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| Brandon Mull at B&N, American Fork, Utah. | |
Barnes & Noble opened a bookstore yesterday, February 28, in the Meadows at 773 Grassland Drive, American Fork, Utah. The new store, which officially launched with author Brandon Mull cutting the ribbon and signing copies of his books, includes a B&N Café.
"The more brick-and-mortar bookstores there are in the world, the better we build readers in all communities," B&N stated. "Browsing the shelves and receiving excellent recommendations from experienced booksellers will beat an algorithm every time. As we enter new areas, many of our new bookstores are smaller in size. Not so in American Fork, where we have the great pleasure of opening the grandest Barnes & Noble yet this year."
B&N will also open a bookstore on March 6 in the Shoppes at Woodhill at 6090 Garners Ferry Road, Columbia, S.C., near Target, between World Market and Party City. Author B.B. Alston is cutting the ribbon and signing copies of his books.
"Barnes & Noble returns to Columbia after the shortest of departures when Richland Mall closed for demolition," said B&N. "We are especially pleased to retain a bricks-and-mortar bookstore in a community when, for the last twenty years, closure was almost certain to mean its permanent loss. Better still, we now open very beautiful bookstores and the new Columbia Barnes & Noble is both stunning and expansive."
On March 6, B&N is also opening a store in Victor, N.Y., at 805 Eastview Mall, just inside the front entrance. Author Jonathan Graziano will cut the ribbon and sign copies of his books at the opening ceremony.
"Victor has been without a bricks-and-mortar bookstore since Borders closed in 2011," B&N noted. "We are very happy to restore to the people of Victor a bookstore of their own. All readers will feel at home in this beautiful new Barnes & Noble."