Despite predictions of their demise, physical bookstores have seen a resurgence in recent years. The American Booksellers Association has reported a significant increase in member companies and store ...

Barnes & Noble will open four new bookstores in the Chicago area by summertime, including a flagship location downtown on State Street, part of a national move to revive its brick-and-mortar retail ...

For years, it felt inevitable that physical bookstores would slowly disappear, edged out by digital reading, online retailers, and algorithm-driven discovery. But in 2025, that long-predicted decline ...

Once destined to be a dying retail genre, bookstores have turned the page as store openings have skyrocketed over the past five years. This year alone, there were 422 independent bookstore openings ...

Across the Western Slope, locals and visitors flock to local bookstores in search of that perfect book. Whether it’s a vacation read to escape from the monotony of a 9-to-5 job or a history book meant ...

The small American bookstore is back. Over the last five years, the number of independent bookstores in the U.S. jumped by 70%. In 2025 alone, 422 new bookstores opened, according to the American ...

It’s 2010. You’re tucked into a corner of Barnes & Noble’s kids section, and a Colbie Caillat song plays as you devour the latest volume of “Dork Diaries.” When your mom collects you, you beg — like ...

A thoughtfully designed bookstore has the kind of magic that transcends language. This is especially true in Argentina’s capital city of Buenos Aires, which has long been celebrated as one of the ...

There's a new, unique holiday trolley tour that takes riders around to the Chicago area's independent bookstore. The tours have already gotten a huge response, with the first selling out in a matter ...

Independent bookstores rely heavily on holiday sales, which can make up a third of their annual revenue. Small bookstores operate on thin margins and face competition from large corporations like ...

In 1959, after reading J. A. Rogers' "100 Amazing Facts About the Negro" and "The Five Negro Presidents," Dawud Hakim set out to open a bookstore in West Philadelphia that would be a resource for the ...