Booksology Barnes & Noble opens 12 new stores in November, bringing total number of stores to 60 in 2024
I did a little digging to see if these new stores opening in November, and indeed stores opening throughout the year, are contributing to a net increase in B&N’s store count, or if they’re being offset by other store closures. There’s also no real geographic concentration. These new stories are everywhere (Utah, California, Kansas, New York, New Hampshire, etc.). Still, if you had told me five years ago that we would be opening an average of five new stores a month by 2024, I would have wondered how we got here. And if you had used the world of Covid and TikTok, I would have been even less understanding.
In turbulent times, readers turn to “healing novels”
I’ve never read a book translated from Japanese in a bookstore that has cats, tea, or ramen on the cover, but I’ve been very tempted by it. First, I want to know the details of the transaction. And secondly, they really like it and it gives them a little comfort. I had never come across the term “healing fiction” before. I don’t know if coziness is therapeutic, but it certainly has a relaxing effect. This feels like the next translation boom. It’s been a while since the match took place, but do you think Ferrante was the last? And before that, Scandinavian noir?
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