Catherine Hollerbach writes: “As Amazon rose to prominence in the late 1990s and early 2000s, many shoppers and economists predicted the end of brick-and-mortar bookstores. After many years of the market evolving, Barnes & Noble has gotten through the transition and currently maintains a solid market share. The turnaround came in 2018, when the company’s board hired a new CEO, James Daunt, who pivoted the focus back to books and put the power to make decisions about the displays and book collection back into the hands of the local bookstore staff. Libraries can learn a lot from his successful approach.”