James Daunt

Barnes & Noble, Inc. engages in the provision of access to trade books and other content across its multi-channel distribution platform to its customers. It operates through Barnes & Noble Retail (B&N Retail), and NOOK segments. The B&N Retail segment focuses in the retail bookstores under the Barnes & Noble Booksellers trade name, which includes also publishing operations, Sterling Publishing. The NOOK segment refers to the digital business, offering digital books and magazines for sale and consumption online comprises of digital content such as eBooks, digital newsstand and sales of NOOK devices and accessories to B&N Retail. The company was founded by Leonard S. Riggio in December 1986 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Waterstone's Booksellers Ltd. owned and operated bookstores. The company offered books related to art and photography, biography, business, finance, comics, computing, education, and history. The company was founded in 1982 and was headquartered in Brentford, UK.

Sterling Publishing Co., Inc. publishes nonfiction books. It publishes books on subjects such as crafts, gardening, woodworking, health, and children's books. The company was founded by David Alfred Boehm in 1949 and is headquartered in New York, NY.