Marketing Drawing of a self-service store. ... A bookstore. ... New York, NY redirects here. ... Coffeehouse in Damascus A coffeehouse, coffee shop, or café shares some of the characteristics of a bar, and some of the characteristics of a restaurant. ... For other meanings of the name Starbuck, see Starbuck A Starbucks coffee shop in Leeds, England Starbucks ( NASDAQ: SBUX) is a large multinational chain of coffee shops, often serving desserts, with a reputation in the US as a center for socializing, particularly among students and young urban professionals. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... DVD (commonly known as Digital Versatile Disc or Digital Video Disc) is an optical disc storage media format that can be used for data storage, including movies with high video and sound quality. ... Trade paperback of Will Eisners A Contract with God (1978), often mistakenly cited as the first graphic novel. ... A gift or present is the transfer of money or goods without requiring something in return (at least not immediately); by extension it can be anything that makes the other more happy or less sad, especially as a favor, including forgiveness, and kindness (even when the other is not kind). ... GAMES Magazine is a United States based magazine devoted to games published by GAMES Publications, a division of Kappa Publishing Group. ... For other uses, see Music (disambiguation). ... GameStop Corporation (NYSE: GME), headquartered in Grapevine, Texas, USA, is the worlds largest video game and entertainment software retailer. ...

As of January 31, 2004, the company operated 840 stores in 50 U.S. states and the District of Columbia. It plans to open 30-35 new stores every year. January 31 is the 31st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Federal courts Supreme Court Chief Justice Associate Justices Elections Presidential elections Midterm elections Political Parties Democratic Republican Third parties Libertarian Party State & Local government Governors Legislatures (List) State Courts Counties, Cities, and Towns Other countries Politics Portal      A U.S. state is any one of the fifty subnational entities of... ...

History

Barnes & Noble originated in 1873 when Charles M. Barnes opened a book-printing business in Wheaton, Illinois. The first true bookstore was set up by his son, William, in partnership with G. Clifford Noble, in 1917 in New York City. The business was purchased in 1971 by Leonard Riggio, who oversaw the growth of the struggling^{[citation needed]} business. B&N's critics claim^{[citation needed]} it has contributed, along with online retailer Amazon.com, to the decline of local booksellers. In 2002, Leonard Riggio's brother Stephen Riggio was named CEO. 1873 (MDCCCLXXIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... Incorporated City in 1859. ... Official language(s) English Capital Springfield Largest city Chicago Largest metro area Chicago Area  Ranked 25th  - Total 57,918 sq mi (149,998 km²)  - Width 210 miles (340 km)  - Length 390 miles (629 km)  - % water 4. ... Year 1917 (MCMXVII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Tuesday of the 13-day slower Julian calendar (see: 1917 Julian calendar). ... Midtown Manhattan, looking north from the Empire State Building, 2005 New York City (officially named the City of New York) is the most populous city in the state of New York and the entire United States. ... Leonard Riggio is owner of Barnes & Noble, the largest specialty retailer in the world. ... Amazon. ... Chief Executive Officer (CEO) is the job of having the ultimate executive responsibility or authority within an organization or corporation. ...

The chain opened an online bookstore in 1997, largely to compete with Amazon. Amazon. ...

Publishing

Unlike other bookstores, Barnes & Noble publishes many of the books it sells, inexpensively reprinting non-copyrighted titles or acquiring the U.S. or English language rights from another publisher. In addition, Barnes & Noble commissions reprint anthologies and omnibus editions using in-house editors.

From circa 1992 through early 2003, Barnes & Noble released a series of literary classics for adults and children under the imprint Barnes & Noble Classics Collection. Originally available only in hardcover, most titles came in a black or cream-colored dustjacket edition. In 2003, Barnes & Noble revamped and expanded its line of Literature Classics, releasing them in both hardcover and mass-market editions. As of October 2005, the company continues to release new titles to its Classics selection. Barnes & Noble began releasing adult literature classics around 1992 (according to copyright dates found in some of the books). ...

In 2001, Barnes & Noble acquired SparkNotes, popular educational website and publishing company. In 2002, Barnes & Noble acquired Sterling Publishing, which chiefly publishes how-to books. SparkNotes is an Internet-based youth-oriented education product. ... For album titles with the same name, see 2002 (album). ... A how-to is an informal, often short, description of how to accomplish some specific task. ...

CEO Stephen Riggio has been quoted as saying that he expects 10% of Barnes & Noble bookstore sales to come from books published in-house. While this has been praised as a good business strategy, it is controversial in both bookselling and publishing industry circles because of the competitive advantages conferred by vertical integration.^{[citation needed]} It has been suggested that Vertical expansion be merged into this article or section. ...

Barnes & Noble Cafés

The interior of the Barnes & Noble located at The Grove at Farmers Market, Los Angeles

Most Barnes & Noble stores feature a Barnes & Noble Café, serving Starbucks beverages, bakery goods from The Cheesecake Factory, sandwiches, and a variety of other specialty products. Although the cafés are owned and operated by Barnes & Noble, the Starbucks logo features prominently in the overall branding package. This leads to confusion for some customers when they attempt to use Starbucks stored-value cards, which are not accepted or sold. Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixel Image in higher resolution (3072 × 2304 pixel, file size: 3. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixel Image in higher resolution (3072 × 2304 pixel, file size: 3. ... Image:Grove7web. ... Flag Seal Nickname: City of Angels Location Location within Los Angeles County in the state of California Coordinates , Government State County California Los Angeles County Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa (D) Geographical characteristics Area     City 1,290. ... It has been proposed below that Starbucks be renamed and moved to Starbucks Corporation. ... The Cheesecake Factory, Inc. ... A stored-value card represents money on deposit with the issuer, and is similar to a debit card. ...

Wi-Fi at Barnes & Noble

In 2004, Barnes & Noble began offering wi-fi in the café area of selected stores, using the AT&T FreedomLink network. As of late 2005, AT&T wireless Internet service was available in 600 out of B&N's 850 stores, with all stores to be wired by the end of 2006. Often, AT&T and Barnes & Noble offer free wi-fi access during promotional campaigns with use of a coupon. 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Official Wi-Fi logo Wi-Fi is a brand originally licensed by the Wi-Fi Alliance to describe the embedded technology of wireless local area networks (WLAN) based on the IEEE 802. ... AT&T (NYSE: T) is the largest provider of both local and long distance telephone services, wireless service under the brand Cingular Wireless, and DSL Internet access in the United States. ...

Barnes & Noble College Bookstores

Barnes & Noble College Bookstores, Inc. is a privately held company which operates bookstores at more than 500 institutions of higher education. A typical Barnes & Noble bookstore. ...

Barnes & Noble College Bookstores also operates the self-proclaimed "world's largest bookstore", located on Fifth Avenue and 18th Street in New York City. This flagship store carries a large variety of textbooks, medical books, and medical supplies in addition to the various trade titles carried at Barnes & Noble, Inc. stores. Street sign at Fifth Avenue and East 57th street Fifth Avenue is a major thoroughfare in New York City. ...

External links

• Barnes & Noble corporate website
• Barnes & Noble official website