https://www.nytimes.com/topic/company/barnes-noble-inc Barnes And Noble! en-us Copyright 2026 The New York Times Company Sun, 26 Apr 2026 08:44:27 +0000 Fri, 24 Apr 2026 17:24:19 +0000 https://static01.nyt.com/images/misc/NYT_logo_rss_250x40.png https://www.nytimes.com/topic/company/barnes-noble-inc https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/30/books/book-sales-trends-2025.html https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/30/books/book-sales-trends-2025.html Nonfiction and Y.A. are hurting, but genre fiction and the Good Book are booming. Here’s how book sales looked in 2025. Elizabeth A. 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