Barnes & Noble Offers Free Download of The Mueller Report

Barnes & Noble, Inc. (NYSE:BKS), the world’s largest retail bookseller, announced today that it will offer a free download of The Mueller Report simply by ordering it on a NOOK® tablet, or through the NOOK Reading App, available on iOS and Android devices. The report can be pre-ordered now on BN.com, and will be available shortly after the expected release of the report on Thursday, April 18.

“We’ve received strong demand from our customers for this report, and want to make it as easy as possible for them to access it for free as soon as possible,” said Tim Mantel, Chief Merchandising Officer for Barnes & Noble.

Customers with a NOOK tablet or the NOOK Reading App can order the report to be downloaded to their NOOK Library. Customers without the NOOK Reading App can download the app to their Android or iOS device, and then log in with a BN.com account to order the report and have it delivered to their NOOK Library.

The Mueller Report, including special editions with related materials in print, will be available for sale at Barnes & Noble stores nationwide the week of April 29.

About Barnes & Noble, Inc.

Barnes & Noble, Inc. (NYSE:BKS) is the nation’s largest retail bookseller, and a leading retailer of content, digital media and educational products. The Company operates 627 Barnes & Noble bookstores in 50 states, and one of the Web’s premier e-commerce sites, BN.com (www.bn.com). The Nook Digital business offers a lineup of popular NOOK® tablets and eReaders and an expansive collection of digital reading and entertainment content through the NOOK Store®. The NOOK Store (www.nook.com) features digital books, periodicals and comics, and offers the ability to enjoy content across a wide array of popular devices through Free NOOK Reading Apps™ available for Android™, iOS® and Windows®.

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