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Old 01-27-2024, 05:13 PM   #9
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Originally Posted by issybird View Post
Barnes & Noble has experienced a huge turnaround in the past couple of years. Here's an article from the NY Times (gift link) from only last October:

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/17/s...smid=url-share

An earlier article from NPR:

https://www.npr.org/2023/03/07/11612...-time-in-years

Apparently the limited selection of nonfiction is in response to local demand. Individual stores have much more agency now in terms of what they stock.
B&N may have experienced a "huge turnaround", but how about some financial details. The only positive number I saw was a 4% increase. They said 2021 was a record year for book sales, but they don't say if that was for B&N, Amazon, or ...

Nice articles on how the stores are changing thier appearence. I wonder how their ebook business is doing.
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