Barnes & Noble to Cut Jobs
July 18, 2009 by Stephen Kersey
Filed under Business
On Friday, Barnes & Noble says that they will be cutting more jobs. The lost jobs will be as a result of a consolidation of their publishing operations.
Based in New York, Barnes & Noble had a division of the company that published cheap books. However, the company now instead will publish those books with Sterling Publishing. Barnes & Noble purchased Sterling Publishing approximately six years ago.
The number of Barnes & Noble jobs lost due to this news isn’t immediately known, however it’s expected to be less than 20. Earlier in 2009, the company eliminated more than 90 jobs. Those lost jobs were in the form of workers employed in the Barnes & Noble corporate headquarters.
Barnes & Noble has over 750 bookstores in the United States. Each state has at least one Barnes & Noble bookstore. The exact number of employees the company has isn’t known, but it’s believed to be around 40,000.
Barnes & Noble (Image: Flickr)
