Leonard Riggio, then chairman of Barnes & Noble, arrives at a bookstore in New York on Sept. 12, 2017. Riggio died on Tuesday. Seth Wenig/AP hide caption
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Barnes & Noble opened this new store in Pikesville, Md., as it began its biggest expansion in years. Alina Selyukh/NPR hide caption
The sign for a Barnes & Noble bookstore hangs above the entrance to one of its locations in Brooklyn earlier this year. The book retailer and Elliott Management Corp. announced Friday that they have agreed to a sale price of about $683 million. Drew Angerer/Getty Images hide caption
The exterior of a Barnes & Noble bookstore is seen in Salem, N.H. Barnes & Noble. Elise Amendola/AP hide caption
Barnes & Noble Founder Retires, Leaving His Imprint On Bookstore's History
The metaphoric shadow of Microsoft passes, less hopeful than when it came. Spencer Platt/Getty Images hide caption
Roz Chast drew on memories of her parents — and actually drew them — for her Kirkus Prize-winning memoir, Can't We Talk About Something More Pleasant? Bill Franzen hide caption
Joan Didion on Sept. 24, 2012, in New York City. Jemal Countess/Getty Images hide caption
Spanish novelist Ana Maria Matute is pictured in 2010 in Barcelona, Spain, after winning the Cervantes Prize. Manu Fernandez/AP hide caption
Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos unveils new Kindle reading devices during a 2012 news conference. David McNew/Getty Images hide caption
A Barnes & Noble store in Bethel Park, Pa. Gene J. Puskar/AP hide caption
Author and cultural critic Albert Murray wrote the 1970 book The Omni-Americans. Chris Felver/Getty Images hide caption
People stand and read books during a silent protest last week at Istanbul's Taksim Square. Getty Images hide caption
Microsoft already owns nearly a 17 percent stake in Nook Media. Spencer Platt/Getty Images hide caption
A Barnes & Noble bookstore in Washington, D.C. Karen Bleier/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker speaks during the Republican National Convention on Aug. 28, 2012. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images hide caption
Robert Caro, who won the National Book Critics Circle Award in biography, at a gala at the Norman Mailer Center in New York. Andy Kropa/Getty Images hide caption
Nobel laureate Rudyard Kipling wrote novels, poems and short stories, mostly set in India and Burma during British rule. Evening Standard/Getty Images hide caption
Lady Bird Johnson and President Lyndon Johnson at an election rally in 1964. Terry Fincher/Getty Images hide caption
Mary Ingalls, the sister of Laura Ingalls Wilder, went blind from illness at age 14. Wikimedia hide caption
A Barnes & Noble store in San Bruno, Calif. It's on the list. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images hide caption