Barnes & Noble’s Discovery Friday is a first-of-its-kind, one-day nationwide event (nearly 700 stores) that will offer customers the chance to jump-start their holiday shopping this Friday, November 22nd. I know, I know…how can you possibly fit any more into your Black Friday romps and missions. It will be tough, but I think that this event is something you should fit in somehow, some way. Of course, I love Barnes & Noble, so I may be biased…but hey.
Discovery Friday will feature fun and beginning of holiday season festive events for the entire family including games, giveaways, author and celebrity appearances, special deals and discounted products. On top of all of that, you have the chance to win a $1,000 shopping spree. I’m pretty sure that would help you pick up a few stocking stuffers.
There will be special one-day NOOK® offers and Discovery Friday deals available in-store on November 22 but the main focus for the event is on customers who enjoy the art of discovery and appreciate the human touch. Yes, real help from real people…not a “you might like this” box somewhere on some website. Don’t you miss actually interacting with people? Barnes & Noble’s thousands of knowledgeable booksellers will be on the front lines to offer shoppers complimentary gift advice and personalized picks for even the most difficult to buy for recipients on their holiday lists. Nice.
Shopping not enough to get you and the kids out and about? Well about all this entertainment:
- Local book signings and appearances featuring hundreds of favorite authors and celebrities
- Duck Dynasty cut-out beards photo station and giveaway
- Holiday-themed Storytimes featuring much-loved favorites at the following times:
- 10 a.m. If You Give a Mouse a Cookie
- 2 p.m. The Day the Crayons Quit
- 7 p.m. The Elf on the Shelf: A Christmas Tradition
- Family-friendly games and activities, including Lego Chima CHI Battles racing tournament and a Moleskine-sponsored “Every Reader is a Writer” activity
- Barnes & Noble Café games and puzzles available to play, featuring Scrabble, Rummy, Spades and many more. Customers will also receive a collectible toy with a Café purchase while supplies last.
- Activities for kids and teens featuring top books like The Heroes of Olympusseries, Divergent series, The Fault in Our Stars, The Fifth Wave and SparkNotes’ popular No Fear Shakespeare series
What? You want free stuff and fun gifts? How about this:
- Catching Fire (Hunger Games Series #2) temporary tattoos
- Harry Potter commemorative posters featuring 15th Anniversary edition cover art
- The Heroes of Olympus series and Divergent series posters and other collectible items
- The Book Thief discussion guide and enter-to-win movie posters
- Exclusive John Green collectible quote decals from The Fault in Our Stars
- Poster from Rick Yancey’s The Fifth Wave series
- The Elf on the Shelf: A Christmas Tradition coloring book and enter-to-winThe Elf on the Shelf: A Christmas Tradition and The Elf on the Shelf: A Birthday Tradition
- Plus a selection of stickers, movie posters and much more
Visit www.bn.com/DiscoveryFriday to learn more and discover all the exciting activities, super deals, and special guests that will be available at Barnes & Noble stores nationwide on November 22.
For more information on Barnes & Noble visit::
- Twitter (www.bn.com/twitter)
- Facebook (www.facebook.com/barnesandnoble)
- YouTube (www.youtube.com/barnesandnoble)
To help put you in the Discovery Friday mood…Lady and the Blog and B & N is giving one (1) lucky reader a $50 Barnes & Noble gift card!
I like the family-friendly activities, like the Lego races.
Family-friendly games and activities rock. Kids would be very excited in participating.
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They would enjoy the coloring and sticker sheet activities, the teens would love the games in the cafe. karenmed409 at comcast dot net
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The family friendly games and activities interest me.
I would like the giveaways!
I like the idea of the Family-friendly games and activities! The Elf on the shelf theme sounds cute too!
I love that Barnes and Noble’s Discovery Friday will feature fun and beginning of holiday season festive events for the entire family including games, giveaways, author and celebrity appearances, special deals and discounted products.
reejen at comcast dot net
I like all the activies for kids.
I like that Discovery Fridays will offer games, signings and fun for the family.
The guys in my house would like the Duck Dynasty cut-out beards photo station and giveaways.
I like that the Discovery Friday plans include the whole family, we can all find something we enjoy doing. Sounds like a ton of fun. freddie8768 at gmail dot com
The every reader is a writer activity with a free moleskine art journal sounds like fun!
My kids are grown and I have no grand kids. So I just go and buy books. Me and my husband are avid readers.
book signings!
i like the giveaways and activities
I would like to join in the “every reader is a writer” activity. You get a Moleskin journal just for participating.
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I like Discovery Friday because there is something for the whole family and it’s not all about books there are activities too. rudybull @hotmail.com
the giveaways
I would like to take my kids to the If You Give a Mouse a Cookie storytime.
