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Barnes and Noble East Lansing Closure. Aaron Jordan and Marissa Russo. Like many bookstores across the nation, the East Lansing Barnes and Noble closed, leaving a large building vacant on Grand River Ave. . - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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Page 1: Barnes and Noble East Lansing Closure

Barnes and Noble East Lansing Closure

Aaron Jordan and Marissa Russo

Page 2: Barnes and Noble East Lansing Closure

Like many bookstores across the nation, the East Lansing

Barnes and Noble closed, leaving a large building

vacant on Grand River Ave.

Page 3: Barnes and Noble East Lansing Closure

MSU freshman Kellie Riter said she misses the convenience of the store, and says she has to now turn elsewhere to buy her

books.“If I want to read a new best

seller, I’m going to be forced into the eReader phenomenon,

because my other option has been taken away,” said Riter, a

journalism major. “I’ve been doing most of my purchases

online, or at Barnes and Noble in Battle Creek when I visit home.”

Page 4: Barnes and Noble East Lansing Closure

Schuler’s Books & Music’s Okemos location despite it being less convenient for students has received a

number of former Barnes and Noble customers.

Page 5: Barnes and Noble East Lansing Closure

According to General Manager Jeff Lapinski,

eReaders have not truly hurt their business, despite their

popularity. “We’ve seen a decrease in

genre fiction and mass markets, but otherwise, we’re not effected,” Lapinski said. “We’re actually looking into getting in the eBook market

ourselves.”

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Despite the growing popularity, many, like MSU

freshman Erin Ehlke, are not sold on them. Ehlke said she was disappointed Barnes and Noble closed soon after she moved to East Lansing. She said the Borders near her

home in Waterford, MI, closed in the summer of 2011.

“I just like real books,” Ehlke said. “I feel bad. We’re killing

the book industry.”