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EXCEL - IDEA: XBRL DOCUMENT - BARNES & NOBLE INCFinancial_Report.xls
10-Q - FORM 10-Q - BARNES & NOBLE INCd246759d10q.htm
EX-15.1 - LETTER FROM BDO USA, LLP - BARNES & NOBLE INCd246759dex151.htm
EX-31.2 - CERTIFICATION BY THE INTERIM CFO PURSUANT TO SECTION 302 - BARNES & NOBLE INCd246759dex312.htm
EX-32.2 - CERTIFICATION OF INTERIM CFO PURSUANT TO SECTION 906 - BARNES & NOBLE INCd246759dex322.htm
EX-31.1 - CERTIFICATION BY THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER PURSUANT TO SECTION 302 - BARNES & NOBLE INCd246759dex311.htm

Exhibit 32.1

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO

RULE 13a-14(b) UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

AND 18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,

AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO

SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

In connection with the quarterly report of Barnes & Noble, Inc. (the “Company”) on Form 10-Q for the period ended October 29, 2011, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), I, William J. Lynch, Jr., Chief Executive Officer of the Company, certify, to the best of my knowledge, pursuant to Rule 13a-14(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:

 

  (1) The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

 

  (2) The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.

 

/s/ William J. Lynch, Jr.

William J. Lynch, Jr.

Chief Executive Officer

Barnes & Noble, Inc.

December 8, 2011

A signed original of this written statement required by Section 906, or other document authenticating, acknowledging, or otherwise adopting the signature that appears in typed form within the electronic version of this written statement required by Section 906, has been provided to the Company and will be retained by the Company and furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission or its staff upon request.