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   Barnes & Noble's former flagship store at 105 Fifth Avenue in Manhattan, New York operated from 1932 to 2014. Leonard Stephen Riggio (February 28, 1941 – August 27, 2024) was an American businessman. He served as executive chairman of book store chain Barnes & Noble and was its largest shareholder from 1971 [ 1 ] until the sale of the company ...

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   Aug 27, 2024 · Photo: Getty Images. 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 ...

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   Aug 27, 2024 · 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. Riggio died Tuesday “following a valiant battle with Alzheimer’s ...

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   Sep 1, 2024 · Leonard Riggio 1941-2024. Leonard Riggio: The Visionary Behind Barnes & Noble's Impact on American Readership

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   Aug 27, 2024 · Louise Thomas. Editor. 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 ...

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   Aug 27, 2024 · Welcome to Today in Books, our daily round-up of literary headlines at the intersection of politics, culture, media, and more. I was going to do a giant catalogue of book lists I have been collecting over the last few weeks, but the news that Leonard Riggio, who built Barnes & Noble into the Goliath we know today, died today is going to preempt that.

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   Why did Riggio start Barnes & Noble?

   • Riggio launched barnesandnoble.com to compete with Amazon.com for online book sales and launched a successful video game retail operation, which grew to become GameStop. By the end of the 20th century, Riggio had built Barnes & Noble into the world's largest bookseller.

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   Did Leonard Riggio Buy Barnes & Noble?

   • Leonard Riggio, who has died aged 83, bought a struggling Manhattan bookshop called Barnes & Noble in 1971 with a $1.2 million loan and transformed it into America’s biggest bookshop chain, in the process putting numerous small neighbourhood booksellers out of business.

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   Where did Barnes & Noble go wrong?

   • Arguably, though, innovation was where Barnes & Noble went wrong. Other big booksellers, such as the UK giant Waterstones, tackled the Amazon juggernaut and turned loss to profit by, as its chief executive James Daunt put it, going back to “good old-fashioned bookselling”.

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   Why did Barnes & Noble change the title of a book?

   • Publishers were known to change the cover or title of a book simply because a Barnes & Noble official had objected. “Angela’s Ashes” author Frank McCourt found himself condemned by the American Booksellers Association, the trade organization for the independents, after agreeing to appear in a Barnes & Noble commercial.

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   Who was Leonard Riggio?

   • Leonard S. Riggio was the eldest son of a prize fighter (who twice defeated Rocky Graziano) turned cab driver and a dress maker. Even in childhood, he advanced quickly, skipping two grades and attending one of the city’s top high schools, Brooklyn Tech.

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   When did Barnes & Noble go public?

   • In 1997, Barnes & Noble had 483 superstores, 528 mall-based B. Daltons, and sales went up to $2.8 billion. The company went public in 1993. Riggio launched barnesandnoble.com to compete with Amazon.com for online book sales and launched a successful video game retail operation, which grew to become GameStop.

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   Sep 9, 2024 · Telegraph Obituaries. Mon, Sep 9, 2024, 1:04 AM 4 min read. Riggio: he was accused of not caring about the fate of small booksellers - Rob Kim/Getty Images. Leonard Riggio, who has died aged 83 ...