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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).
The Company's Origins. Barnes & Noble's beginnings can be traced to 1873, when Charles M. Barnes started a book business from his home in Wheaton, Illinois. In 1917, his son, William, went to New York to join G. Clifford Noble in establishing Barnes & Noble.