Did you know?

• Barnes & Noble is the nation's top bookseller brand for the sixth year in a row according to the EquiTrend® Brand Study by Harris Interactive®.
• Barnes & Noble is the leader in the specialty retail category for customer satisfaction according to the 2007 American Customer Satisfaction Index. 
• Barnes & Noble earned the top rating of 100 percent in the 2009 Corporate Equality Index, an annual survey administered by the Human Rights Campaign Foundation.
• Barnes & Noble Cafés pour approximately 60 million beverages, bake 8 million cookies and scones, and grill 3 million sandwiches annually. 
• Barnes & Noble is the second-largest retailer of magazines in America, carrying about 5,500 magazine titles and nearly 1,000 newspaper titles. 
• Between our stores and our online operations, Barnes & Noble sells just over 300 million books per year.
• Barnes & Noble sells more than 1 million unique book titles every year.
• Bestsellers account for less than 5% of our sales, and more than 50,000 small publishers and university presses are a growing percentage of our business.  We are committed to carrying a vast selection of titles from many publishers, large and small.
• In July 2009, Barnes & Noble launched the world's largest eBookstore as part of its overall digital strategy.
• In October 2009, Barnes & Noble introduced nook™, the world’s most advanced eBook Reader featuring the first color touch screen for navigation, breakthrough LendMe™ technology to allow readers to lend eBooks, and free 3G wireless and Wi-Fi access to over one million eBooks, newspapers and magazines. 
• Barnes & Noble responds to approximately 4,000 customer service inquiries online and in our stores every day. 
• Barnes & Noble hosts more than 100,000 community events every year.