barnesandnoble.com Celebrates New Music Store with Exclusive Downloadable Track from Jewel

Business Wire,  July 7, 1999  

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NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 7, 1999--

Previously Unreleased Live Track Available Only at http://www.bn.com

To celebrate the launch of its comprehensive new online Music Store, barnesandnoble.com (http://www.bn.com) (Nasdaq: BNBN) is offering a previously unreleased live recording from multi-platinum Atlantic Records artist Jewel. The track, "Deep Water," is available for exclusive digital download, courtesy of Atlantic. The grand opening celebration also offers customers 30% off more than 200 classical and jazz box sets in addition to everyday pricing of up to 30% off selections throughout the store. The Jewel download promotion begins today at the barnesandnoble.com Music Store.

This special live version of "Deep Water" was recorded during Jewel's recent tour of Australia. Using the freely downloadable Liquid(tm) Player software from Liquid Audio, Inc., Jewel fans and other visitors to the Music Store site can preview the song, view the lyrics and CD art, and securely download the track to their personal computer. The original studio version of "Deep Water" appears on Jewel's current Atlantic album, Spirit. All of Jewel's releases, including albums, books, and sheet music, are available at the new barnesandnoble.com Music Store.

The Music Store offers comprehensive music titles across 16 categories including Classical, Jazz, Alternative, Blues, Broadway and Soundtracks, Country, Dance and DJ, Folk, Kids, New Age, Pop, R&B/Soul, Rap and Hip-Hop, Rock and World. "Listening Walls" in the main categories feature 30-second music samples in streaming audio.

barnesandnoble.com's Music Store features hundreds of thousands of albums, more than 20,000 artist biographies, more than 50,000 music reviews and album ratings, as well as editorial suggestions on artists with similar music styles. The music site is powered by the All-Music Guide database, the most authoritative source for recorded music online. The Music Store also contains the first online classical music superstore.

Jewel made her recording debut in 1995 with the release of her first Atlantic album, Pieces of You. Recently certified nine-times platinum by the RIAA, the album includes the hit singles "You Were Meant For Me," "Who Will Save Your Soul," and "Foolish Games." Spirit, Jewel's second album, was released by Atlantic in November 1998 and made its debut at #3 on the Billboard 200 chart. The album - which features "Hands," "Down So Long," and the new single, "Jupiter (Swallow The Moon)" - has hit the four million mark in U.S. sales. Jewel's considerable achievements as a singer, songwriter, and performer represent just one area of her creative life. Her first book of poetry, A Night Without Armor, was published last year and became a mainstay on the New York Times bestseller list. This fall, she will make her acting debut in Ride With The Devil, the new film from acclaimed director Ang Lee (Sense and Sensibility, The Ice Storm).

About barnesandnoble.com

Since launching its online business in May 1997, barnesandnoble.com (Nasdaq:BNBN) quickly has become one of the world's largest Web sites and the fifth largest e-commerce retailer, according to Media Metrix. Focused largely on the sale of books and related products, the company has capitalized on the recognized brand value of the Barnes & Noble name to become the second-largest, and one of the fastest growing, online distributors of books.

Customers can choose from millions of new and out-of-print titles and enjoy a variety of related content such as author chats, book synopses and reader reviews. The site also offers thousands of bargain books discounted up to 91 percent, the most popular software and magazine titles, music, and gift items for every occasion. With access to Barnes & Noble's more than 750,000 in-stock titles, barnesandnoble.com has the largest standing inventory of any online bookseller ready for immediate delivery. The URL, http://www.bn.com, makes site easy to find, and its Express Lane single-click ordering process ensure fast and convenient purchasing.

The barnesandnoble.com affiliate network has more than 120,000 members and the company maintains strategic alliances with major Web portals and content sites, such as AOL, Lycos and MSN. The company is also a leader in business-to-business e-commerce with its unique Business Solutions program.

About Atlantic Records

In 1998, Atlantic Records celebrated its 50th anniversary. Growing from literally a one-room operation into a global enterprise, the label has released a string of recordings which have had a profound impact on the course of modern music. Today, the Atlantic Group releases recordings by artists working in a spectrum of musical genres, including: pop, rock, R&B, country, jazz, musical theatre, classical, world music, Christian/gospel, and comedy. In the 90s, Atlantic has been a pioneer in the marriage of music and new technology-- from the launch of its acclaimed website (www.atlantic-records.com) four years ago, to the establishment of its industry-leading MultiMedia Lab, to the 1998 opening of its state-of-the-art in-house direct-to-web digital studio, to its array of multimedia releases. The Atlantic Group is a Warner Music Group company. Warner Music Group, the world's leading music entertainment company, is a division of Time Warner Inc.

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