Barnes & Noble, Inc. is the largest retail bookseller in the United States. The Company has more than 730 bookstores across the United States, as well as its online bookstore at BN.com, the Nook Digital business which offers both e-books and an audio book subscriptions service. Barnes & Noble also owns the stationery and gift retailer Paper Source and stationery brand Levenger. Amongst its bookstores, it owns Tattered Cover Book Store in Denver, CO, Books Inc. in the Bay Area, CA, and Joseph-Beth Booksellers in Lexington, KY and Cincinnati, OH.
Barnes & Noble is owned by Elliott Advisors (UK) Limited and run by CEO and bookseller James Daunt, who is also Managing Director of Waterstones bookstores in the U.K. and founder and owner of Daunt Books. Barnes & Noble was founded in 1971 by bookseller Leonard Riggio when he acquired the Barnes & Noble trade name and bookstore in New York City.
* Barnes & Noble Education, Inc. (including Barnes & Noble College) is an independent public company and is not affiliated with the Barnes & Noble bookseller.