Barnes & Noble Now Taking Reservations for the Last Harry Potter Book

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Barnes & Noble, Inc. (NYSE: BKS), the world’s largest bookseller, is now taking reservations for J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, which goes on sale Saturday, July 21, 2007. The book will sell for $20.99, 40 percent off the list price of $34.99. Barnes & Noble Members can buy the book for $18.89, a savings of 46 percent. Customers can reserve the book at any Barnes & Noble store or at Barnes & Noble.com (www.bn.com).

“Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows is perhaps the most long awaited book in publishing history”

As with previous Harry Potter releases, Barnes & Noble stores nationwide will host events celebrating the new book’s publication the night before on Friday, July 20, remaining open past 12:01AM, when the book goes officially on sale.

“Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows is perhaps the most long awaited book in publishing history,” said Steve Riggio, chief executive officer of Barnes & Noble.

About Barnes & Noble, Inc.

Barnes & Noble, Inc. (NYSE: BKS), the world’s largest bookseller and a Fortune 500 company, operates 801 bookstores in 50 states. For the fifth year in a row, the company is the nation’s top retail brand for quality, according to the EquiTrend® Brand Study by Harris Interactive®. Barnes & Noble conducts its online business through Barnes & Noble.com (www.bn.com), one of the Web’s largest e-commerce sites and the number one online bookseller for quality among e-commerce companies, according to the latest EquiTrend survey.

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