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Barnes & Noble: Groundbreaking Entrepreneurs | Kayla Morgan
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Examines the lives and achievements of bookselling legends Charles Barnes and G. Clifford Noble.
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OrangeMooseReads
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I went to B&N 😳

umbrellagirl I want that tote! 4y
LeslieO So cute! 4y
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TheBookgeekFrau
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Thank god this #BarnesAndNoble #BookHaul starts tomorrow! I've lost interest in a good portion of the books in my #TBR pile 😕

Can't wait til tomorrow 💃📚📚📚
#BNbokhaul

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Johanna414
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Just saw this article that Barnes & Noble has been bought by Waterstones!
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2019/06/07/barnes-noble-sold-to-elliott-man...

LibrarianRyan Not exactly. It was bought by a hedge fund. The same hedge fund that bought Waterstones a year ago. 6y
Johanna414 @LibrarianRyan I guess I did see that but didn‘t articulate very well. I‘m hoping that this will bring some changes that help he company get back on its feet. I have to drive an hour and a half to get to Barnes & Noble, but it‘s still the nearest bookstore to me... 6y
umbrellagirl Not happy about this. 6y
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Johanna414 @umbrellagirl why not? I‘ll admit ignorance as I haven‘t been following the Barnes & Noble news closely, just happened upon this article. And I don‘t know much about the group that bought it or Waterstones. I live in the middle of nowhere, so BN is my only option to buy books in person. 6y
LibrarianRyan @Johanna414 my last town was that way. They had a Walden‘s until Borders closed. Then it was over an hour to go to a book store. I read. Few versions on this story today. One talked about giving local stores more control which could be good, but also about more pushing on publishers. Some of the same practices as amazon and that worries me. (edited) 6y
LibrarianRyan @umbrellagirl I‘m on the fence. I‘m curious about your objections. 6y
SleepyDragon As I understand, the alternative is that it closes and thousands of employees are out of a job, and we all have less bookstores. I'm not very well informed, though, and am interested to hear the negatives. 6y
umbrellagirl @LibrarianRyan based on the Waterstone‘s model, workers are not paid living wages and there is also the way they deal with publishers and authors. They carry a smaller range and sell at higher discounted rates. 6y
LibrarianRyan @umbrellagirl that‘s what I was reading. A more “amazon” style. I hope not. 6y
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TracyReadsBooks
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Big news in the book world today. Hopefully this means great things for Barnes & Noble moving forward.

Bklover Hope so!! The article I read made it sound like it‘s good news 6y
TracyReadsBooks @Bklover That was my take away too. Hope it‘s the case—the more bookstores the better. 6y
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Leftcoastzen
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Not good news.

Theaelizabet Do you know anything about them? 6y
Theaelizabet Oh, Googled them. 6y
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Leftcoastzen @Theaelizabet They also own Waterstones, Brits could chime in here. What concerns me is articles that say they can leverage their power to get bigger discounts from publishers,this is not a high profit, high margin industry. More consolidation means less choice in the stores and from publishers . I guess I‘d rather see them survive longer but I‘m not optimistic.It‘s a hedge fund company. (edited) 6y
Theaelizabet Yeah, I find the hedge fund part troubling. 6y
cathipink Yeah I'd be curious about how Waterstones is run/what they're like. B and N has been in trouble for so long that it didn't seem like there were many, if any, good outcomes. I'll be curious to hear what Jeff and Rebecca on the Book Riot podcast have to say as they've been talking about the business woes of B and N for a while. 6y
rretzler Hmmm. At least it‘s perhaps a reprieve for B&N. And if they already own Waterstones, perhaps they‘re making a bigger commitment to the book industry, which could be a good thing - at least for readers (maybe not so much for authors) (edited) 6y
Leftcoastzen @cathipink I will have to check out those podcasts.I am always conflicted because I came up in bookselling pre Amazon and pre big box stores.Found myself rooting against them now rooting for anything that puts books in readers hands and for the sustainability of publishing. (edited) 6y
cathipink Yeah - it's more than a little ironic that their own tactics (used against them, by Amazon) are what ended up bringing their biggest problems. There are a lot of towns in which B&N is their only choice, certainly for a wide range of books. I switched to only buying books in person a few years ago - sometimes that means B&N and I'm ok with that. 6y
Susannah @cathipink I totally agree. B&N is my only option for browsing books and magazines (I‘m an avid magazine reader) in person—in Orange County, CA, which is large enough to contain an independent bookstore or two; there‘s just no interest. 6y
cathipink @Susannah that stinks! I know there are some great shops in dtla, but I'm sure that's quite a drive for you 😢 6y
Susannah @cathipink, exactly. The Los Angeles bookshops are great, but if I want to run out to pick up something quickly, it‘s a bit far.... Actually, it‘s not that far; it just takes half a day to get there in weekday traffic. ☹️ 6y
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bookish_wookish
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Woot Woot! Last time they did this i only got three books and they were out of totes! 😔 So heres hoping this year is better! ☺️

