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Leonard Riggio, who built Barnes & Noble into a bookselling empire, dies at 83

4:46pm August 27, 2024

Leonard Riggio transformed the publishing industry by building Barnes & Noble into the country’s most powerful bookseller before his company was overtaken by the rise of Amazon.

Yu & Me Books was a fairly new business when a fire — which broke out above the store on July 4 — caused substantial damage to the shop. Now, owner Lucy Yu is working to rebuild not just the physical bookstore, but the community around it as well.

Fire devastated this NYC Chinatown bookshop — community has rushed to its aid

11:22am August 05, 2023

by Kat Chow

Yu & Me Books was a fairly new business when a fire caused substantial damage to the shop. Now, owner Lucy Yu is working to repair not just the physical bookstore but the community around it as well.

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Barnes & Noble opened this new store in Pikesville, Md., as it began its biggest expansion in years.

How Barnes & Noble turned a page, expanding for the first time in years

10:28am March 07, 2023

by Alina Selyukh

After years on the brink, the bookseller is going for a plot twist: Sales are growing and the chain plans to open some 30 new stores. Here's what's changed.

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Jan Bolgla and Bob Roarty have owned and operated Atlanta Vintage Books for more than 16 years.

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How independent bookstores help in the fight against book banning and why it matters

5:00am September 24, 2022

by Fernando Alfonso III

An Atlanta store is one of hundreds of independent booksellers across the country celebrating the freedom to read as schools, universities and public libraries face attempts to ban or restrict books.

Paris Bookstores Are Designated Essential — But These Landmarks Struggle To Survive

6:03pm May 16, 2021

by Eleanor Beardsley

Gibert Jeune, which held a prominent place in Parisians hearts, is one of the latest to close. The pandemic is only one pressure on independent bookstores, but some have found ways to survive.

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Katie Mitchell, co-owner of Good Books in Atlanta, runs an online and pop-up bookshop with her mom, Katherine. "Things are trendy for a while ... and then they're not," she says.

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A Bittersweet Moment For Black Bookstore Owners

7:40pm June 27, 2020

by Natalie Escobar

As Black booksellers race to meet increased demand for books about race and justice, many are dealing with complicated, sometimes painful feelings about what the new business means.

The sign for a Barnes & Noble bookstore hangs above the entrance to one of its locations in Brooklyn earlier this year. The book retailer and Elliott Management Corp. announced Friday that they have agreed to a sale price of about $683 million.

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Barnes & Noble Set To Be Sold To Elliott Management For About $683 Million

3:04pm June 07, 2019

by Colin Dwyer

That price tag includes all of the book megachain's debt. Elliott's acquisition of the largest retail bookseller in the U.S. comes less than a year after it bought Waterstones, the largest in the U.K.

People pass books down a chain to help the bookstore October Books move to a new location on Sunday in Southampton, England.

How Do You Move A Bookstore? With A Human Chain, Book By Book

2:51pm October 30, 2018

by Laurel Wamsley

Shoulder to shoulder, they formed a line 500 feet long: from the stockroom of the old shop, down the sidewalk, and onto the shop floor of the new store.

Peter Reynolds, owner of Blue Bunny Books in Dedham, Mass., says he hopes the unique atmosphere will keep customers coming to independent bookstores like his.

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As Amazon Moves In, A Local Bookseller Hopes To Thrive With A Personal Touch

8:01am March 04, 2017

by Zeninjor Enwemeka

Amazon has opened its latest brick-and-mortar bookstore — the first on the East Coast. But an independent bookseller in the Boston suburb says: "I think that we're going to be OK."

Is Amazon Planning Hundreds Of Bookstores? Analysts Doubt It

10:01pm February 03, 2016

by Yuki Noguchi

A mall real estate executive let slip that Amazon plans to build up to 400 walk-in stores. Analysts were skeptical, and now the executive says his comment wasn't intended to represent Amazon's plans.

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