Barnes & Noble.com
William Lynch
President
Barnes & Noble.com
BARNES NOBLEBarnes & Noble.com
Scalable business with lots of room to grow
> New management on board,
significant upgrade in tech talent
> Infrastructure investments behind us
> We deliver large selection and fast
shipping
> Our marketplace sales are growing
> Consistently high customer service
rankings
> Faster innovation in search,
personalization & easy ordering
> Testing new product categories
BARNES NOBLE
30 SOSKSRLL ERDKey Trends on the Business are Positive
sunescale
> Double digit traffic growth
>» Accelerating top-line growth
» Accelerating growth in
customer fileBARNES <-NOBLEDigital Strategy
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Every device strategy: PC’s, Macs,
SmartPhones, dedicated eReaders
Establish “white label” deals with
leading hardware/telcos
Price competitive: bestsellers & new
releases $9.99
DRM technology enables ala carte,
subscription, book + digital upgrade
Tens of millions of sku’s: books,
textbooks, magazines, newspapers,
blogs
Aligned with leading tech partners:
Adobe, Plastic Logic, IREX
Proprietary device: nook
Leverage online/in-store synergy
BARNES NOBLEnook: Loads of Innovation
>» 3G wireless access
> Color touch screen navigation
> elnk™ display for reading
>» Android™
>» Superior PDF capability
>» Wi-fi enables FREE browsing in
any B&N store
> Digital lending technology
BARNES,
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most advanced eBook Reader.
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BARNES NOBLEnook: Building an Eco-System
» Accessories
> Warranties
» Additional Contentnook: Marketing
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40,000 Booksellers
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BARNES NOBLEQUE™ proReader by Plastic Logic
> Que™ to be sold by
Barnes & Noble in
bookstores and online
> Featured near the nook in
bookstores
> Provides access to the
Barnes & Noble eBookstore
BARNES <:NOBLEeBook Devices — Latest Forecast
> Raised 2009 eBook device sales forecasts to 3 million units (from
2 million previously)
> 2010 sales are expected to double
>» Predicts 900,000 units will sell during holidays
> Cumulative eReader sales of 10 million units by the end of 2010
‘Source: Forrester Research, 10/06/09
BARNES <:NOBLEDigital Content: A Multi-Billion Dollar Market
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Enhanced eBooks
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Supplementary content post-
publication
New forms of content (serial novels,
alternate endings, collaborative
writing...)
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eBook + "p" book combos
Subscriptions: newspapers,
magazines, blogs
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“Ala cart" purchasing of archived
and historic newspaper and
magazine content
Professional, technical & academic
journals
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