Princess-Kingofkings I bet you'll have to be there when the doors open. Good luck! 6y
LibrarianRyan I‘m going after work. !! 6y
LibrarianRyan I got a Nancy Drew tote last time. I think I put it in a swap box. 6y
wordzie 😎 6y
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nikkiy_reads
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Books and a bag, what else can I want right now

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bookish_wookish
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My feet hurt, my back hurts, and my wallet hurts.

CareBear But your heart is probably happy! ❤️ 6y
bookish_wookish Indeed it is! 🥰 @CareBear 6y
BookBabe Lol, that‘s how I feel every time I go there! 😂 6y
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bookish_wookish But i wouldnt have it any other way! 😂@BookBabe 6y
Readergrrl I was just in BN about an hour ago!! They‘re having some great deals! Bought more than I needed (of course)!! 6y
bookish_wookish The clearance gets me everytime! @Readergrrl 6y
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GypsyKat
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Gotta love a bookstore date! 📚❤️☕️

Leftcoastzen Yay! 6y
Linear I met my husband at a BN 6y
Texreader Pre-kids all of our married dates were to bookstores. We rarely date anymore but it‘s often to bookstores! ❤️❤️❤️ 6y
GypsyKat @Linear Awe! Love that! 6y
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BeansPage
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New #BookHaul video!!! Check it out guys! 😃

https://youtu.be/rDDZ5dibkyw

Bklover I love that Emerson book. You‘re right- it‘s beautiful! I just left BN about an hour ago. Now I‘ll have to go back, darn it ! 💛😊 6y
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BeansPage
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TheWordJar That‘s just depressing! 😥 6y
Lovesbooks87 No!!! I go to Barnes & Noble every Saturday morning and everyone that works there is so nice. I love walking around the story and seeing what amazing books I can find! 6y
RJHowe They are not dead yet, just exploring options. Canada‘s big book chain Chapters/indigo, on the other hand, are planning to expand into the US. 6y
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BeansPage @TheWordJar @Lovesbooks87 I know this is so sad. But they are failing in business and they're actually thinking of selling here shortly. It's sad to know that big chain bookstores will no longer exist in our country. 😢 6y
BeansPage @RJHowe that would be amazing if that happened!!! 😄 6y
StillLookingForCarmenSanDiego I'm genuinely shocked that Barnes & Noble is closing down. Our national bookstore chain appears to be thriving, I hope were not headed in the same direction though. 🙁 6y
StillLookingForCarmenSanDiego @RJHowe I just commented about how Chapters seems to be thriving. I was a little concerned for it after hearing about B&N though. You gave me a great sense of relief. 6y
RJHowe Chapters moving south is not an “if” but a “when” . The first one is due to open in NJ soon 6y
BeansPage @RJHowe that is amazing!!! I hope they do well here 🤞🏻😁🤞🏻 6y
Bookwomble If only people would stop buying books from Amazon and stop using Kindles, which tie you in to Amazon. 6y
LiztheBibliophile I love Amazon. I also love Barnes, and my locally owned small bookstore here on our Main St. in my town. I buy ebooks and print. I use my library too. I don't see Amazon as a bully, I see them as a very successful business, and I do wish that Barnes could compete and coexist and be equally successful. 6y
riversong153 @RJHowe the one in NJ opened, I went there on Sunday. I loved it. It is a really interesting and well layed out bookstore. 6y
SleepyDragon @LiztheBibliophile I agree with you. I love B&N, but they do not price competitively. There's a store about an hour from me in a mall, and about 60% of it is non-book merch. It looks more like a SunCoast movie store than a bookstore. I don't think that was a move in the right direction. They need to offer something Amazon doesn't. 6y
jb72 Personally I think BN needs to clean up their act and their stores. When I lived in FL, I used to go there about once a week. The stores were always messy. They need a new flow. I just found a halfway priced bookstore near where I live, and it‘s very close to BN. 6y
Woodsangel Unfortunately it doesn‘t help that BN isn‘t very good to its long time employees. I had a friend that was working there and BN fired all the employees that were there longer than 5+ years to get rid of their healthcare and said they can reapply but as a brand new employee, losing all of their benefits. 🤷🏻‍♀️ 6y
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Texreader
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I gave a speech today about negotiating contracts for cloud computing. My copresenter had the sexy topic: artificial intelligence in the cloud. We each got a perfect gift card as thank you gifts!

