Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows (Parenthetical) (B&N Education, LLC, Common Stock)	0 Months Ended	9 Months Ended
Dec. 03, 2014	Jan. 31, 2015
B&N Education, LLC \| Common Stock
Acquisition of Preferred Membership Interests, Shares issued	2,737,290	2,737,290

Number of shares of equity interests issued or issuable to acquire entity.

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 805

-SubTopic 30

-Section 50

-Paragraph 1

-Subparagraph (b)(4)

-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=35744584&loc=d3e6927-128479

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