At Barnes & Noble, we want to be sure our vendors get their books and other products on sale in our stores and online as quickly as possible.  The policies and guidelines in this section, developed according to voluntary industry standards prepared by the Book Industry Study Group (BISG), cover the steps from initial bar coding through routing of incoming freight. And, through our Efficient Receipts Program, we monitor and report to our vendors about their compliance with our specifications.

• Business procedures for supplying books (62 kb)
• Business procedures for supporting the specialty departments (117 kb)
• Business procedures for supplying bargain books and products (64 kb)
• How to mark your products (131 kb)
• How to mark your cartons (908 kb)
• How to prepare your product data (44 kb)
• How to mark your pallets (64 kb)
• Domestic routing guide (168 kb)
• Import shipping and routing guide (45 kb)
• Efficient receipts program (77 kb)
• SAN list and Distribution Center addresses (24 kb)

Compliance with the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act Barnes & Noble requires all vendors to comply with the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act of 2008 (the "Act" or the “CPSIA”).  Beginning on or about Wednesday, January 21, 2009, we distributed a letter to Barnes & Noble’s suppliers and manufacturers requesting the submission of a certification relating to compliance with the Act.  On February 2, 2009 the Consumer Product Safety Commission issued a Notice of Stay of Enforcement of Testing and Certification Requirements (the “Stay”) relating to certain aspects of the Act.  In light of the Stay, we have revised the letter and our required CPSIA certification, as follows:  Letter to Suppliers and Manufacturers with Revised Certification If you have already received and responded to the letter by sending Barnes & Noble the required certification, unless you hear from us differently, no further action on your part is required and you do not need to complete the revised certification.  If you have not yet responded, or if you have not received a CPSIA letter from Barnes & Noble, please be sure to respond as requested.

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