LiteraryinPA Congrats! Do you have specific books in mind? 6y
GingerAntics Oh lucky!!! 6y
Texreader @LiteraryinLititz Some of my fave authors have new books now or soon but almost certainly the new Jussi Adler Olsen book: 6y
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bookish_wookish
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Went to Barnes & Noble and bought everything but books! 😂 Damn you 75% off sale! Also this mug wasnt on sale but im mad i didnt buy it! Little known fact no matter where i go people think i work there! Its so bizarre and this mug is so perfect!

hermyknee I had that mug for a few years and used to take it to work with me 😂 6y
bookish_wookish I would definitely do that too! 😂 @hermyknee 6y
zzz 😂 i needed this for the other day when I was at Target and some lady came up to me asking about the sales. No, I didnt have a red shirt on 😁 6y
bookish_wookish Right! At one point it was happening everyday! 😂😂 @JenIsAlwaysReading 6y
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MinDea
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Well...this sucks. ☹️ Wonder what this will mean for the future of B&N. 😲

I am an Amazon shopper but I hate that it is running companies out of business...especially this one! 😩

GypsyKat 😱😱😱 6y
TaylorMay 🙁🙁🙁🙁 what about all my Nook Books?!?! 6y
SaturnDoo 😭 this, along with other reasons, is why I am not an Amazon shopper 😂 6y
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Robothugs ☹️☹️☹️☹️☹️☹️ 6y
Lovesbooks87 No!!! I hope nothing happens to them, I love being able to walk around a bookstore and look for new exciting reads! 6y
TheLibrarian I saw this and it made me sad. Amazon is taking over the world. 6y
That-Bookish-Hiker I use Amazon for preordering books because they don‘t charge you right then and when the price lowers they give you that price. Also i spend a lot at Powell‘s because they have used books. I wish Barnes and Nobles did both of those things 6y
MinDea @TaylorMay Yeah, it will be interesting to see what happens and if they do sell or worst case scenario close how will they handle their ebooks. 6y
MinDea @That-Bookish-Hiker I know some B&N have used books but I don't know which ones. 6y
MaGoose This stinks! I agree with @TheLibrarian about you-know-who taking over the world. I shop B&N almost exclusively for ebooks, paperbacks and magazines. @TaylorMay We'll probably have to download all of our ebooks onto our e-readers if whoever buys them doesn't continue selling ebooks. I don't see why they wouldn't, though. 6y
kamoorephoto I‘ve been listening to the progress of the B&N saga on BookRiot for a while and knew this was going to happen; really hoping someone buys the chain. I can‘t stand to see Barnes and Noble go! 6y
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BeansPage
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Texreader Yikes 6y
jb72 BN needs to get their act together. Their stores are a disaster. 6y
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BeansPage
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jb72 LOL totally me. 6y
GripLitGrl 😄😄👍 6y
Ashley_Nicoletto I‘ve seen this and it‘s one of my favorites. This is me every single time. 6y
Lovesbooks87 Love this! 6y
AnneCecilie Spot on 🤣 6y
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BeansPage
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Lovesbooks87 It got me into trouble! 6y
jb72 😿 I wish I could go... 6y
BeansPage @jb72 it's all of their online books as well 😉 6y
BeansPage @Lovesbooks87 me too 😂😂😂 6y
jb72 @TheReadingMermaid well now that I will have to check out 🙀 6y
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Kimberlone
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Couldn‘t resist...

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Whodunit85

Ok. I'm headed out to B&N to shop the sale. If I'm not back in two hours... send search parties with tea and biscotti.

Whodunit85 I'm back. No search parties needed. Still would like tea and biscotti though. 6y
brittanyreads Buy anything?! 6y
Whodunit85 @BBL4nkensh1p Ooooh you bet I did, just not any of the things that were actually on sale 😂 6y
brittanyreads Sounds like me. Going for a sale and leaving with all the full priced stuff. Hahah 🤭 6y
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tracy.anne8
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So did anyone else know that Mastercard had a credit card with Barnes and Noble rewards and benefits?😱

night_shift I had no idea and that would be crazy bad news for me 😂 7y
tracy.anne8 @UnidragonFrag I know me too! It came in an email from Barnes and Noble. I think I need to unsubscribe before I'm tempted. 7y
night_shift I'm not subscribed to there emails because I already get so many book emails and it's hard enough trying not to buy that stuff lol 7y
tracy.anne8 @UnidragonFrag It's so tempting when you get those emails! 7y
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Books_Wine_Repeat
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I had to make a ‘quick‘ stop at B&N today. Leave it to this little boy to immediately find the Hot Wheels display. We found our happy place for completely different reasons. 📚🚗

Tamra Is there such a thing as a “quick” stop in a bookstore? 🤔 7y
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Megara
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I‘m having a ton of fun seeing how people respond to my #Browsery question. So, Littens, I extend this question to you!

