Barnes & Noble is a leading bookseller in the United States, with more than 1 million titles for immediate delivery. This inventory includes current best sellers and rare, out of print books. Every store has a home and gift section with writing materials and writer's aids for home and office, DVD and Blu-ray titles and a growing selection of games. The Rockville location is connected to a Starbucks.

Barnes & Noble was founded in 1973 as a printing company. Since then, its grown into a chain of 777 stores. It entered the eBook trade in 2007 with the Nook. The company also has an online music store, which Forbes called one of the best.