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Barnes & Noble's Departure: It's Not Personal
Big box stores need to do a big business in order to sign a big lease.
I am a writer. So, naturally, I am a reader. I taught myself to read and devoured Ramona the Pest and the Little House books before kindergarten was over. My husband is impressed that if I like a book, I can plow through 500 pages in a weekend. Like many people in Reston, I could spend many a day at Barnes & Noble and the late Books-A-Million browsing, flipping, reading and buying. But lately? Not so much. I don't think I have made more than a handful of purchases in the last two years. Much like music and news, books have become personal. We can pick the music we like and send it right to our phones and iPods. An entire library can be stored on an iPad. All you have to do is hit a search button and the name of that book that you heard …
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Mike R.
10:40 am on Sunday, May 12, 2013
Unlike the closing of Books A Million, this business decision had nothing to do with the current trends in the book market. The Reston B&N was always packed with customers. It provided a great excuse to visit that part of Reston as it provided a wonderful experience to residents of all ages. If the owner of Spectrum thinks he'll get the same sustained traffic for the Container Store, he's … more ›