How is your day going? Answer in the form of a book title or plot.

#bookdiscussion #bookquestion #question #creative #bookdiscussions #barnesandnoble #bookquestions #booktalk

Traci1 Insomnia - Stephen King 😩 7y
Megara @Traci1 oh no! 😞 7y
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JanJan
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Do any Littens work at Barnes and Noble? I‘m thinking about it, but curious how employees feel about the corporate Book store life... PLEASE HELP!

ohyeahthatgirl I loved my team, loved the discount, loved seeing all the new books, but it's very corporate. It's a sales job first and foremost and each customer interaction is semi-scripted. They just got rid of all their full-time staff except managers because they're struggling. Go for it only if you're really comfortable in sales. 7y
Eggs Nice bookshelf 7y
Soubhiville I love your bookshelf! 7y
Megara Beautiful bookshelf. You should look into the news regarding how B&N is treating their (no longer) full time employees. If you‘re okay with part time work and with up-selling, you might have a great time. I never worked at B&N, but I have worked for smaller, local bookshops that have different politics. I now work for ThriftBooks.com where interactions with customers isn‘t typically a thing. 7y
Megara A warning: once you start working in a book industry, you‘re never the same. You always want to go back to working with books. 😂 7y
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speljamr
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Oh... It's on!

Captivatedbybooks I got these yesterday too! 7y
Mdargusch Me too! 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 7y
Samplergal Uh oh. 7y
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kamoorephoto They accidentally sent me TWO!!!! 7y
Gayan I have two HUGE orders coming from thriftbooks, and some pre orders from Amazon and had just told myself, NO MORE BOOKS THIS MONTH! Well played B&N, well played. 7y
Skybariline Are you a member? I am, but I haven‘t received these (yet). Jealous! 7y
Jaclynxanne I already used my mystery coupon hehehe 7y
speljamr @Skybariline Yes, I'm a member. They just came today so I'm sure they're on there way. 7y
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GypsyKat
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@ErinSueG This shelf is exclusively Barnes & Noble leather bound classics. It‘s not our entire collection though, we have a few on other shelves. This was several years of birthdays and Christmases for me, and many 50% off sales over the last few years. I also have an older B&N leather bound edition of Jane Austen novels that I‘ll be doing a giveaway with soon. 😊

Erinsuereads #bookgasm 🤤🤤🤤🤤🤤 ill have my eyes peeled for the giveaway. Thanks for sharing! Made my night to see such beauty! 🔥🔥🔥💗💗💗 7y
erzascarletbookgasm 😍❤️ 7y
GypsyKat @ErinSueG You‘re welcome! I‘m honestly ALWAYS happy to share a picture of these books! 😆💗💗💗 7y
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kylienoele Eye candy 😍😍😍 7y
Erinsuereads I bet!!! It's a collection to be proud of! I'll send mine tomorrow. It's small but I love it. (edited) 7y
sammisho I want that book!!! 7y
Lyanneee 😍😍😍😍😍 7y
KrystleTheBookSlayer 😍😍😍 beautiful collection! I will definitely be looking for that giveaway! I've been dreaming of getting my hands on a leather bound Jane Austen collection and the B&N ones are all so beautiful! 7y
GypsyKat @ErinSueG Please do, and tag me so o don‘t miss it! I always love pictures of beautiful books. 😊 7y
Erinsuereads Will do!!! 7y
GypsyKat @sammisho @KrystleTheBookSlayer Great! I‘m happy to know they‘ll be interest! I‘m actually planning on giving it away with some other Jane Austen themed goodies. I‘m thinking in a couple of weeks! 😊 7y
LeslieO Beautiful! 7y
Krisjericho Wow! 7y
Cinfhen Lovely ❤️ 7y
TrishB Gorgeous 💜 7y
ju.ca.no Oh my, what a stunning collection!! 7y
Sarah83 Wonderful 😍 but I think, you can't buy one more book, that fits on this shelf. 😊 7y
SpiderGoddess Wow! So beautiful. .... but how do they smell? 7y
LeahBergen 😍😍😍 7y
RohitSawant Fabulous! 😍😍 7y
YouReadMyEyes 🧡💚Love💚🧡 7y
Heideschrampf Those are gorgeous! I'm a wee bit glad we don't have b&n in europe :P 7y
JessClark78 ❤️❤️ 7y
AmyG Magnificent! ❤️ 7y
TheNextBook They look so good on the shelf! Those spines! 7y
GatheringBooks oh em gee. those look good enough to eat!!! 7y
Kshakal That is beautiful!! 7y
Mdargusch Oh my gosh! I‘m in love 💕💕💕 7y
bibliobliss Beautiful 😍 7y
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Thanks to seeing your beautiful collection I‘m going to start one!!! 💞💗 7y
GypsyKat @Readage Thank you! 😊💗 7y
GypsyKat @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Did you see my post yesterday about the one on sale? 7y
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @GypsyKat no! Let me go back and look!! 7y
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aschermetz
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This shit makes me sad. I know a lot of people still think of B&N as the Fox Books of the real world, out to get the independent bookstore, but what so many people forget is that these stores created community hubs in places that may not have had one before, and gave lots of people access to books who might not otherwise have had a wide variety. I‘m sad to see them in a decline which appears to be due to their own leadership‘s choices.

