Barnes & Noble opened this new store in Pikesville, Md., as it began its biggest expansion in years. Alina Selyukh/NPR hide caption
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Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos introduces the Kindle Fire in 2011 in New York City. Spencer Platt/Getty Images hide caption
Chuck Palahniuk rides the Paris subway on Sept. 29, 2006. Christophe Ena/AP hide caption
Barnes and Noble CEO William J. Lynch, Jr. displays a Nook reader in 2010. Michael Nagle/Getty Images hide caption