Barnes & Noble to Open New Store in the South Plains Mall at 6002 Slide Road Lubbock, Texas

New Bookstore Debuts on November 4
NEW YORK--(Business Wire)--
Barnes & Noble, Inc. (NYSE: BKS), the world`s largest bookseller, will open a
new bookstore on November 4 in the South Plains Mall at 6002 Slide Road,
Lubbock, Texas. Concurrently, the Barnes & Noble at 6707 Slide Road will close.
The new store will stock close to 200,000 book, music, DVD and magazine titles
and include a café serving Starbucks coffee. Special features will include a
B&N@School section with educational tools for parents, teachers and librarians.
The new Lubbock Barnes & Noble will be open from 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. Monday
through Thursday, 9 a.m. to 11 p.m. Friday and Saturday, and 9 a.m. to 9 p.m.
Sunday. The store will employ approximately 80 people from the community.

The public is invited to a Preview Night Party at the new Lubbock Barnes & Noble
on Tuesday, November 3, from 6 to 9 p.m. A portion of the Preview Night sales
will benefit Communities In Schools. A ribbon-cutting ceremony will be held at 7
p.m. Children`s author and entertainer Tim McKenzie will appear at 8 p.m.
Musician Susan Grisanti will perform throughout the evening and Clifford the Big
Red Dog will be on hand to meet his fans.

The new store will host a signing of Donnie Brown Weddings with author Donnie
Brown on Saturday, November 14, at 1 p.m. On Saturday, November 28, Mike
Huckabee will sign copies of Do the Right Thing at 10:30 a.m.

Barnes & Noble is the nation`s top bookseller brand for the sixth year in a row,
as determined by a combination of the brand`s performance on familiarity,
quality and purchase intent; the top bookseller in quality for the second year
in a row and the number two retailer in trust, according to the EquiTrend® Brand
Study by Harris Interactive®. The new store will feature:

* The Barnes & Noble Membership Program. Designed for Barnes & Noble`s best
customers, this program gives Members 40% off hardcover fiction and nonfiction
bestsellers, 20% off all other adult hardcover books, and 10% off virtually
everything else in Barnes & Noble stores and online at Barnes & Noble.com. The
annual fee is $25.
* Rapid special-order service. Can`t find it on the shelf? Barnes & Noble`s
massive warehouse inventory is available in real-time, enabling its booksellers
to order and confirm the availability of over one million titles at the click of
a button.
* Large-scale children`s department. Bigger than most typical bookstores and
stocking more than 15,000 titles in an easy-to-browse environment, the "Barnes &
Noble Jr." department is designed to appeal to children, parents, teachers and
librarians.
* Advanced technology movie, audiobook and music-previewing system. The store
will feature RedDotNet, the most advanced listening and previewing technology.
RedDotNet enables customers to preview select DVDs, Blu-ray Discs, audiobooks or
CDs in the store, sampling a title by simply passing it under a scanner.
Connected to the company`s online electronic catalog, the store`s listening
stations make "browsing with your ears" a reality. Thanks to the latest
technology, RedDotNet stations also allow customers to view a three-minute clip
of more than 7,000 DVDs. Additional music titles are available for special
order.
* Complimentary Wi-Fi Service. All Barnes & Noble bookstores nationwide offer
customers complimentary in-store Wi-Fi provided by AT&T.
* Community Center. The store will serve as a local community center, hosting a
number of community events throughout the year. They will include author
readings and discussions, book clubs and programs with local literary and
cultural organizations. The store also will hold fundraiser bookfairs to help
support local schools and other community institutions. For more information,
please contact Terry Handley at (806) 793-1061.

About Barnes & Noble, Inc.

Barnes & Noble, Inc. (NYSE: BKS), the world`s largest bookseller and a Fortune
500 company, operates 774 bookstores in 50 states. Barnes & Noble College
Booksellers, LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Barnes & Noble, also operates 624
college bookstores serving nearly 4 million students and over 250,000 faculty
members at colleges and universities across the United States. Barnes & Noble is
the nation`s top bookseller brand for the sixth year in a row, as determined by
a combination of the brand`s performance on familiarity, quality, and purchase
intent; the top bookseller in quality for the second year in a row and the
number two retailer in trust, according to the EquiTrend Brand Study by Harris
Interactive. Barnes & Noble conducts its online business through Barnes &
Noble.com (www.bn.com), one of the Web`s largest e-commerce sites, which also
features hundreds of thousands of titles in its eBookstore (www.bn.com/ebooks).
Customers can buy and read eBooks on a wide range of platforms, including the
iPhone and iPod touch, BlackBerry® smartphones, as well as most Windows® and
Mac® laptops or full-sized desktop computers.

General information on Barnes & Noble, Inc. can be obtained via the Internet by
visiting the company`s corporate website: www.barnesandnobleinc.com.

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Lenore Feder, 212-633-3379
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