Barnes & Noble Inc., a Fortune 500 company, is one of the worlds largest booksellers and one of the highest-rated bookselling brands in the United States. The company is a content, commerce and technology company that provides customers access to books, magazines, newspapers and other content across its multichannel distribution platform. It operates about 717 retail bookstores in regional shopping malls, major strip centers and freestanding locations in 50 states. In addition, Barnes & Noble Inc. has around 637 college bookstores serving nearly four million students and faculty members at colleges and universities across the United States.