britt_brooke They‘ve been struggling for a while. I think the new leadership is a last-ditch effort to stay afloat. It‘s all about the bottom line now. It‘s sad to see so many people lose their jobs abruptly. 😕 7y
BekahB I read this article this morning and it made me sick to my stomach. I‘m not sure who was working full time at my local store, but I think there will be at least a couple faces I‘m used to seeing no longer there. 7y
Johanna414 If I want to buy books in person rather than online, Barnes and Noble is my closest option- and it‘s still a 1.5 hour drive. We usually make a trip there to do Christmas shopping each year. If it closes, I‘ll be shopping 100% online 😢 7y
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Cinfhen Sad.... 7y
BethM I need to go find this article. 7y
Kallik93 I work at an independent bookstore, and having a Barnes and Noble in the city is awesome! Especially during the holidays when customers desperately want that one book and we just sold out of it or don‘t regularly keep it in our inventory. That being said, I worked for Barnes and Noble for three years. Four of my old coworkers were unceremoniously fired last week, leaving them jobless without any notice. That‘s happening all over the country. 7y
Kallik93 I want bookstores to live, being a bookseller is my life, but I have a hard time supporting a company that cuts employees first when sales go down. It‘s so unfortunate that it‘s a major bookstore. 7y
aschermetz @Kallik93 I totally agree. I find it terribly sad and I think their management is really making some huge mistakes. 7y
RaimeyGallant It's interesting to think that another bookseller (Amazon) is so big that B&N is the underdog. 7y
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britt_brooke
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I‘m not really a B&N fan, but this is unfortunate. Not surprising, though. https://techcrunch.com/2018/02/16/barnes-noble-is-killing-itself/

