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The article looks at the challenges being faced by Barnes & Noble, the largest bookstore chain in the U.S. The success of competitors such as Amazon and Apple led to the decline in sales of Barnes & Noble. In an effort to improve the company's performance, founder and chairman Leonard Riggio removed Stephen Riggio, who is also his brother, as chief executive officer (CEO). The company also launched its Nook electronic reader, in response to the success of Amazon's Kindle. Billionaire Ronald Burkle also plans a hostile takeover of the company.

Presents a travel guide to Hamptons, New York. Listing of the best restaurants; Celebrity sightings; Boutiques; Bookstores; Fish stores; Wine stores; Houses.

Presents information on shops selling collectibles in New York City, New York. Information on the store Cinema Paradiso; Details on the bookstore Argosy Books; Information on the Gotta Have It!

Mourns the closing of Shakespeare & Co.'s book store on the corner of Broadway and 81st Street. Comparison of the types of employees who work at Shakespeare and those who work for the super bookstores of Barnes & Noble; Problem of Shakespeare & Co.'s attitude toward best-sellers.

Reports on the renovation of the Strand Book Store in New York City in 2002. Expansion in size; Addition of an elevator and a coffee shop; Renovation of entrance and lavatory; History of Strand; Proprietors Fred and Nancy Bass.

Focuses on the closure of the Coliseum Books store on January 20, 2002 which is located in New York City. Rent of the company in the space it occupies.

Announces the launching of Scholastic Store, a bookstore located in New York City. Details on the Scholastic educational-publishing company owned by Dick Robinson; Discussion on the annual Scholastic Book Fair; Information on the books and services provided by the store.

Focuses on the Other Books bookstore in Chelsea, New York City, new York. Specialty of the bookstore; Comments from bookstore employee Mark Tracten; Why a large number of the bookstore's customers are police officers.

Recommends several bookstores in New York, New York, where buyers can find stocks of in-print, recent literary biographies. Argosy Book Store; Academy Book Store; Skyline Books.

Reports on the decision of Waldenbooks to close `underperforming' Walden bookstores including the one in Fifth Avenue, New York better known as the Scribners Book Store. Number of bookstores to be closed; Recollection of Scribner's previous brushes with threatened deaccession; Reputation of Waldenbrooks; Barnes & Noble as Waldenbrooks' rival in the industry.

Features Burlington bookshop at Madison Avenue in New York City, New York. Jane Trichter as the owner; Items for sale.

Report that Scribners Book Store, at 597 Fifth Avenue, near 48th Street plans to close its doors for the last time this Sunday. Background of store; Reasons for it being closed; Commentary by Charles Scribner III, 37, great, great grandson of the store's founder.

Discusses the changes made to the Barnes & Noble bookstores in New York City as of November 1997. The amenities available when the stores first opened; Why the large comfortable chairs in the stores have been replaced by hard wooden seats; Comments from the manager of the Chelsea store.

Reports that the hardcover discount prices were cut in half at the New York City Barnes & Nobles bookstores in October, 1996. Discounts from 20 percent cut down to ten; Opinion that the reduction was to due to holiday shopping; Criticism of Barnes & Noble; Reaction from Barnes & Noble spokeswoman Jennifer Wolfertz.

Reports on Barnes & Nobles' practice of providing cafes and sofas for its customers. Effect of practice on other bookstores in New York City.

Focuses on socializing between customers at the Barnes & Noble Superstore in New York City. Advantage of the place in meeting people; Marriage of a couple who met at the store; Action at the addiction/recovery section.

Features Bank Street Bookstore, the best bookstore for children in New York City according to Claire Copley-Eisenberg and `New York' magazine. Range of materials; Books of Wonder as place for gift books; Dover Publications as outlet for reprints of classics.