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Closure of only Barnes & Noble is major blow to Clayton County
By Donnell Suggs
The fifth largest county in the state of Georgia will no longer have a major bookseller after May 7. The only Barnes & Noble franchise in Clayton County is scheduled to close in May and with it the only opportunity for locals to browse a large bookstore on weekends or read and study quietly in the attached Starbucks during the week.
Clayton County has just under 300,000 residents, according to the U.S. Census and with no major bookseller within the county boundaries after Store #2865 on Mount Zion Rd. in Morrow closes, residents will have to drive into Atlanta, more specifically, to Buckhead, to shop at a Barnes & Noble. The Morrow store had been in business for nearly 30 years. The closest major bookseller will be the Books-A-Million franchise on Jonesboro Rd. in McDonough.
The letter on the door of Store #2865 began with:
Dear Barnes & Noble Customers, It is with great sadness that we announce the closure of this bookstore as the landlord has chosen not to renew our lease.
The letter also read in part:
It has been our honor and privilege to be your bookseller here in Southlake for the last 27 years.
Photo by Donnell Suggs/The Atlanta Voice
The closure of Barnes & Noble isn’t all bad news. Clayton County’s other bookstore, Nubian Books, will reap the benefit of the closure, says its owner.
“It’s good for me,” said Marcus Williams, owner and operator of Nubian Books, the only Black-owned bookstore in…
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