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1997 NEW STORES
UNION STATION, WASHINGTON D.C.
CORPUS CHRISTI,TX
BURLINGTON,VT
BETHESDA,MD
WESTPORT,CT
A
s of January 1998, Barnes
& Noble operated 483
Barnes & Noble “super” stores
and 528 B. Dalton stores in 49
states and the District of Columbia.
In 1997, we opened 65 new
Barnes & Noble stores and four
new B.Dalton stores.
Barnes & Noble stores offer
an authoritative selection of more
than 175,000 titles from more
than 10,000 publishers, with an
emphasis on small, independent
publishers and university presses.
Along with the comprehensive
in-store selection,
each store can fill
customers’ special
order requests from
more than one million
books in print. In
addition, the wide
array offered by
our Newsstands has
made Barnes & Noble
one of the country’s
largest retailers of
specialty magazines.
Our stores provide
customers with
places to relax and
read, comfortable
cafés, unique children’s sections,
music departments and calendars
of events featuring author appear-
ances and discussion groups.