Barnes & Noble wants to be a great bookseller again - Retail Dive

As Panzer entered the Catosphere today he heard clapping and cheering coming from outside the Panzermobile. Following all the jocularity took our happy kitty to the Retail Dive site. With just a little digging in the posts there, he discovered one about Barnes and Noble and CEO James Daunt.

Maybe he can do it.

According to Daphne Howland's post, Barnes and Noble's CEO James Daunt has plans for the resurrection of Barnes and Noble bookstores. With the purchase of Barnes and Noble by Elliott Advisors the company went from a publicly traded company to a privately owned company. James Daunt wants to take advantage of the company's new status and position it as an "indie bookstore" chain. As an "indie bookstore" he feels the company can better compete against Amazon. He also believes a bricks and mortar bookstore can offer the community feeling Amazon can't. There are plans for increased support for the Nook ereader as well.

 Panzer says, "I like the idea of more support for Nook."

 Note: This is a long post. Bring a gallon of tea, six muffins and six sugar cookies (biscuits) for today's reading selection.

 To read the post tootle over to  Barnes and Noble