Barnes & Noble Set to Shatter All Sales Records With Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire.Business Editors NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 7, 2000 Pre-Orders Exceed 360,000 Copies Most Stores to Stay Open Past Midnight Tonight Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, the fourth installment in J.K. Rowling's magical series of children's books is set to break all previous records for first day and first week sales for any book in the company's history. Together, its retail stores and web site have already received over 360,000 preorders, more than ten times the number of preorders for any previous book. Many Barnes & Noble stores nationwide are being transformed into Harry Potter-town, staying open past midnight to accommodate fans and planning special parties complete with costumes, wizardry wiz·ard·ry n. pl. wiz·ard·ries 1. The art, skill, or practice of a wizard; sorcery. 2. a. A power or effect that appears magical by its capacity to transform: of all kinds and refreshments re·fresh·ment n. 1. The act of refreshing or the state of being refreshed. 2. Something, such as food or drink, that refreshes. 3. refreshments A snack or light meal and drinks. . Tens of thousands of children and adults are expected to be on hand as the clock strikes midnight to ensure that they get their copies of Harry as soon as possible. There are even reports of children planning Harry Potter-themed sleepovers that include late night runs to their local Barnes & Noble. The momentum continues to build at Barnes & Noble.com, www.bn.com, where orders are pouring in at the rate of over 7,000 orders a day. Consumers who place their order at Barnes & Noble.com by 11:00 a.m. will receive their book on Saturday. In addition, in New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. , Barnes & Noble.com is providing same-day delivery for local orders placed by 11:00 a.m. on Saturday. "The level of excitement for the fourth book - Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire - surpasses any other single bookselling event in the history of our company," said Steve Riggio, Vice Chairman, Barnes & Noble, Inc. and Chief Executive Officer of Barnes & Noble.com. "The most important and magical outcome of this story is the love of reading that Harry Potter has rekindled among readers of all ages, especially young children. This also might be the most profitable book we have ever sold when one considers the effect of an explosion of interest in reading among this future generation of book buyers." Over 50,000 people nationwide have entered Barnes & Noble's Harry Potter IV sweepstakes, hoping to win an exciting four-day, three-night trip for a family of four to London, near the home of Harry Potter. Deadline to enter is today. For a chance to win, consumers need to fill out an entry form, available exclusively at participating Barnes & Noble, Bookstop or Bookstar locations. A sampling of weekend festivities fes·tiv·i·ty n. pl. fes·tiv·i·ties 1. A joyous feast, holiday, or celebration; a festival. 2. The pleasure, joy, and gaiety of a festival or celebration. 3. around the country include: - Readers' reviews of the first three Harry Potter novels are posted for visitors to view. - There is also a profile and timeline of Harry's creator, author J.K. Rowling, along with chats about two of her earlier Harry Potter novels. - In Park Slope, Brooklyn Park Slope is a neighborhood in the western section of Brooklyn, New York City's most populous borough. Park Slope is roughly bounded by Prospect Park West to 4th Avenue, Park Place to the Greenwood Cemetery according to the New York City Department of City Planning[1] (NY), customers will paint a Harry Potter mural mural Painting applied to and made integral with the surface of a wall or ceiling. Its roots can be found in the universal desire that led prehistoric peoples to create cave paintings—the desire to decorate their surroundings and express their ideas and beliefs. , compete in a costume contest, and fill out applications to the Hogwarts school. - Readers' reviews of the first three Harry Potter novels are posted for visitors to view. - There is also a profile and timeline of Harry's creator, author J.K. Rowling, along with chats about two of her earlier Harry Potter novels. Additionally, there are a number of exclusive Harry Potter activities for visitors to www.bn.com: - Readers' reviews of the first three Harry Potter novels are posted for visitors to view. - There is also a profile and timeline of Harry's creator, author J.K. Rowling, along with chats about two of her earlier Harry Potter novels. - An online bookVideo, available on the newly launched BNTV BNTV Bulgarian National Television , of six real-life Harry Potter fans explaining why they enjoy his adventures so much and what they would do if they were at Hogwarts. - Readers' reviews of the first three Harry Potter novels are posted for visitors to view. - There is also a profile and timeline of Harry's creator, author J.K. Rowling, along with chats about two of her earlier Harry Potter novels. In addition to the new novel, Barnes & Noble will continue to experience strong in-store and online sales for Rowling's first three novels in the series - Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, and Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban. Available individually or in a special box set, the three books tell the story of orphan Harry Potter, who at age 10 is informed that he is a wizard and is whisked off to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft witchcraft, a form of sorcery, or the magical manipulation of nature for self-aggrandizement, or for the benefit or harm of a client. This manipulation often involves the use of spirit-helpers, or familiars. and Wizardry. With his friends, Hermione Granger Hermione Jean Granger (first name pronounced IPA: /hɚˈmaɪəni/) is a fictional character in J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter series. and Ron Weasley  Editing of this page by unregistered or newly registered users is currently disabled due to vandalism. , he learns magic and encounters all manner of exciting
