<body><div><figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=2WgnhE_0wFW8DD200" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=2WgnhE_0wFW8DD200" width="980" height="551" ><figcaption>Doc Holliday</figcaption></figure><p>If you had asked me at the beginning of the year if Illinois would see a rash of new bookstores opening, I would have said you were crazy. Shows you what I know as the Land of Lincoln is indeed getting 4 big new bookstores seemingly out of nowhere and they're opening soon.</p><p><a href="https://financebuzz.com/barnes-and-noble-closures-2024">Finance Buzz</a> broke the news that <a href="https://www.barnesandnoble.com/">Barnes &amp; Noble</a> had plans to open 58 new book store locations and <b><i>4 of those 58 are in Illinois</i></b>. Most appear to be opening in October, too. Here are the new incoming bookstores:</p><h2>Barnes &amp; Noble, Clark and Diversey, Chicago</h2><figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=3F6Pgo_0wFW8DD200" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=3F6Pgo_0wFW8DD200" width="1058" height="733" ><figcaption>Google Maps Street View</figcaption></figure><h2>Barnes &amp; Noble, Northbrook, Illinois</h2><figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=1KaBUi_0wFW8DD200" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=1KaBUi_0wFW8DD200" width="1953" height="1178" ><figcaption>Google Maps Street View</figcaption></figure><h2>Barnes &amp; Noble, Oswego, Illinois</h2><figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=3OiNsU_0wFW8DD200" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=3OiNsU_0wFW8DD200" width="1110" height="680" ><figcaption>Google Maps Street View</figcaption></figure><h2>Barnes &amp; Noble, Wicker Park, Chicago</h2><figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=0KLT6R_0wFW8DD200" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=0KLT6R_0wFW8DD200" width="1992" height="1308" ><figcaption>Google Maps Street View</figcaption></figure><p>With the advent of books on devices, I figured that physical paper books were going the way of the dinosaur. I was thankfully very wrong. It appears there's an embrace from the younger generation of physical media again with things like <a href="https://www.whathifi.com/features/what-led-to-the-resurgence-of-vinyl-here-are-5-reasons-why-its-back-and-booming">vinyl records seeing a resurgence</a>. There's something unique about being able to have physical ownership of an album, movie or book that the download on a device will never be able to replicate.</p><p>Are these 4 new Illinois bookstore locations the sign of a turnaround? Time will tell if this is just a fad or really a new long-term appreciation of physical media over the digital.</p></div></body>

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Seemingly Out of Nowhere, Illinois Getting 4 Big New Bookstores

If you had asked me at the beginning of the year if Illinois would see a rash of new bookstores opening, I would have said you were crazy. Shows you what I know as the Land of Lincoln is indeed getting 4 big new bookstores seemingly out of nowhere and they're opening soon.