FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Marilyn Courtot CLCD Company, LLC (301) 469-2070 1-800-469-2070 marilyn@childrenslit.com CLCD NOW OFFERS ONLINE PURCHASING THROUGH A BARNES & NOBLE.COM CUSTOM BOOKSTORE Bethesda MD - April 1, 2003 - The Children’s Literature Comprehensive Database Company, LLC (CLCD) (www.childrenslit.com) and Barnes & Noble.com (NASDAQ: BNBN) (www.bn.com) have teamed up to create a CLCD custom online bookstore. CLCD subscribers and visitors to the Children’s Literature web site will now be able to purchase books from a custom bookstore developed by Barnes & Noble.com while using the CLCD database. Subscribers will receive a special discount on all purchases, including more than 50,000 library editions. “We are delighted with our new relationship with Barnes & Noble.com. With the co-branded bookstore CLCD will become an even better tool for librarians and children’s literature professionals who are looking to save time and money. Access to ordering while online at CLCD now broadens the scope of the database, while bringing an additional benefit to our subscribers in the form of a special discount at Barnes & Noble.com” stated Marilyn Courtot, president of the CLCD Company, LLC. “We are pleased to work with CLCD on this program which is a natural extension of Barnes & Noble’s commitment to serving communities across the country,” said Brian Buckley, vice president of professional sales and merchandising for Barnes & Noble.com. “CLCD subscribers will now have access to Barnes & Noble’s more than one million in-stock titles, and our vast selection of audio books, music and DVDs, and free shipping with two or more items.” About the Children's Literature Comprehensive Database CLCD is the most comprehensive children’s literature Internet resource available. With 24 review sources representing the United States, Canada, Australia and Ireland it brings the world of children’s literature to your fingertips: 900,000 MARC records, 125,000 media reviews, 200,000 award winners, state and provincial reading lists, and reading levels, 25,000 book jacket images, and 30,000 author/illustrator web links are all accessed through an easy to use, sophisticated search engine. To learn more about CLCD, go to www.childrenslit.com About Barnes & Noble.com Barnes & Noble.com is a leading online retailer of books, music and DVD/video. Since opening its online store (www.bn.com) in March 1997, Barnes & Noble.com has attracted more than 13 million customers in 232 countries. Barnes & Noble.com’s online bookstore includes the largest in-stock selection of in-print book titles with access to over one million titles for immediate delivery, supplemented by more than 20 million listings from its nationwide network of out-of-print, rare and used book dealers. Barnes & Noble.com offers its customers fast delivery, easy and secure ordering, and rich editorial content. ###