New York, NY – February 1, 2010 – Barnes & Noble, Inc. (NYSE: BKS), the world’s largest bookseller, announced today that it will celebrate Black History Month with special events and promotions recognizing the significant contributions by African-Americans to the world’s social, political and economic development. Throughout February, Barnes & Noble will host Storytime events, promotions and celebrity appearances in stores and online at Barnes & Noble.com (www.bn.com).
All stores will have a Black History Month table with displays of books, gift items, and CDs and DVDs celebrating Black History Month. Displays will include merchandise on the Lunch Counter Sit Ins, which mark its 40th anniversary this year. Displays will also feature Nelson Mandela: A Life in Photographs by David Elliot Cohen. This beautiful oversize photo-biography from Sterling Publishing has more than 100 photos and includes the South African leader's six great historic speeches, a detailed overview of the apartheid struggle, as well as an essay on Mandela's personal role in the country's history. In addition, Barnes & Noble stores will also highlight the artwork of acclaimed African-American artist/author Synthia Saint James on an exclusive signature tote bag and signage throughout the store.
Barnes & Noble stores across the country will host Storytime events with readings and themed activities, as well as local author events related to Black History Month. The Upper East Side Barnes & Noble in New York City will host a Writers on Writers panel conversation with Henry Louis Gates, Jr., Farah Jasmine Griffin and Dayo Olopade on “What Makes an African-American Classic?” on Monday, February 22, at 7 p.m. Carl Weber (Big Girls Do Cry) will do multiple signings in Georgia and North Carolina; Andrea Davis Pinkney (Sit In: How Four Friends Stood Up By Sitting Down) will be at stores in Georgia, North Carolina, and New York City; and Sharon Flake (You Don’t Even Know Me) will be signing at stores in Georgia, Virginia, and Michigan. For more information on all Black History Month event times and locations, visit the Barnes & Noble store locator at http://storelocator.barnesandnoble.com/.
Barnes & Noble.com will promote Black History Month with exclusive programming, “Deal of the Days” and specially priced items. Barnes & Noble.com’s B&N Studio (www.bn.com/studio) will have a Black History Month Channel (www.bn.com/studio) with audio and video content including: a special episode of Barnes & Noble Studio’s premiere series “Tagged!” (www.bn.com/tagged) featuring Al Roker, Ziggy Marley and Colson Whitehead; a “Meet the Writers” audio interview with Stephen L. Carter, and new videos of Sharon Robinson and illustrator Kadir Nelson (Testing the Ice: A True Story About Jackie Robinson), Andrea Davis Pinkney and Brian Pinkney (Sit-In: How Four Friends Stood up by Sitting Down), Phillip Hoose and Claudette Colvin (Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice), Bob Gibson and Reggie Jackson (Sixty Feet, Six Inches: A Hall of Fame Hitter & A Hall of Fame Pitcher Talk about How the Game is Played), and David Alan Grier (Barack Like Me: The Chocolate-Covered Truth).
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Barnes & Noble, Inc. (NYSE: BKS), the world’s largest bookseller and a Fortune 500 company, operates 775 bookstores in 50 states. Barnes & Noble College Booksellers, LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Barnes & Noble, also operates 636 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.
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