Noble, - Barnes & Noble to Host First Sarah Palin Book Signing for Going Rogue, Her Highly Anticipated Autobiography

Barnes & Noble, Inc. (NYSE: BKS), the world?s largest bookseller, announced today that Sarah Palin, former governor of Alaska and vice presidential candidate, will kick off the book tour for her new autobiography, Going Rogue: An American Life, with a book signing at the Woodland Mall Barnes & Noble in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Ms. Palin will continue her tour at select Barnes & Noble bookstores nationwide.

Going Rogue traces one ordinary citizen?s extraordinary journey, and imparts Sarah Palin?s vision of a way forward for America and her unfailing hope in the greatest nation on earth. Sarah Palin will sign Going Rogue at Barnes & Noble locations on the following dates:

About Barnes & Noble, Inc.

Barnes & Noble, Inc. (NYSE: BKS), the world?s largest bookseller and a Fortune 500 company, operates 774 bookstores in 50 states. Barnes & Noble College Booksellers, LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Barnes & Noble, also operates 624 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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