Shrinking Shelves and Growing Space - Barnes & Noble to close stores

Barnes and Noble announced that it will be closing 30% of its bookstores within the next decade. 

Barnes & Noble plans to cut stores by about 30% in decade - Chicago Tribune

B&N Aims to Whittle Stores for Years - WSJ

 

More and more of us are reading on devices. I live in the city in a small apartment. I have a storage space with 44 banker boxes filled with books! I wish I had the square footage to accommodate all of the shelves that I once had, but I don't. The Kindle Fire I purchased allows me to have shelf depth in a small space. It's where we're headed. For me, it's perfect.

Now, if Amazon will do something comparable with book purchases that it is doing with past CD purchases -- AutoRip -- I will be set! 

 

 

 

 

President Obama - Inauguration Day - January 20, 2013

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President Obama Takes the Oath of Office at the Official Swearing-In Ceremony - The White House

 

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