Barnes & Noble makes a major move as comeback accelerates

详细摘要

In 2019, after years of declining sales and store closures, Barnes & Noble was acquired by investment firm Elliott Management. The company brought in James Daunt, the bookseller…

If you've spent any length of time on the internet over the past several months, you've probably encountered the idea that we're now living in a post-literate age.

Americans, as a whole, are reading for pleasure less than they did a decade or two ago.

One 2026 study found that 36% of Americans are reading fewer books now than they did 10 years ago, and another 24% say they don't read any books at all, CBS News reported.

While those statistics are alarming on many levels, among booksellers, they've caused real concern about the future of the industry. In fact, there are about half as many bookstores now as there were in 1998, according to recent data from the Census Bureau.

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