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BNED: History, Measurement & Companies

Barnes & Noble Education, Inc. (doing business as BNED, after its New York Stock Exchange ticker symbol) is one of the largest operators of college bookstores in the United States. As of the end of 2020, Barnes & Noble Education operated 760 campus bookstores and school-branded e-commerce sites through its Barnes & Noble College Booksellers division. The…

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BNED topic overview

The analysis highlights History, Measurement and Companies as prominent areas in the source structure around BNED.

Related topics
16
Source areas
2
Connected nodes
18
Extracted relationships
28
Concept neighborhoods
11
Bridge connections
18

What this topic covers Research coverage

Source areas are shown by the number of related topics found in each part of the analysis. Use smaller areas too: they can reveal specialized angles and content gaps.

History · 9 topics
Overview · 7 topics

Smaller areas are not necessarily less important. They contain fewer connections in this analysis and can be useful for finding specialized angles or coverage gaps.

Key facts & relationships

High-confidence facts extracted from structured source data. Use them as anchors for further research.

Founded
August 3, 2015; 11 years ago (2015-08-03)
Headquarters
Florham Park, New Jersey, United States
Brands
Yuzu digital textbook platform
Divisions
Barnes & Noble College · MBS Textbook Exchange
Key people
Jonathan Shar (CEO)
Net income
US$−102 million (2023)

Explore all related topics Closing gaps

Browse the complete topic structure, not only the most central items. Less prominent entities and concepts can reveal missing angles, specialized context and useful research gaps. Each item opens a new analysis centered on that subject.

Overview

History

Advanced semantic analysis

Deeper signals for content research, entity SEO and topical coverage. The plain-language headings explain what each technical view is useful for.

How BNED connects Entity context

The extracted context around BNED shows recurring relationship patterns in the source. For example, BNED → Barnes, In February, In June, Inc, New York Stock Exchange, Noble, Noble Education, On August, Promoversity, The Another extracted example is BNED → Barnes & Noble College, MBS Textbook Exchange. Use these groups to spot repeated connection types before inspecting the individual relationships.

BNED

Top relations

related to history · 10
BNED → Barnes, In February, In June, Inc, New York Stock Exchange, Noble, Noble Education, On August, Promoversity, The
Divisions · 2
BNED → Barnes & Noble College, MBS Textbook Exchange
Number of locations · 2
BNED → 493 virtual stores (2025), 653 physical stores (2025)
Brands · 1
BNED → Yuzu digital textbook platform
Founded · 1
BNED → August 3, 2015; 11 years ago (2015-08-03)
Headquarters · 1
BNED → Florham Park, New Jersey, United States
Key people · 1
BNED → Jonathan Shar (CEO)
Net income · 1
BNED → US$−102 million (2023)
Number of employees · 1
BNED → 4,620 (2023)
Operating income · 1
BNED → US$15.9 million (2025)

Important terminology

Use these terms to understand the vocabulary surrounding the topic, not as a checklist for keyword stuffing.

Important terminology

barnes noble college education bookstores new division inc bookstore follett exchange united states digital campus company e-commerce student jersey stores

BNED relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

TTTA extracted 28 structured relationships around BNED. Examples in this analysis include BNED → Brands → Yuzu digital textbook platform and BNED → Divisions → Barnes & Noble College. The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.

SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
BNEDBrandsYuzu digital textbook platform1.00infobox
BNEDDivisionsBarnes & Noble College1.00infobox
BNEDDivisionsMBS Textbook Exchange1.00infobox
BNEDFoundedAugust 3, 2015; 11 years ago (2015-08-03)1.00infobox
BNEDHeadquartersFlorham Park, New Jersey, United States1.00infobox
BNEDKey peopleJonathan Shar (CEO)1.00infobox
BNEDNet incomeUS$−102 million (2023)1.00infobox
BNEDNumber of employees4,620 (2023)1.00infobox
BNEDNumber of locations653 physical stores (2025)1.00infobox
BNEDNumber of locations493 virtual stores (2025)1.00infobox
BNEDOperating incomeUS$15.9 million (2025)1.00infobox
BNEDPredecessorCorporate spin-off from Barnes & Noble, Inc.1.00infobox
BNEDRevenueUS$1.61 billion (2025)1.00infobox
BNEDTotal assetsUS$980 million (2023)1.00infobox
BNEDTotal equityUS$131 million (2023)1.00infobox
BNEDTraded asNYSE: BNED S&P 600 component1.00infobox
BNEDTypePublic1.00infobox
BNEDWebsitebned.com1.00infobox

Related concept clusters Concept neighborhoods

The concept neighborhoods around BNED bring nearby vocabulary together. In this analysis, examples include States, United and Exchange. Use the clusters to find adjacent concepts and terminology that may deserve separate research.

  • BNED
    • States
    • United
    • Exchange
    • Inc
    • New
    • College
    • Noble
    • Stock
    • Symbol
    • Ticker
    • York
    • Business
  • bned
    • States
    • United
    • Exchange
    • Inc
    • New
    • College
    • Noble
    • Stock
    • Symbol
    • Ticker
    • York
    • Business
  • doing business as
    • Bned
    • Operators
    • Stock
    • Symbol
    • Ticker
    • York
    • Education
    • E-commerce
    • End
    • Follett
    • Solutions
    • States
  • new york stock exchange
    • Stock
    • Symbol
    • Ticker
    • York
    • Jersey
    • Exchange
    • Inc
    • New
    • Florham
    • Million
    • Park
    • States
  • college bookstores
    • Operated
    • Bookstores
    • College
    • Campus
    • End
    • Follett
    • States
    • United
    • E-commerce
    • Education
    • Company
    • Division
  • barnes & noble
    • Noble
    • Education
    • Bned
    • Exchange
    • Inc
    • College
    • Division
    • New
    • Bookstores
    • Acquired
    • August
    • E-commerce
  • mcgraw-hill education
    • Noble
    • Division
    • Digital
    • Exchange
    • Student
    • College
    • Bookstores
    • Bned
    • Acquired
    • August
    • Business
    • E-commerce
  • united states
    • States
    • United
    • Florham
    • Park
    • Stock
    • Symbol
    • Ticker
    • York
    • Follett
    • Jersey
    • Million
    • Stores

Connections between topic areas Semantic bridges

For BNED, one of the stronger structural bridges in this analysis connects BNED with History. Bridges highlight paths between different parts of the map and can reveal research angles that are easy to miss in a flat list.

Min side: 3
BNED — History · splits 9 ⟂ 10
BNED — Overview · splits 11 ⟂ 8

Map overview Semantic statistics

BNED

Nodes19
Edges18
Triples28
Avg. degree1.89
Density0.105263
Components1

Source & methodology

TTTA analyzes the structure around BNED to surface related topics, entities, relationships, concept neighborhoods and bridge connections. Use the map to explore areas such as History, Measurement & Companies, including less central topics that may reveal useful research gaps. Automatically extracted connections are research leads rather than rewritten encyclopedia content.

Source: Wikipedia — BNED · EN edition · Analysis: TopicsToTalkAbout

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