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Barnes & Noble Expansion with 60 New Stores in 2025
Barnes & Noble Expansion America’s largest bookselling chain, has announced plans to open 60 new bookstores in 2025, following the successful addition of 57 stores in 2024. This expansion will bring its total number of U.S. locations to over 660, highlighting the sustained strength of the print book market.
The resurgence in bookstore sales reflects broader trends in the U.S. book industry, which saw a 7% revenue rise in 2024, reaching $12 billion by October. Notably, print books remain dominant, with October print book sales totaling $846 million—ten times the revenue of eBooks. As eBooks remain a smaller share of the market, challenges like Kindle eBook download issues might play a role in keeping some readers loyal to physical books.
Contributing to this growth, the romantasy genre, led by bestselling authors like Rebecca Yarros, continues to fuel demand with high-profile preorders. Meanwhile, for eReader enthusiasts, advancements in tech—such as Amazon’s introduction of in-app purchasing for Kindle eBooks—are shaping the digital reading landscape. The evolving features of physical bookstores and devices alike signal a continued dedication to the broader book-reading experience, even as hybrid options like the TCL NxtPaper 4.0 begin to redefine e-paper technologies.
For book and eReader enthusiasts, this development signals a continued dedication to the physical bookstore experience, even as digital reading grows.
Source: Barnes & Noble, Inc.
