Barnes and Noble, Montclair, CA, 10/29/11

Is Barnes & Noble writing its final chapters?

Borders’ liquidation this summer should have been Barnes & Noble’s grand opportunity to grab a sizable market share, just as the warehouse book-selling superstores benefited in the past when they ruthlessly forced countless smaller and independent bookstores to board up and call

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Yes, of course, when your hockey team loses the Stanley Cup, it’s time to take to the streets and smash a few windows:

And burn a few books:

Fortunately for the Chapters bookstore in downtown Vancouver, a group of sane citizens prevented a drunken mob from doing more than breaking a few windows and burning a few

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