Indie Bookstores Beat Out B&N in D.C.

The American city that spends the most money on books, magazines, and newspapers—Washington, D.C.—will soon be left without any chain bookstores.

Despite the recent revival of the brick-and-mortar bookshop (in London, and Seattle, and even The People’s Republic of China, not to mention Washington itself), The Washington Post reports that Barnes & Noble is slated to close its only non-university affiliated location in Washington, D.C. on December 31st of this year, losing its 32,000 square-foot-space on the ground floor of the Thurman Arnold Building on 12th and E streets NW.