Barnes & Noble to Present at the CL King Best Ideas Conference

Barnes & Noble, Inc. (NYSE: BKS), the world’s largest bookseller, today announced the company will host an investor presentation at the CL King Best Ideas Conference in New York City on September 17, 2008 at 9:30 AM Eastern.

This presentation is being webcast and can be accessed online at www.barnesandnobleinc.com/webcasts.

ABOUT BARNES & NOBLE, INC.

Barnes & Noble, Inc. (NYSE: BKS), the world’s largest bookseller and a Fortune 500 company, operates 796 bookstores in 50 states. The company is the nation’s top bookseller in quality, and for the fifth year in a row, the top bookseller brand, as determined by a combination of the brand’s performance on familiarity, quality, and purchase intent, 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.

General information on Barnes & Noble, Inc. can be obtained via the Internet by visiting the company’s corporate website: www.barnesandnobleinc.com.

Contacts

Media
Carolyn Brown
Director of Corporate Communications
Barnes & Noble, Inc.
212-633-4062
or
Investor
Andy Milevoj
Director of Investor Relations
Barnes & Noble, Inc.
212-633-3489