barnesandnoble.com Offers Special Gifts and
Sweepstakes Prizes for Mother's Day
May 1, 1998
NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE) via
NewsEdge Corporation --
Prizes include Bouquets of Flowers for a
Whole Year from
1-800-FLOWERS
barnesandnoble.com, the world's largest
online bookseller, offers plenty of fresh
ideas for Mother's Day. Whether she's your
mother, mother-in-law, stepmom, grandma
or special friend, she'll be delighted to
receive these unique gifts. In addition,
Mom will be eligible for our special Mother's
Day sweepstakes.
Celebrate Mom! Sweepstakes
barnesandnoble.com teamed up with
1-800-FLOWERS to offer "Books & Blooms,"
two-in-one gifts for Mother's Day, that
can be found on barnesandnoble.com's
"Gift Center." "Books & Blooms" offers
three gift specials:
-- Pink Mini Rose Plants plus Chicken Soup
for the Mother's Soul:
101 Stories to Open the Hearts and
Rekindle the Spirits of
Mothers, edited by a number of writers
including Jack Canfield
and Mark Victor Hansen ($47.99).
-- A Spa Basket plus Modern Woman: A
Stress Relief Manual Just for
Women by Patricia Martin ($45.99). The
basket contains a body
bath bush, sisal back strap, loofah foam
sponge, bath scrunchie,
aromatherapy candle/eucalyptus, bath
salts, and honey and oatmeal
soaps, plus the manual, to help soothe
even the most stressed-out
Mom.
-- A Chocolate Heart Box (solid milk
chocolate box filled with 22
ounces of foil-wrapped, milk chocolate
hearts) plus Chocolate for
a Woman's Heart by Kay Allenbaugh. Ms.
Allenbaugh has compiled 77
all new stories by and for women about
friendship, faith,
courage, children, parents, and love.
When you buy any one of the "Books &
Blooms" gifts between now and May 7,
1998, you are automatically entered into
the "Celebrate Mom! Sweepstakes." One
lucky Mom will win a beautiful bouquet of
flowers each month for a full year. Online
visitors should see official rules for details,
including alternative means of entry.
Daughters & Mother Sweepstakes
Between now and May 8, 1998,
purchasers of Daughters & Mothers by
Lauren Cowen and Jayne Wexler ($19.98)
from barnesandnoble.com will be
automatically entered in the "Daughters &
Mothers Sweepstakes." Five lucky winners
will each receive a $100 gift certificate for
guilt-free shopping at one of these great
stores -- Barnes and Noble, J. Crew,
Williams-Sonoma, Godiva Chocolatier, or
Crate & Barrel. Online visitors should see
official rules for details, including
alternative means of entry.
Daughters & Mothers is a collection of
stirring essays and photographs of 30
mothers and daughters celebrating their
kinship. The book features women who are
politicians, musicians, athletes, actresses
and everyday people. They include
mothers and grandmothers, toddlers and
teenagers.
About barnesandnoble.com
barnesandnoble.com is a leading retailer of
books and the exclusive bookseller to
American Online(AOL)'s 12 million
subscribers. barnesandnoble.com also has
exclusive partnerships with more than
6,000 Web sites through its " Affiliate
Network," including CNN Interactive,
Disney, Lycos, and ZDNet.
barnesandnoble.com continues to bring
bookselling innovation to the Internet. It
was the first online bookseller to offer
deep discounts and the first to carry an
extensive inventory on its shelves.
Currently, the company stocks more than
600,000 titles in its state-of-the-art
distribution center, which is the largest
standing inventory of any bookseller
online.
About Barnes & Noble Inc.
Barnes & Noble Inc. operates 481 Barnes &
Noble bookstores and 520 B. Dalton
bookstores. Barnes & Noble stores offer an
authoritative selection of more than
175,000 titles from more than 10,000
publishers with an emphasis on small,
independent publishers and university
presses. The company also publishes
books under the Barnes & Noble imprint for
exclusive sale through its retail stores and
nationwide mail-order catalogs.
General financial information on Barnes &
Noble Inc. can be obtained via the
Internet by visiting the company's investor
relations Web site:
shareholder.com.
About 1-800-FLOWERS
1-800-FLOWERS, headquartered in
Westbury, New York, is the world's largest
florist and is recognized as a leading
integrated marketer.
1-800-FLOWERS is accessible through the
company's stores, via the Internet and
through online services, and by calling
1-800-FLOWERS 24 hours a day, 7 days a
week. All 1-800-FLOWERS orders are
custom-crafted to reflect the sentiments
of the sender and are delivered only
through the best neighborhood florists
worldwide.
CONTACT: Ben Boyd | (212) 414-6014 |
bboyd@bnweb.com
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