IamIamIam I love our local stores. This is unfortunate! 7y
Jess Ugh. I don‘t know what I will do if B&N goes under. I‘m really sorry to hear that this many people lost their jobs. 7y
Pamwurtzler It‘s sad. I‘m thinking I need to use those B&N gift cards I have stashed in my purse sooner rather than later. 7y
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JoScho I hate that for those people that just got fired out of the blue. So unfair. 7y
Susanita 😢😲 7y
BestDogDad Sad. I have one close to my work and like to spend lunch hour there. 7y
thegirlwiththelibrarybag That‘s awful. I can remember when two of Australia‘s biggest book chains went under 7 years ago (Borders and Angus & Robertson) it was horrendous. 7y
GripLitGrl What a shame 😢 7y
cariashley I recently became a member there just to be supportive so am really sad to see this. 7y
Cailey_Mac Ugh. If they close, there will literally be ZERO bookstores near me. ZERO. Regardless that the closest one to me is easily a 50 minute drive, but still! I love going into a place dedicated to just books and browsing and hanging out. 7y
Tamra As many independent bookstores have realized, they are having to expand by morphing into more than booksellers: offering other services and being community event centers. Those are wonderful spaces. 7y
MarriedtoMrT Extremely disheartening. 7y
OrangeMooseReads This is sad. The firing of all those people out of the blue is awful. 7y
Leftcoastzen What that article clarifies for me is the number of people fired .I saw some info on publishing related sites , but what this article did not state was before the layoffs they hired another CEO with no experience in Books or publishing. 7y
Buddys_Momma That‘s so terrible. I feel for those folks who lost their jobs like that, so repugnant. I definitely won‘t patronize them ever again. 7y
Jen_Reads I lost two of my favorite people to work with due to the layoffs. It was a really hard week. Reading the comments on the article though just makes me angry. Everyday I get questioned why we don‘t honor online prices or price match and people don‘t realize that there are employees and bills to pay. 7y
ManyWordsLater Weren‘t physical book sales up from last year? I like to think this means there‘s room in the market for small independent bookstores. But overall I‘m beginning to blame oversized spaces. They cost too much to maintain. 7y
Leftcoastzen Even though we are talking a chain store,long term dedicated professional staff are really instrumental in keeping the store going.corporations look at the money they will “save” not seeing they were getting so much added value in dedicated,long term employees. @Jen_Reads sorry to hear about you co-workers.B&N should wake up,you can‘t count the sales you lose because you have gutted your core staff. (edited) 7y
Leftcoastzen As some Littens have noted B & N is the ONLY bookstore near them ,plus the impact on publishers for visibility and print numbers for their titles could be catastrophic.I know it‘s great to snag a bestseller cheap at Costco or Target , but look at how few titles they actually carry. 7y
britt_brooke @Jen_Reads That really sucks. 💔 7y
Bklover @Jen_Reads I‘m so sorry about your friends. I spend a lot of time at the nearest B&N, hanging out in the cafe and buying lots of books. The employees know me, as do the other “regulars”. I haven‘t been there since this happened, and I‘m afraid to go. I hate that they are doing this!! 7y
Amanda.T Oh, how awful. I frequent the B&N in the next town over, since my town doesn‘t have a bookstore. I‘m always rooting for them to get it together. I would hate to see them go under. 7y
Beachesnbooks Such awful news ☹️ I really hope B&N can pull it together; I do have some indie stores near me that I love but I've always loved browsing at B&N and get great deals there. 7y
britt_brooke @Leftcoastzen Regarding the new CEO: At this point, I think they‘re grasping at straws to stay afloat. They no longer care about their employees or patrons, it‘s all about the money. It‘s such a sucky situation. 7y
Lola I renew my membership every year, just because (as in I know I don‘t shop there enough to make it financially worthwhile but I do it anyway ??‍♀️). Recently they added a free monthly bev in the café as a perk-I think the idea was to bring people in for the bev and then they‘d buy sommmmmething while in-store. B&N was my first exposure to a huge store of nothing but books over 20 yrs ago and I‘ll always have fond memories of that discovery. 7y
britt_brooke @thegirlwiththelibrarybag I miss Borders! 😭 7y
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ambam1987
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confession: I‘m a bookmark hoarder.

BethM Aren't we all? 7y
ReadingSusan Me too! I love them. 7y
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MaleficentBookDragon
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$2 table at B&N. Some (most) for me; some for #swaps

[DELETED] 3803335244 I love Penny Dreadfuls! Great finds 7y
398.2 😱😱😱 sounds like a bargain. I am jealous. 7y
LorieL Awesome deals! 💖 7y
LibrarianRyan I hit up that sale too. Post mine later. 7y
Avanders What?! $2 table! 😱 I need to go to barnes .... 7y
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britt_brooke
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It‘s too cold to do anything fun outside, so we‘re off to the book store! First stop, the café. ☕️ #BN #BarnesandNoble #raisingreaders

Melissa_J Look at them! How cute are they 😊 7y
LauraBeth This is the sweetest picture ever! 7y
GripLitGrl Too cute 💗 7y
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swishandflick Precious!! 7y
Bookzombie This is so sweet! 💗 7y
SauerPatch This is so cute it hurts my heart! 😭 7y
LeslieO ❤️best way to spend the day! 7y
MeganAnn Aw! I second @SauerPatch ❤️😊 7y
JenP They are so cute! Love seeing photos of your boys! 7y
JacqMac Awww... ❤️ 7y
AlaMich So stinkin‘ cute!! 7y
Mdargusch Adorable! 7y
mjdowens Aren‘t they the cutest🤗 7y
TNbookworm So precious❤ 7y
britt_brooke @TNbookworm Thank you! 💚☺️ 7y
batsy This pic made me very happy ☺️💕 7y
britt_brooke @batsy ☺️☺️☺️ 7y
Pamwurtzler Cute!! 7y
britt_brooke @Pamwurtzler Thank you! ☺️💚 7y
JazzFeathers That sounds like the best plan ever 😊 7y
MrBook Great pic! 7y
britt_brooke @MrBook Thank you! 7y
britt_brooke @JazzFeathers 💚💚💚 7y
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theresidentromantic
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I live in what is teecchhnniiccallyyy a city, but only because we have one of everything. One sushi place, one Targé, and one Barnes & Nobles. And I'm really sad. Not only was the place half toy store, but the new section is completely gone and everything is alphabetical, instead of by sections. I feel like I've been robbed of magic. It's hard to find random books when everything is cold and predictable. Oh well, I found a Tiny Luna ❤

