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Originally Posted by rcentros
The writer of the article isn't as old as I am. I remember when Barnes & Noble came in and displaced B. Dalton, Waldenbooks, Pickwick and the local (downtown) independent book stores. So, although I enjoyed going to B&N in their heyday, I'm not quite as nostalgic as the writer.
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Well, to be fair, B. Dalton was owned by Barnes and Noble. So they would close B. Dalton when they opened one of their larger Barnes and Noble stores in the same area. The same was true of Waldenbooks/Borders.