Our local B&N has had a remarkable turnaround this past year or two. It was in deep decline for many years. A third of the store was given to toys, another thir

Our local B&N has had a remarkable turnaround this past year or two. It was in deep decline for many years. A third of the store was given to toys, another third to movies/music, and what was left of books saw little traffic. Now, they have just finished a major remodeling and it's back to all books. The parking lot is nearly full and I have to negotiate around many browsers in the aisles. It's been many years since I've seen a bookstore so full of books and customers (outside of Powell's in Portland). I noted two major differences from how B&N was many years ago. First, the proportion given over to fiction is much greater. Second, there is an enormous youth section, maybe a third of the store.