FORM 3

                                               U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                                                       Washington, D.C. 20549

                                       INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

             Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility
                         Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(f) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*  2.  Date of Event Re-     4. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
   King              Gary        A.           quiring Statement
   _____________________________________      (Month/Day/Year)         Barnes & Noble, Inc.                NYSE Symbol = BKS
   (Last)           (First)     (Middle)
   c/o Barnes & Noble, Inc.                     6/4/02              5. Relationship of Reporting Person     6. If Amendment,
   122 Fifth Avenue                                                    to Issuer (Check all applicable)        Date of Original
   _____________________________________  3.  I.R.S. Identification                                            (Month/Day/Year)
                (Street)                      Number of Reporing       __ Director       __ 10% Owner
                                              Person, if an Entity
   New York          New York    10011        (Voluntary)             _X_ Officer (give  __ Other (Specify  7. Individual or Joint/
   _____________________________________                                  title below)      below)             Group Filing (Check
   (City)            (State)     (Zip)                                       Chief Information Officer         Applicable Line)
                                                                          _____________________________    _X_ Form filed by One
                                                                                                               Reporting Person
                                                                                                            __ Form filed by more
                                                                                                               than One Reporting
                                                                                                               Person
                                  Table 1 - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned

1.  Title of Security                 2. Amount of Securities     3. Ownership Form: Direct  4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial
    (Instr. 4)                           Beneficially Owned          (D) or Indirect (I)        Ownership (Instr. 5)
                                         (Instr. 4)                  (Instr. 5)
- ---------------------                    --------------------        ----------------------     -----------------------------

None.



If the form is filed by more than one Reporting Person, see Instruction 5(b)(v).

Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially owned directly or indirectly.                   (Over)

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                          Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
                      (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

1. Title of Derivative   2. Date Exercisable     3. Title and Amount of      4. Conversion or   5. Ownership     6. Nature of
   Security (Instr. 4)      and Expiration Date     Securities Underlying       Exercise Price     Form of Deri-    Indirect
- -----------------------     (Month/Day/Year)        Derivative Security         of Derivative      vative Sec-      Beneficial
                                                    (Instr. 4)                  Security           urity: Dir-      Ownership
                         ---------------------      ----------------------                         ect (D) or In-   (Instr. 5)
                                       Expira-                     Amount                          Direct (I)
                           Date Exer-  tion                       or Number                        (Instr. 5)
                           cisable     Date           Title       of Shares
                           ---------   -------     -------------  ---------     --------------    --------------    ---------------

None.



Explanation of Responses:

**   Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute
     Federal Criminal Violations.                                                  /s/Gary A. King                June 12, 2002
     See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).                               -------------------------------      -----------------
                                                                             **Signature of Reporting Person           Date
                                                                                      Gary A. King

Note: File three copies of this form, one of which must be manually signed.
      If space provided is insufficient, See Instruction 6 for procedure.                                                     Page 2

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