Two more Barnes & Noble stores are closing soon. According to the Dallas Morning News, B&Ns at MacArthur Park at Las Colinas and the Irving Mall, both in Irving, Tex., are closing at the end of the month.
Ryan Pafford, director of communications at the Irving-Las Colinas Chamber, told the paper that for the last three years, the Irving Mall store "has had free rent and that was going away this year. The store also hasn't been producing as well as they had hoped." The other store had low sales in the evening, he added.
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Habitat Books, Sausalito, Calif., will close on Saturday. Sharon Jones, who bought the store in 2005, had tried to sell Habitat but was unable to find a buyer. She is a former teacher and book publisher.