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Business Wars Daily

Readers Checking Out of Barnes & Noble

Business Wars Daily

Audible

Business, Business News, News, Daily News

4.6717 Ratings

🗓️ 24 August 2018

⏱️ 5 minutes

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Summary

Today is Friday, August 24, and we’re looking at Barnes & Noble vs. independent bookstores.

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0:00.0

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0:08.5

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0:16.0

I can't sleep.

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How do I stop worrying?

0:19.5

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1:02.4

From Wondery, this is Business Wars Daily.

1:04.8

I'm David Brown on this August 24th. Happy Friday, everyone.

1:06.5

Thinking about reading a good book on one of the last weekends of summer,

1:10.4

well, if you're like a

1:11.2

growing number of Americans, that book might actually be real. You know, a physical object with

1:17.3

paper pages. Against all odds, sales of paperbacks climbed more than 15% over the last few years,

1:24.7

and hardcover weren't far behind. But not at Barnes and Noble,

1:29.2

the country's largest bookstore chain. Sales there are down. The retailer just lost its

1:35.1

fifth CEO in five years, a blinding turnover rate that has publishers fuming. They need the

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