Steve Riggio Sales Quotations

We are pleased with our first-quarter results, and we believe our growth in sales and market share is clear validation of the importance of e-commerce in the bookselling industry, ... We continue to achieve these gains with a minimum of promotional offers, such as free shipping, and no off-line advertising.

We are pleased with our third-quarter results, and we are confident that our significant sales growth and continued market share gains in the online book market are further evidence that Barnes & Noble.com is the destination of choice for more and more book buyers on the Web.

Third-quarter sales met expectations, benefiting from a strong hardcover release schedule in October. If our sales trend continues, we are optimistic that the company will be able to deliver its fourth-quarter results as planned.

In an environment where the flattening of e-commerce sales is being widely reported, especially in the book industry, our sales continue to grow, which is a clear indication that e-commerce is an important component of the bookselling retail marketplace,

As with the rest of the sector, sales growth will not meet the numbers we originally expected, but it will still be healthy,