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I had the same experience. One of the main reasons I went to B&N was to look at the new books. Now that they are hidden, there is little point to going in the

I had the same experience. One of the main reasons I went to B&N was to look at the new books. Now that they are hidden, there is little point to going in there. I asked a manager about it, and they told me it was a corporate directive.

kabdib 7y ago
Borders did the same re-arrangement about a year before they went under. There used to be a half-bookshelf or so of "released this week" titles where any regular customer could walk in and immediately see and grab a new book by a favorite author, or maybe a new book by an unfamiliar author. Nope, you had to search the whole section. I really wonder if these corporate directives are made by people who like bookstores, or read.
- TheOtherHobbes 7y ago
  There's been a lot of C-Suite cat fighting at B&N - mostly between minority owner Leonard Riggio and various revolving CEOs he's brought in and then fired. See e.g. http://fortune.com/2018/08/29/former-ceo-parneros-sues-barnes-noble/ http://fortune.com/2018/08/29/former-ceo-parneros-sues-barne... Honestly I'm amazed Riggio got as much as he did for the sale. I suppose there's a fair amount of value in the property portfolio, but the book business as a whole is in a very rocky place.