Barnes & Noble’s fate rests in the hands of a British indie bookstore owner

Barnes & Noble’s fate rests in the hands of a British indie bookstore owner

In 2018, it seemed like the days of the United States’ last major bookstore chain were numbered. A decade of falling sales, brutal layoffs, 150 store closures, six chief executives, and a $1 billion loss on its Nook e-reader had left Barnes & Noble in the throes of an identity crisis.