New York, NY – November 19, 2007 – Barnes & Noble, Inc. (NYSE:BKS), the world’s largest bookseller, has launched the Barnes & Noble.com (www.bn.com) 2007 Holiday Gift Catalog, offering a selection of this season’s best books, CDs, DVDs, calendars, video games, toys and other gift items, discounted up to 40% off list prices.  Gift options are presented in an easy-to-navigate format.  And with “Fast & Free Delivery,” gifts arrive within two to three business days anywhere in the continental U.S., with free shipping on orders over $25.  In addition, Barnes & Noble will offer special promotions throughout the holiday season, including the Cyber Monday free travel bag offer with purchases of $75 or more.

“This year’s Holiday Gift Catalog features the season’s best gifts for everyone on your holiday list,” said Marie Toulantis, chief executive officer of Barnes & Noble.com.  “With our new website features, shoppers can easily search and find exactly what they’re looking for or browse our gift catalog for suggestions.” 

Barnes & Noble.com customers can place orders as late as December 18th, and receive deliveries by December 24th, and still take advantage of free shipping, when purchasing orders of $25 or more via “Fast & Free Delivery.”  Orders placed by noon EST on Thursday, December 20th, using Next Day Air will arrive by December 24th.  In Manhattan, the popular Same Day Delivery service is also available through December 24th; orders placed by 11 am will be delivered by 7 pm on the same day.  The online Holiday Delivery Calendar helps customers select the shipping method that will ensure delivery in time for the holidays.  See site for details. (www.barnesandnoble.com/holiday-gifts/delivery.asp)
 
The Holiday Gift Catalog includes gifts for everyone, ranging from the Harry Potter Hardcover Boxed Set (Books 1-7) for diehard Potter fans to Barnes & Noble’s exclusive Monopoly Onyx Edition, bestselling cookbook author and television host Rachael Ray’s Just in Time, and Stephen Colbert’s hilarious I Am America (and so Can You!).

For the holiday season, there are music and game exclusives, including Tony Bennett Sings The Ultimate Songbook, Volume 1, Grease—2007 Broadway Revival, Charlie Brown Christmas Checkers & Tic Tac Toe, and Reader’s Digest National Word Power Challenge Card Game.  Barnes & Noble’s holiday gift cards are also available for purchase online and can be redeemed online or at Barnes & Noble stores and have no expiration date or dormancy fee.

Barnes & Noble’s newly designed website makes it even easier to find thousands of gift ideas for that special someone.

• The site uses the latest in Web technology to make shopping and browsing faster and more efficient for customers.
• Customers looking for gift ideas can check the day’s popular search terms.
• The new “See Inside” feature allows customers to replicate the experience of browsing a book by flipping through selected pages.
• The online Holiday Gift Catalog lists the top selections in over 100 categories.
• Customers also can check the store availability of any item from the product and search results page.
• Barnes & Noble’s store locator can now be accessed from every page.

Barnes & Noble Members will find even greater values when shopping at Barnes & Noble.  Benefits include discounts of 40% off list prices on hardcover fiction and nonfiction bestsellers, 20% off the list prices of all other adult hardcover books and 10% off almost everything else.