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New York, NY – March 17, 2010 – Barnes & Noble, Inc. (NYSE: BKS), the world’s largest bookseller, today announced the “More in Store” program for nook™, the Barnes & Noble eBook Reader.  Available only in Barnes & Noble stores and only on nook, the free More in Store program offers nook customers new, exclusive content from bestselling and new authors, special offers and savings, and weekly bestseller and new release lists. 

Barnes & Noble’s free in-store Wi-Fi service makes access to More in Store content easy.  With just a simple tap of the nook “Shop” button, customers can start to explore content from authors such as Mitch Albom, Alexander McCall Smith, and Rebecca Skloot, and in-store promotions including special savings and free café offers.  More in Store is updated weekly and each new feature is available for four weeks on a rolling basis.  

Barnes & Noble More in Store for nook March line-up includes:

• March
  On Returning to Children's Hospital by Kelly Corrigan
  Kelly Corrigan’s first memoir, The Middle Place, stayed on the New York Times Bestseller List for an amazing 25 weeks. Her new title, Lift, is a love letter to her two young daughters.  In this exclusive essay for More in Store, Corrigan goes back to the hospital that saved her youngest’s life, and gives us a beautiful glimpse at the dedicated doctors and nurses who work their whole lives to help heal sick children.

• March 21
  Kevin Zraly on Joshua Ferris’ The Unnamed
  Read Between the Wines
  Mr. Zraly’s monthly essay pairs bestselling titles with an appropriate wine based on each novel’s content, theme, location, flavor and more.  What wine goes best with Joshua Ferris’s new novel The Unnamed? Connect to More in Store to find out.

Things That Go Bump in the Night by Deanna Raybourn
Harlequin Insider
Discover how a lifetime attraction to romances sprinkled with the element of danger inspired this RITA award-winning author.

• March 28
  The True Price of Healthcare by Lionel Shriver
  From the acclaimed author of The New York Times bestselling novels The Post-Birthday World and We Need to Talk About Kevin, Lionel Shriver introduces her newest novel So Much For That with this thought-provoking mediation on the state of health care in America – and how illness can affect everyone in a family.

Back to the Future: Reading Romance by Eloisa James
This month's feature in the B&N Review Roundup, bestselling romance author Eloisa James takes a look at some of the best romance coming out this spring.

Mystery on the Métro by Cara Black
Cara Black, author of thrilling mysteries set in the underworld of present-day Paris, shares with readers a true-life story of some very hands-on exploration – far below the streets of Paris.

• Available until April 7:  Alice in Wonderland Exclusive Content and Special Offers
  In conjunction with the release of Disney’s Alice in Wonderland, nook customers can obtain exclusive nook content and free downloads as part of Barnes & Noble’s celebration of the film’s release.  From now until April 7, nook customers can personalize their nooks with 13 screensavers, based on director Tim Burton’s sketches.  The screensavers include images of Alice, the Mad Hatter, the White Rabbit, the Red Queen and other memorable characters from the imaginative movie.  Additionally, customers can download a free copy of Lewis Carroll’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland eBook.  Also available is exclusive content by Melanie Benjamin, author of Alice I Have Been, explaining why Alice has captured the imagination of generations and why this one willful, spirited little girl remains the most timeless and appealing of our fictional heroines.

• eBook Bestsellers and eBook New Releases Lists
  As always, nook readers can access Barnes & Noble eBook Bestseller and eBook New Releases lists.  The lists are available as a part of the “shop” feature on nook and offer book overviews, free sample chapters and customer ratings to help readers with buying decisions.

eBook Bestsellers for the week of March 15 include: The Last Song by Nicholas Sparks; The Lightning Thief (Percy Jackson and the Olympians Series #1) by Rick Riordan; Shutter Island by Dennis Lehane; FANG (Maximum Ride Series #6) by James Patterson; and Too Good to Be True by Kristan Higgins.  Recent new release eBook titles include: The Vampire and the Virgin by Kerrelyn Sparks; Winter Garden by Kristin Hannah; Fantasy in Death (In Death Series #30) by J. D. Robb; The Silent Sea (Oregon Files Series #7) by Clive Cussler; and Food Rules by Michael Pollan.

Barnes & Noble also announced that the entire catalogue of bestselling author John Grisham is now available for purchase from the Barnes & Noble eBookstore (www.bn.com/ebooks).  For the first time ever, customers can download such blockbusters as A Time to Kill, The Firm, and Ford County to their nook or other digital device using the Barnes & Noble eReader software.