BARNES & NOBLE

666: Total number of Barnes & Noble superstores at the end of 2004

813: Number of Dalton outlets closed by B&N since 1989

16.4 million: Total square footage of superstores

1,700: Number of publishers B&N bought books from in 2004

42,000: Total number of employees

30: Number of employees who belong to a union—all at B&N's Sterling unit.

BORDERS

462: Number of domestic superstores

705: Number of Waldenbook outlets

42: Number of international superstores

$227: Sales per sq. ft. at domestic superstores

$371: Sales per sq. ft. at international superstores

$274: Sales per sq. ft. at Waldenbooks

12,900: Sq. footage devoted to a superstore's books

1,400: Sq. footage devoted to a superstore's cafe