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Barnes & Noble CEO William Lynch holds the Nook Tablet. Lynch is resigning as chief executive after three years on the job. (Photo: Jim Sulley, Newscast).
Barnes & Noble, Inc., a Fortune 500 company, is the bookseller with the largest number of retail outlets in the United States, and a retailer of content, digital media, and educational products. As of October 15, 2017, the company operates 778 retail stores in all 50 U.S. states. Barnes & Noble operates mainly through its Barnes & Noble Booksellers chain of bookstores. The company's headquarters are at 122 Fifth Avenue in New York City. After a series of mergers and bankruptcies in the American