Love that there’s something for the whole family
I like the every reader is a writer activity.
I believe my eyes saw nothing else but the Harry Potter commemorative poster part. [email protected]
the book signings
What a great idea, the dy the crayons quit looks great ,will def go and check it out
i like the family friendly games available
I love the holiday-themed story times!!
I think the Duck Dynasty cut-out beards photo station and giveaway would be fun.
i like the giveaways and activities
I like the giveaways and book signings.
I’m excited about the Holiday themed storytimes!
I like the giveaways 🙂
I love that there are so many different activities
I like the giveaways
I like the giveaways and kids activities
I like how they offer a sweepstakes
The readings would be fun for my sons!
I love all the free gifts, especially for the Catching Fire movie.
I like the author and celebrity appearances.
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I LOVE B&N!
The storytimes and giveaways sound like fun!
I LOVE B&N!
I like the storytimes and giveaways!
I like the giveaways
I like that it’s an event for the whole family.
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Heroes of Olympus
I love that the events encourage customers of all ages to flex their creativity and engage in writing, games, and puzzles!
I look forward to the Dr.Who event. My boyfriend is a fanatic.
I love how family friendly it is 🙂
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I’m looking forward to family game night and the first snow fall of the season.
i like the duck dynasty cut out beards
Early shopping, family activities, and a chance to win a shopping spree while promoting the improtance of literacy.
Dr Who event!
I like the games and puzzles available!
The kids activities. [email protected]
the giveaways and activities
Duck Dynasty cut-out beards photo station and giveaway is my favorite!!
love all the giveaways and that the booksellers will try and offer personalized ideas!
Duck Dynasty cut-out beards photo station and giveaway
I think the chance to win a $1000 shopping spree would have to be the best thing.
I love the holiday themed stories.
The Lego Chima CHI Battles racing tournament!
The shopping spree would be the best for me.
The activities for kids and teens
The-Holiday-themed Storytimes featuring much-loved favorites.
Lots and lots of family games. We are a game playing family.
It’s a great way to entertain kids for free
I like the games and puzzles section
I love that it’s at barne’s and noble’s my hubby’s fave store!
I love all the activities and winning stuff is the best
I love the family friendly games and activities. This is the time for families to share and participate together. Thanks
It would keep my 4 year old out of things for more than 5 minutes!
I like the children’s stories.
the children stories and toys!
I love the games section
I like that there will be human beings there to help you with gift buying
I like that is fun for the whole family.
The family games that everyone can enjoy.
great games for the whole family – regnod(at)yahoo(d0t)com
We always welcome opportunities for good “old-fashioned” family fun, with games and stories and the emphasis on sharing and doing things together. And I’d be lying if I didn’t admit that the chance (however remote!) to possibly win a $1,000 Shopping Spree…
… you’re going to make some very lucky reader (family!) very very happy indeed! Thanks for the chance!
I like the storytime events.
The Book Thief discussion and chance to receive a free movie poster
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I like the family-friendly games and activities.
i like the games for family
Local book signings and appearances featuring hundreds of favorite authors and celebrities!
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games and activities for kids!
I love the activities for kids!
giveaways and activities
I like the activities for kids and teens featuring top books.
Love all the giveaways1
I like the activities for teens. Most things like this are centered around younger kids and families. It’s nice to have something specifically geared toward teens.
The Duck Dynasty Beards photo thing is so funny! Lol! I love it! 🙂 ~Lynda ilikevindiesel(at)yahoo.com
I love all of the creative activities!
I like that they have story time events!
I like the games
The games are cool
The Duck Dynasty photo station
annabella @ centurytel dot net
I love the idea of personalized picks from real people and human interaction!
I think we would love the Duck Dynasty Photo Station! We love that show!
I love the things to do for kids
I like the games section.
i love the holiday themed stories.
i love the activities
i like the holiday themed shows.
The scheduled stuff for teens. my son loved the Divergent series.
I love the family themed activities.
i am excited about the
The chance to enter to win $1000!! ([email protected])
Story time would be fun for kids.
Thanks for the contest.
I really like the holiday shows!
The Every Reader is a Writer event sounds really interesting.
I am excited about the activities!
I think the best part is the chance to win a $1,000 shopping spree. Thanks!
I like the family theme and fun specials
I like story time. My grandson would love that.
ladyt64 at gmail dot com
The chance to win a $1000 shopping spree in the store
The activities sound like a lot of fun [email protected]
I like the deals that they are going to have.
joyq19135 at yahoo dot com
I like the book signings.
The activities geared toward family.
I like the activities on the human touch.
Thanks for the giveaway…Duck Dynasty cut-out beards photo station !
It would have been fun for the kids