IamIamIam I've been very disappointed in Barnes & Noble for a long time, unless you're searching for Funko Pops. Lol 7y
theresidentromantic @IamIamIam it's been getting there, but this was the first time I've walked out actually disappointed. 7y
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kate_reads
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No Christmas book haul, but I did get a decent gift card haul 🤣

BillBlume Whoa! Awesome! 7y
TheBookHippie This looks like my Starbucks haul 😂😂😂☕️☕️☕️☕️ 7y
Mommamanzi Yeeeeeees!!! 7y
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MrBook Woooow!!!! 😳😁👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 7y
Tamra That‘s still a book haul! 😁 7y
MarriedtoMrT 😍 7y
Reecaspieces Wow!! 7y
CatLass007 😮! 7y
ReadingSusan Awesome!! 7y
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dariazeoli
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So, my mother gave me a B&N gift card with about $20 on it that she had no desire to use. (Can you imagine??)

I went to one of the local stores today to peruse the bargain shelves, and it was slim pickings! Help me out, Litsy! Recommend a book or two before I go on another book buying ban for 2018 (that I actually plan on following!)

Riveted_Reader_Melissa If you can hold on to it a few days I bet there will be good after Christmas sales too. 7y
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Riveted_Reader_Melissa Plus check online, sometimes the website sales are better than in store too. 7y
sprainedbrain Wait... like a whole year ban?!? 😳 7y
vivastory @sprainedbrain That was my reaction 7y
dariazeoli @Riveted_Reader_Melissa I really enjoyed The Martian, but hadn‘t heard of The Fifth Season. Wow. Lots of friend on GR loved it! I‘ll keep an eye out for sales/coupons 7y
dariazeoli @sprainedbrain @vivastory I failed at it for 2017, but with Mt. TBR this year I really want to try to curb the purchases! Best intentions and all that 😉 (edited) 7y
Riveted_Reader_Melissa @dariazeoli Warning though, it‘s the first of a trilogy....so keep that in mind before your ban starts. You might want the set. 😉 7y
bookloo ♥️ (edited) 7y
Eyelit I really liked this collection of short stories. I‘m doing mount tbr again, and this time I‘m on a book ban until I‘ve met 1/3 of the Challenge (fingers crossed!) 7y
dariazeoli @bookloo Thanks! I tried to win it last minute on a Goodreads giveaway, so now it‘s on the contender list! 7y
dariazeoli @Eyelit See, a 1/3 ban is much more reasonable than my “No books ever!” pipedream 😀 7y
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OrangeMooseReads
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For any members in case you were not aware yet. Starts tomorrow also 20% off online starting at 12:01.

Jen_Reads I work at Barnes and Noble and I didn‘t even know this was happening 🤦🏻‍♀️ 7y
ohyeahthatgirl @Jen_Reads I was just thinking the same thing! 7y
OrangeMooseReads @Jen_Reads oh dear! I‘m sure they will let you know tomorrow when you get there lol or just let you read the signs in the store to find out about it 7y
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OrangeMooseReads @ohyeahthatgirl I‘m glad I was able to give you a heads up as well 😁 7y
ohyeahthatgirl @OrangeMooseReads Haha,brhanks! That's what I get for having a day off. 7y
ohyeahthatgirl *thanks 7y
Rachbb3 Oh boy. 7y
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Librarianaut
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Reading socks.
This is a Thing.
How did I not know before?

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speljamr
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Ok, I didn't see this coming. B&N sent me a $10 gift card for being a member? Is it because I spend so much money? Eh, I'll take it. Looks like it's time to head to the book store!

2BR02B Whaaat *cue stampede to mailbox* 7y
eanderson What? I didn‘t get anything like that! 7y
BookNAround I got one too. I think they love me. 😂 7y
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Vbrrgirl I got one too,📖🎁 7y
Mdargusch They must not love me or I didn‘t spend enough money. 😟 7y
rjsthumbelina I work for b&n, and it seems to go to a percentage of the members that spend over a certain amount of money. They started it last year 7y
Karkar I got one too! I was excited! 7y
SandyW Nice...an excuse to spend more money on books! 7y
TheLibrarian @rjsthumbelina Good to know! 7y
Sungirl79 I got one too and was super excited 😊 7y
rustoryhuf Oh, I hope I get one. Just dropped $70 at B&N yesterday. 7y
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ralexist
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The only Black Friday shopping I do. For three years running now I wait for Barnes & Noble to open their doors early so I can pick up a ton of signed books. About 95% of these will be prizes for work at Summer Reading Program Kickoff and Camp Read-a-Lot. The remaining will be for holiday and birthday gifts and entries for next year's MLA Conference Silent Auction. Money well spent, I think. #allthebooks #signedcopy #giftsgalore

Born.A.Reader Thats amazing! Were they on sale as well as being signed? Or regular price? 7y
sisilia Wow!! 7y
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speljamr
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Uh oh. The Barnes and Noble coupons came in the mail. Now I'm in trouble...

