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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New Nook With Reading Light Is Probably Cheaper Than A Divorce Lawyer
By Maggie Shader on April 13, 2012 2:15 PM
15 Comments
Barnes & Noble has launched a new $139 version of its Nook Simple Touch e-reader with a lighted e-ink screen that promises you can read in bed without disturbing your sleeping spouse. More »
Barnes & Noble Gets All Braggy About Charging Six Times The Original Price
By Mary Beth Quirk on April 6, 2012 1:00 PM
25 Comments
Haitham was on a quest for a simple blackjack strategy card, so he used his online search skills to check out prices. He found what he wanted at Amazon, but because they were going to charge him twice the price of the card just to ship it, he went elsewhere. And sure enough, Barnes & Noble found a way to not only gouge him even worse, but then they went and bragged about it. More »
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Why Don't We Have Color E-Ink Readers Here In The U.S.?
By Chris Morran on January 12, 2012 5:48 PM
46 Comments
While there are a number of full-color devices like the Kindle Fire or the Nook that are sold as e-readers, there is a segment of the e-book reading world that views them as dumbed-down tablets with too-bright backlit screens that suck up battery power. Many of these people have been waiting for a color version of the E-Ink technology used in all the non-Fire Kindles and a few other readers to eventually become a reality. Well, now it is, but you won't be seeing it stateside in the near future. More »
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Barnes & Noble Eyeing The Idea Of Breaking Up With Nook
By Mary Beth Quirk on January 5, 2012 1:00 PM
58 Comments
Things with Barnes & Noble and its main squeeze Nook are a little frosty at the moment, as the company says it's looking to separate from the costly e-book business. B&N didn't do as well in the e-reader market this year, and keeping the relationship going would be more expensive than they'd like. More »
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
71 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 »
