Yeah, the local bookstores have been thriving in my area, I'm pissed b&n are coming back (in the same shopping center that raised the rent on a local bookstore that relocated to a more affordable part of town)
The local bookstores have been so much better, I hope the rest of the community sticks with them.
Isn't the new B&N model to act as a local bookstore would? Obviously, they're still not, but they focus on letting staff feature books that are popular with that city/market rather than pushing one program nationwide.