Hillary Rodham Clinton to Visit Union Square Barnes & Noble in Manhattan on June 10 as First Stop on National Book Tour For Hard Choices

Barnes & Noble, Inc. (NYSE: BKS), the nation’s largest retail bookseller and the leading retailer of content, digital media and educational products, today announced that former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton will kick off her national book tour for Hard Choices on Tuesday, June 10, at the Union Square Barnes & Noble (33 East 17th Street) in Manhattan. Secretary Clinton will sign copies of her new book beginning at 11:00 A.M.

A limited number of wristbands will be distributed starting at 8 A.M. on Tuesday, June 10, and will be distributed on a first-come, first-served basis. Customers will have their copies of Hard Choices signed in the order they arrive. A limit of one book per customer will be signed and the signing of other books or memorabilia will not be permitted. The author will sign a limited number of copies of Hard Choices. Secretary Clinton will also appear at Barnes & Noble at the Grove in Los Angeles on June 19 at 11:30 A.M. Pacific Time.

Hard Choices (published by Simon & Schuster) is Hillary Rodham Clinton’s inside account of the crises, choices, and challenges she faced during her four years as America’s 67th Secretary of State, and how those experiences drive her view of the future. Her previous books, It Takes a Village: And Other Lessons Children Teach Us and Living History were published in 1996 and 2003 respectively and were both critically acclaimed bestsellers. All of Secretary Clinton’s books are available at Barnes & Noble stores nationwide and online at BN.com.

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