Mdargusch I got mine too! 💰💰💰 7y
kamoorephoto I know!!! I just need some money now... 7y
Nonaroo Ours came in the mail today! 😄 7y
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slategreyskies Mine came today too! :) 7y
Rachbb3 Mine did too, they're on the counter mocking me. 7y
dragondrool Mine, too! 7y
Bourriquet76 Need to check the mail! 7y
magicalshelves I can't wait to pick up signed editions on Friday! 7y
melrailey I got mine too! I‘m already planning which day the mall should be less busy. 7y
Amanda.T Mine came yesterday! So tempting... 7y
Kathrin Same here... I am trying to ignore them... maybe I just need to throw them out... 7y
speljamr @Kathrin Nooooo. Feel free to mail them to me if you don't want them. Lol. 7y
HelloImJez All I will say is this: Good luck. 😆 7y
Eggs We love trouble 7y
Kathrin @speljamr Who am I kidding.... I already checked their store... 😬 7y
MistyReads Now that‘s my kinda trouble 😀 7y
Donna_sBookMinute I finally decided to renew my membership. With all my 75% off items, the cost was hardly noticeable. 7y
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GondorGirl

The Barnes and Noble Black Friday signed editions list is up! There are so many good things this year! 💖💖💖

Http://www.B&N.com/SignedEditions

Jen_Reads I work at BN and I didn‘t even know what we were getting for signed books. 7y
BookMaven407 Thanks for sharing. 7y
readinginthedark 😱😱😱😱 7y
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GondorGirl
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*Amazon, Barnes and Noble, Half Price Books.
*I have a Kindle.
*I don't really go to coffee shops. Occasionally I go to Panara for their hot chocolate...

#SSGPgiftcards

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Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks
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Nothing better than #bookmail!!! Thank you so much @MinDea so sweet and unexpected when I won!! Just in time for my birthday!!!
It‘s a Barnes and Noble gift card!! I know the pic is small!! Can‘t wait to use it!!! 📚📚📚

MinDea Yay! So glad it arrived! Can't wait to see what you buy! 7y
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @MinDea ❤️📚❤️📚 7y
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TheDrunkenLibrarian
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Pickpick

Got to visit this 2 story beauty 😍

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dariazeoli
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Starting this new notebook with a #TBR of B&N Classics. Trying not to focus on the fact that I already goofed my "multiple books, same author" list plan ??‍♀️

#bujo #bulletjournal #tbrlist

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dariazeoli
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Hey, Litsy notebook hoarders! Check your local B&N; I got these two at 30% off. I couldn't resist these Harry Potter bookmarks while waiting in line. Gift cards are good 😊

Louise B&N also has a 20% off coupon over the long weekend. 😃 7y
dariazeoli @Louise Well shoot - I checked RetailMeNot & didn't see anything. That'll teach me! 7y
Louise I get B&N coupons via email. It's free to sign up! Also, I find Coupon Cabin to be more reliable with coupon codes than many other coupon sites. 👌 7y
Reviewsbylola Nice!! 7y
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GAustin
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Not a bad looking bookstore across from Union Square.

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britt_brooke
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At the cafe in B&N a couple of days ago so I guess this is a #laterlits (like a latergram, but for Litsy)?? Anyway, the fellas got their milk, split a giant cookie, and grabbed their own table while promptly telling me I could sit elsewhere. 😂 #raisingreaders

LeahBergen Perfect!! 😂 7y
britt_brooke @LeahBergen Such little grown ups. They're killing me! 😂😭 7y
underthebelljar That is so adorable! 😂 7y
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JacqMac So cute! 😂 7y
JessClark78 So adorable. ❤️ 7y
elkeOriginal Adorable! 7y
batsy 😂 they're too cute. 7y
kbuggle That's adorable 7y
britt_brooke @kbuggle ☺️☺️ 7y
Reviewsbylola My two are always yelling at me that they need privacy! 😂😂🙄 7y
britt_brooke @Reviewsbylola It's so funny until I realize they learn these things from me, ha! 7y
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