adventures.About Barnes & Noble, Inc. Barnes & Noble, Inc. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : BKS BKS Barracks BKS Best Kept Secret (gaming) BKS Bildung, Kultur Und Sport (German) BKS Brookside (city) BKS Bergen Kirurgiske Sykehus (Bergen, Norway) ) operates 544 Barnes & Noble and 389 B. Dalton bookstores, and Babbage's Etc., one of the nation's largest operators of video game and entertainment software stores. Barnes & Noble stores stock an authoritative selection of book titles and provide access to more than one million titles. They offer books from more than 50,000 publisher imprints with an emphasis on small, independent publishers and university presses. Barnes & Noble is one of the world's largest booksellers on the World Wide Web (http://www.bn.com), and the exclusive bookseller on America Online See AOL. (Keyword: bn). Barnes & Noble.com has the largest standing inventory of any online bookseller. Barnes & Noble also publishes books under its own imprint for exclusive sale through its retail stores, mail-order catalogs, and Web site. General financial information on Barnes & Noble, Inc. can be obtained via the Internet by visiting the company's investor relations Investor relations The process by which the corporation communicates with its investors. Web site: http://www.shareholder.com/bks/. About Barnes & Noble.com Barnes & Noble.com is the first online bookseller to offer a vast in-stock inventory with an editorially rich bookselling environment. The company's online catalog Similar to an online library or databases in the information storage respect, ‘’’online catalogs’’’ allow potential customers to browse a company’s items for sale from a different location using the internet. includes more than three million titles, including virtually every book in print as well as more than 12 million listings from its nationwide network of out of print, rare and used book dealers. Its lightning fast proprietary search engine enables customers to locate specific titles quickly or to explore books on just about any imaginable i·mag·i·na·ble adj. Conceivable in the imagination: imaginable exploits. i·mag topic. With 800,000 titles on its shelves it now offers the largest selection of in-stock titles of any bookseller online. Encompassing over 30 miles of shelving shelv·ing n. 1. Shelves considered as a group. 2. Material for shelves. 3. An incline; a slope. shelving Noun 1. material for shelves 2. , it is the largest collection of books under one roof in the history of bookselling. More than 50,000 book publishers, including thousands of small and independent presses, university publishers and privately published books are represented. Barnes & Noble.com brings the world's best-known bookselling name to the Web with an editorially rich site that includes more than 500,000 synopsis A summary; a brief statement, less than the whole. A synopsis is a condensation of something—for example, a synopsis of a trial record. , book reviews, customer reviews, table of contents, articles and interviews. It hosts daily live author chats, bringing readers and writers together in a lively interactive discussion. Customers of Barnes & Noble stores can find a nationwide store directory, complete with driving instructions and listings of local events. Rated No. 1 by Forbes.com as the best bookselling site on the Web two years running, the company strives to become the single best place to buy books online. Barnes & Noble.com's excellence in e-commerce extends to the music business where it was voted by Forbes.com as the No. 1 music site on the Web. Cited by Forbes.com for being "best-of-class for anyone who wants to learn about the music they're buying" it features a classical music superstore and is distinguished by an emphasis on jazz, world music and Broadway show tunes. As in its book site, Barnes & Noble.com's music site has extensive editorial features from both in-house editors and licensed content. Barnes & Noble.com is an industry leader in the burgeoning market for electronic books. Its site features more than 4,000 eBook titles that can be viewed on the Rocket eBook One of the first electronic books. Introduced in 1998 by NuvoMedia Inc., Palo Alto, CA, it weighed in at 22 ounces and held the equivalent of approximately 10 novels. Like a conventional book, the Rocket let you annotate in the margin, underline passages and set bookmarks. portable book reader. The company will dramatically expand its offering for eBooks when it opens its eBook superstore in summer 2000, featuring the new Microsoft Reader Microsoft Reader is a Microsoft program for reading of e-books. The current version for desktops is 2.6.1 (Build), copyright 2000-2007, and requires Windows Vista Ultimate or Windows XP Tablet Edition - UMPC only. Version 2.1. platform, which will enable users to download eBooks to any PC, laptop or Pocket PC and open the market for eBooks to more than 100 million users. The company believes that in the not too distant future it will offer digital versions of virtually every book in print. In May 2000 Barnes & Noble.com pioneered its Same-Day Delivery service to its Manhattan, New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of customers. This rapid delivery service enables the huge residential and working population of Manhattan to get delivery within hours of virtually any book in print from today's bestsellers to the most hard-to-find titles from small publishers. The service also includes delivery of more than 100,000 music CDs. Barnes & Noble.com's e-commerce initiative extends to the B2B (Business to Business) Refers to one business communicating with or selling to another. See B2B e-commerce, B2C and B2G. B2B - business to business arena, where its Business Solutions program provides Fortune 1000 companies with a turn-key Intranet bookstore, enabling them to streamline and control their book purchasing process Purchasing Purchasing is the formal process of buying goods and services. The Purchasing Process can vary from one organization to another but there are some key elements that are common throughout The process usually starts with a 'Demand' or requirements . Barnes & Noble.com is also a leader in mobile commerce through its Barnes & Noble On the Go wireless shopping. Customers can now shop the company's Web site from portable devices such as PDAs and mobile phones, giving them access to any book, anywhere, any time. Barnes & Noble.com has made strategic investments in companies whose products and services enable it to increase its offerings in information products and services that are compatible with its core business. By doing so the company is able to expand its scope by benefiting from the investments, marketing and technology initiatives of industry leaders. To date, the company has invested in enews.com, the Internet's No. 1 site for discount magazine subscriptions; BuyEnlarge, which uses state-of-the-art technology to produce prints and posters on demand, and notHarvard.com, the pioneer in developing online branded universities and the concept of eduCommerce, and MightyWords, a leading provider of digital content. |
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