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On Wednesday, November 19, Barnes & Noble will open new stores in Lakeland, Fla., Dickson City, Pa., Pittsburgh, Pa., Brownsville, Tex., and Burleson, Tex., and will reopen its remodeled store in Long Beach, Calif.
The 13,000-square-foot Lakeland store will reside at 3615 S. Florida Ave. in the Merchants Walk shopping center and will not include a B&N Cafe. The opening on the 19th will feature a ribbon cutting and signing with Elise Kova, author of Arcana Academy.
The Dickson City B&N measures 20,000 sq. ft., includes a B&N Cafe, and is located at 638 Commerce Blvd., in the Dickson City Crossings shopping center. Matt Birkbeck, author of The Life We Chose: William “Big Billy” D'Elia and the Last Secrets of America's Most Powerful Mafia Family, will be there Wednesday for the ribbon cutting and signing.
In Pittsburgh, a new B&N is opening at 103 Shady Ave. in the Meridian shopping center. It spans approximately 10,000 sq. ft. and will not include a B&N Cafe. Wednesday's opening will feature a visit from Marie Benedict, author of The Queens of Crime.
The new Brownsville store will occupy a 20,000-sq.-ft. space in the Sunrise Mall, at 2370 North Express Way, and will not have a B&N Cafe. Author Anamely Salgado Reyes will cut the ribbon on Wednesday before signing copies of her novel, My Mother Cursed My Name.
Located at 1107 N. Burleson Blvd. in the Gateway Station shopping center, the Burleson B&N will cover 9,000 sq. ft. and not include a B&N Cafe. The ribbon cutting will feature author Marcela Fuentes, who will sign copies of her debut novel, Malas.
The Long Beach store, meanwhile, is reopening on Wednesday after being closed for approximately six months to undergo renovations. It is located at 6326 East Pacific Coast Hwy. in the Marina Pacifica Shopping Center and first opened in November 1996. The store spans 15,000 sq. ft. and does not have a cafe. Author and illustrator Salina Yoon (Kat & Mouse: I Like Cheese!) will be on hand for the ribbon cutting and signing.
B&N has opened more than 50 stores so far this year, and plans to open a total of more than 60 new stores by the end of 2025. Fourteen are slated to open in November alone, four of them in California.