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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).
Book Publishing. Leonard Riggio is the founder of Barnes & Noble, the country's largest bricks-and-mortar bookstore chain. Len Riggio's roots in bookselling date back to his job as a bookstore clerk in college, and for much of his career was on the forefront of bookselling innovation.