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1. www.npr.org › barnes-noble-leonard-riggio-obituaryLeonard Riggio, who led bookseller Barnes & Noble, dies at 83 ...

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   Aug 27, 2024 · NEW YORK — Leonard Riggio, a brash, self-styled underdog who transformed the publishing industry by building Barnes & Noble into the country’s most powerful bookseller before his company was ...

2. www.prnewswire.com › news-releases › leonard-riggioLEONARD RIGGIO, FOUNDER AND FORMER CHAIRMAN OF BARNES & NOBLE ...

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   Aug 27, 2024 · February 28, 1941 – August 27, 2024. NEW YORK, Aug. 27, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Leonard Riggio, founder and former chairman of Barnes & Noble, Inc., has died following a valiant battle with ...

3. www.washingtonpost.com › obituaries › 2024/08/28Leonard Riggio, who built Barnes & Noble into a juggernaut ...

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   Aug 28, 2024 · August 28, 2024 at 7:05 p.m. EDT. Leonard Riggio, a swaggering Brooklyn-bred executive who grew Barnes & Noble into the country’s largest bookselling chain, then sparred with Amazon as online ...

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   Riggio’s near-half century reign at Barnes & Noble began in 1971 when he used a $1.2 million loan to purchase the company’s name and its flagship store on lower Fifth Avenue in Manhattan.

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   Leonard Riggio, founder and chairman of Barnes & Noble Inc., left, and his wife Louise Riggio host the Guild Hall annual benefit at their home in Bridgehampton, New York, U.S., on Friday, August 9 ...

6. www.pressherald.com › 2024/08/27 › leonard-riggioLeonard Riggio, who forged a bookselling empire at Barnes ...

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   Who was Leonard Riggio?

   • Riggio died on Tuesday. NEW YORK — Leonard Riggio, a brash, self-styled underdog who transformed the publishing industry by building Barnes & Noble into the country’s most powerful bookseller before his company was overtaken by the rise of Amazon.com, has died at age 83.

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   How did Leonard Riggio die?

   • Leonard Riggio, the mastermind behind Barnes & Noble, has died at age 83. Riggio died "following a valiant battle with Alzheimer’s disease," according to a statement issued by his family.

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   How did Leonard Riggio change the publishing industry?

   • Leonard Riggio transformed the publishing industry by building Barnes & Noble into the country’s most powerful bookseller before his company was overtaken by the rise of Amazon.

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   Who is Riggio & Barnes & Noble?

   • Riggio began the 2000s at the height of power, with more than 700 superstores and hundreds of others outlets. But internet commerce was growing quickly and Barnes & Noble, with its roots in physical retail, lacked the imagination and flexibility of the startup from Seattle that called itself “Earth’s Biggest Bookstore,” Amazon.com.

   Leonard Riggio, who forged a bookselling empire at Barnes & Noble, dies

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   What did Steve Riggio do for a living?

   • Bookselling and family often overlapped for Riggio. His brother Steve Riggio served for years as vice chairman of Barnes & Noble and another brother, Thomas Riggio, helped run a trucking company that shipped the store’s books.

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   Why was Riggio so feared?

   • But in his time no one in the book world was more feared. With the power to make any given book a bestseller, or a flop, to alter the market on an idle whim, Riggio could terrify publishers simply by suggesting prices were too high or that he might sign up such top sellers as Stephen King and John Grisham and publish them himself.

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8. locusmag.com › 2024 › 10Leonard Riggio (1941-2024) – Locus Online

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   Oct 12, 2024 · Leonard Riggio (1941-2024) October 12, 2024. Longtime Barnes & Noble head LEONARD RIGGIO, 83, died August 27, 2024 in Manhattan. He had Alzheimer’s. Leonard Stephen Riggio was born February 28, 1941 in New York, and attended Brooklyn Technical High School. After graduating in 1958, he took night classes at NYU for a while before dropping out.