What is Barnes & Noble?
{{Infobox company | company_name = Barnes & Noble, Inc. | company_logo = Barnes and Noble logo.svg | company_type = | company_slogan = | predecessor = Arthur Hinds and Company | foundation = [[Wheaton, Illinois]], [[United States|U.S.]] (1873 as a printing business)<br />[[New York City]], [[New York (state)|New York]], U.S. (1917 first bookstore opened) | founder = Charles Barnes<br />William Barnes<br />G. Clifford Noble | location_city = 122 [[Fifth Avenue|5th Ave]]<br />[[New York City]], [[New York (state)|New York]] | location_country = U.S. | locations = 777 stores at 2009-05-21 | key_people = [[Leonard Riggio]], <small>Chairman</small><br />William Lynch, <small>CEO</small><br />Steve Riggio, <small>Vice Chair</small><br />Mitchell S. Klipper, <small>CEO, Retail</small> | num_employees = 40,000 (2008)<ref name=zenobank>{{cite web |url=http://zenobank.com/index.php?symbol=BKS&page=quotesearch |title=Company Profile for Barnes & Noble Inc (BKS) |access-date=2008-10-03}}</ref> | industry = [[Retail|Retail (Specialty)]] | products = '''Barnes & Noble Booksellers'''<br />'''B. Dalton'''<br />'''Scribner's Bookstores'''<br />'''Bookstop'''<br />'''Doubleday Bookstores'''<br />'''Sterling Publishing Co.'''<br />'''SparkNotes''' | revenue = {{profit}} [[United States Dollar|US$]]5.12 Billion (''FY 2009'')<ref name = 09IncomeStatement>[[wikinvest:stock/Barnes & Noble (BKS)/Data/Income Statement|Barnes & Noble (BKS) annual SEC income statement filing via Wikinvest]]</ref> | operating_income = {{profit}} [[United States Dollar|US$]]143 Million (''FY 2009'')<ref name= 09IncomeStatement/> | net_income = {{profit}} [[United States Dollar|US$]]75.9 Million (''FY 2009'')<ref name= 09IncomeStatement/> | assets = {{decrease}} [[United States dollar|US$]]2.99 Billion (''FY 2009'')<ref name = 09BalanceSheet>[[wikinvest:stock/Barnes & Noble (BKS)/Data/Balance Sheet|Barnes & Noble (BKS) annual SEC balance sheet filing via Wikinvest]]</ref> | equity = {{decrease}} [[United States dollar|US$]]922 Million (''FY 2009'')<ref name