This coming Wednesday, March 11, Barnes & Noble will officially open its new bookstore at 1557 W. New Haven Ave. in Melbourne, Fla. Local author Christy Swift is cutting the ribbon and signing copies of her romance novel Hollywood Hookup (Forever). The 21,000-square-foot store and cafe in the Shoppes of West Melbourne is less than half a mile away from B&N's previous Melbourne bookstore.
"In this stretch of the Florida coastline alone, we have new stores just opened in Port St. Lucie and Tequesta, and now we move the old Melbourne bookstore into a beautiful new home," B&N said. "These new bookstores are proving extraordinarily successful and demonstrate the enduring popularity of a great bookstore."