The new Barnes & Noble bookstore at Bellevue Square in Bellevue, Wash., opened on Wednesday. (GeekWire Photo / Kurt Schlosser) Barnes & Noble is back in downtown Bellevue, Wash., and book lovers ...

Barnes & Noble is set to open at least 60 new brick and mortar stores this year, adding to a boom of bookstores opening in the U.S. ... A stock photo of books on display in a bookstore.