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Barnes & Noble superstores average 25,000 square feet and are open seven days a week.
Barnes & Noble’s online channel, Barnes & Noble.com, is one of the world’s leading e-commerce sites and one of the world’s best bookselling operations. Its college textbook store offers a vast selection of new and used textbooks, and its online products include a full selection of CDs, DVDs, and videos. The company’s focus on information products is manifested in Barnes & Noble University, which offers courses for free or for a small fee.
SparkNotes offers more than 1,000 study guides and a host of other educational products covering everything from literature to chemistry to computer science. With the addition of Sterling Publishing, Barnes & Noble has publishing or distribution rights to nearly 10,000 titles. Sterling has an active list of more than 4,500 owned and distributed titles, and annually publishes and distributes more than 1,000 new titles. Barnes & Noble continues to expand its Libros en Español section and now offers thousands of Spanish-language books, CDs, and movies to its retail and online customers.
