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Should We Be Crying For Barnes & Noble?

Zoë Triska

Senior Editorial Product Manager, HuffPost

CORTE MADERA, CA - JANUARY 28: A customer enters a Barnes and Noble bookstore on January 28, 2013 in Corte Madera, California. Barnes and Noble Inc. says that it expects to close of third of its 689 retail stores in the next ten years bringing to total number of stores between 450 and 500. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
CORTE MADERA, CA - JANUARY 28: A customer enters a Barnes and Noble bookstore on January 28, 2013 in Corte Madera, California. Barnes and Noble Inc. says that it expects to close of third of its 689 retail stores in the next ten years bringing to total number of stores between 450 and 500. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

Barnes & Noble isn’t near dead, but a lot of writers are lining up to lament its passing. They say the chain’s demise would be a blow to books, especially in suburban America.

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Zoë Triska - Senior Editorial Product Manager, HuffPost

Senior Editorial Product Manager, HuffPost

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