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Forget the airport bar — the only place I go before a flight is the airport bookstore
You can keep your airport lounges and bars. The airport bookstore is my safe space before a flight.
Gabbi Shaw
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Independent bookstores once considered Barnes & Noble the enemy, but its CEO loves small bookstores so much, he owns 9 of his own
Barnes & Noble's CEO opened his first Daunt Books in 1990 and he still owns the chain today, despit…
Avery Hartmans
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I went to a new romance-only bookstore in NYC. It helped me embrace books I used to be embarrassed to read.
The Ripped Bodice, a romance-only bookstore originally based in LA, recently opened a location in B…
Julia Pugachevsky
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A mom treated her 12-year-old son to a massive shopping spree at a bookstore, spending over $270 on 47 books in just two minutes
Their video went viral, as TikTok viewers — including a Barnes & Noble employee — said …
Kieran Press-Reynolds
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A new book reveals how Amazon used 'shady' strategies at its bookstores to drive up Prime subscriptions
In this excerpt from 'Winner Takes All,' author Jason Del Rey shares insights into Amazon's retail …
Jason Del Rey
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More than 200 books in Amazon's bookstore have ChatGPT listed as an author or coauthor
The real number of books authored by the chatbot could be much higher as Amazon policies do not req…
Beatrice Nolan
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Millennial and Gen Z nostalgia is bringing back book sales, indie bookstores, and Barnes & Noble
Nostalgia is a powerful force for spending — especially for young adults, who miss the chain …
Hillary Hoffower
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I quit my well-paid job with one of the world's best-selling magazines to open a bookstore
After Tom Rowley wrote an article about bookshops as a reporter for The Economist, he found it awok…
Sam Tabahriti
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At one of New York's most popular bookstores, virtual events offered a pandemic lifeline - but they also lacked the same thrill as in-person events
As New York City reopens, Sabir Sultan, events director at Strand Bookstore, discussed the highs an…
Kevin Shalvey
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A struggling bookstore owner tweeted that business was so slow she couldn't pay her bills. Within days, followers came together to keep her afloat.
A post appealing to #BookTwitter for their support was viewed over 6.1 million times, as users orde…
Andrew Lloyd
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Iconic American bookstore Powell's ditches Amazon, and says quitting the tech giant is like kicking a smoking habit
Powell's CEO Emily Powell said Amazon's business has had a "detrimental impact" on booksellers and …
Madeline Stone
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10 bookstores built in strange places around the world, from boats to bank vaults
To get you in the mood for National Book Lovers Day on August 9, here are bookstores located in une…
Matthew Wilson
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Luxury resorts in the Maldives hire 'Barefoot Booksellers' to run their quaint island bookshops. Meet 2 women who got the gig.
Aislinn Shivakumar and Alice Spencer are living the dream, having left lockdown in London behind to…
Sophie-Claire Hoeller
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A Chicago bookstore owner says a customer returned $800 worth of books after using them to stage a home for the holidays: 'That one sale was a third of our rent'
"Humans are so wonderful. We've had orders from all over the country pour in," bookseller Rebecca G…
Katie Balevic
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A dreamlike bookstore in China is being compared to iconic fictional worlds, and the photos are mesmerizing
Dujiangyan Zhongshuge bookstore in China is being compared to iconic fictional worlds like Harry Po…
Melissa Wiley
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We spoke to employees of NYC's beloved 93-year-old Strand Book Store who say its millionaire owner's attempts to save the struggling business are making it harder than ever to run the store
The skeleton crew that remains say they're overworked and undermined. "We miss our friends. We miss…
Jennifer Ortakales,Bartie Sco…
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A cyber attack on Barnes & Noble may have exposed customers' home addresses and emails
Barnes & Noble has no evidence that customer data was exposed in an October 10 cyber attack, but sa…
Grace Dean
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Coronavirus took away their NCAA tournament, but life is bigger than ball for these Stanford WBB players
"I think there's an equivalence of final four of other aspects of your life," said Mikaela Brewer, …
Inyoung Choi
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Support for Black-owned businesses skyrocketed to historic levels in the last 2 months, according to a new Yelp report
The number of Yelp searches for Black-owned businesses grew by over 7,000% in the last two months c…
Irene Jiang
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A bookstore in Beijing features book tunnels that lead to cozy reading nooks and a café
Elements throughout the new bookstore were inspired by traditional gardens, bamboo forests, and fam…