by Julia Pott
If you follow Barnes & Noble's press releases lately, it's not uncommon to read about new store openings. Barnes & Noble (B&N) attributes the expansion of its store network to “a reading renaissance and renewed enthusiasm for physical bookstores”.
If anyone can judge changes in reading habits, it's probably B&N; after all, the company has a long history. It was 1873, when Charles M. Barnes started a book business from his home in Illinois. Today, B&N operates stores in all 50 U.S. states.