Company Profile for Barnes & Noble
Barnes & Noble, Inc.
http://www.barnesandnoble.com (consumer site)
http://www.barnesandnobleinc.com (corporate site)
http://www.barnesandnobleinc.com (corporate site)
| Type | Public |
|---|---|
| Founded | Wheaton, Illinois, U.S. (1873 as a printing business) New York City, New York, U.S. (1917 first bookstore opened) |
| Industry | Retail (Specialty) |
| Key People | Leonard Riggio, Chairman William J. Lynch, Jr., CEO Steve Riggio, Vice Chair Mitchell S. Klipper, CEO, Retail |
| Products | '''Barnes & Noble Booksellers''' '''B. Dalton''' '''Scribner's Bookstores''' '''Bookstop''' '''Doubleday Bookstores''' '''Sterling Publishing Co.''' '''SparkNotes''' |
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
PO Box 111
Lyndhurst, NJ 07071
201-438-1232
Toll free: 1-800-944-7323
E-mail: customerservice@bn.com
www.bn.com
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Barnes & Noble Now Selling Electronics, Furniture, Rugs & Just About Everything Else
By Chris Morran on October 20, 2011 12:19 PM
31 Comments
For years, Barnes & Noble's website has been competing with Amazon for the online book market. The two companies even square off directly in the realm of ebooks, each selling its own proprietary eReader. But aside from dabbling in music and movies, B&N has let Amazon be the online superstore where you can buy almost anything. Until now. More »
Barnes & Noble Won't Sell Physical Copies Of Kindle Exclusive Comics
By Mary Beth Quirk on October 10, 2011 1:00 PM
70 Comments
After DC Comics gave exclusive digital rights to Amazon for a few of its comic book titles, Barnes & Noble is getting revenge by refusing to sell physical copies of those books in its stores. More »
Barnes & Noble Greets Borders Customers With Letter From CEO
By Mary Beth Quirk on October 3, 2011 8:30 AM
47 Comments
Now that Borders has gone belly-up, Barnes & Noble could totally sweep in and be all like, "na na na na na na!" But instead, it seems they're taking the high road and being pretty cool to the formers Borders customers grieving over their bookstore. More »
Judge Holds Up Borders Sale Due To Privacy Concerns
By Phil Villarreal on September 23, 2011 9:00 AM
22 Comments
Things are so bad for Borders that the company can't even seem to fail properly. A U.S. Bankruptcy Court judge threw a hurdle in front of the proposed $15.8 million sale of intellectual property to Barnes & Noble, demanding that paperwork must clarify privacy rights for 48 million customers whose data will be swapped in the transaction. More »
Touchpad Seekers Flood Barnes & Noble Phone Lines During Textbook Season
By Laura Northrup on August 23, 2011 2:06 PM
35 Comments
James ordered his law school books for the semester from Barnes & Noble, and an issue that would only be a tiny hiccup under normal circumstances is now holding the whole darn thing up. That's because customer service lines are so flooded with customers calling about their HP Touchpad orders that he can't even get through. More »
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Adventures In Ordering A Clearanced HP TouchPad
By Laura Northrup on August 23, 2011 10:00 AM
107 Comments
RIP, HP TouchPad. A long time ago—well, about three months ago—HP claimed that their WebOS-based tablet would be the greatest on the market. Now, our tipline is buzzing with customers clamoring to get their hands on a TouchPad tablet: not because it's a hot tech toy, but because the product's being discontinued, and retailers dumping them for $100 or $150 depending on storage capacity. More »
Nook Beats Kindle In Consumer Reports Ratings
(Kei!)
By Ben Popken on June 17, 2011 3:00 PM
76 Comments
For the first time ever, a Nook has beaten the Kindle in the Consumer Reports ratings. More »
Barnes & Noble Unveils Its New Nook Simple Touch Reader
By Mary Beth Quirk on May 25, 2011 10:15 AM
56 Comments
Fans of the Nook e-reader who don't want to shell out $250 for the color version will be happy to hear that Barnes & Nobles has finally introduced its newest, cheaper e-Reader today, turning up the heat for Amazon's Kindle. More »
An Open Letter To You From An Employee At A Liquidating Bookstore
By Ben Popken on May 6, 2011 4:30 PM
86 Comments
Have you ever wondered what goes through the mind of a clerk behind the register at your favorite bookstore which is being liquidated in a bankruptcy sale? What do they make of all of it? What are their hopes and dreams? Are they just mentally picturing making everyone's head explode? Well nows your chance to plumb those depths, as McSweeny's has published a humorous open letter written by an employee at one of these stores *cough* Borders *cough*. More »
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Barnes & Noble Wants Submissions For Nook Apps
By Phil Villarreal on April 8, 2011 11:15 AM
27 Comments
Barnes & Noble is looking for help in making its Nook e-reader more versatile. The bookseller has opened itself to app submissions, allowing garage code-tinkerers everywhere to dream that their creations will be used by people who own the device. More »
