Barnes & Noble Opens New Store in American Fork

Barnes & Noble is thrilled to announce the opening of its new American Fork bookstore on Wednesday, February 28^th. The new Barnes & Noble is located in The Meadows (773 Grassland Drive, American Fork, UT 84003) next to Lane Bryant and near Ross and Home Depot.

The bookstore will officially open to the public at 10AM MST on Wednesday the 28^th, with author Brandon Mull cutting the ribbon and signing copies of his books. The new location showcases the highly lauded bookstore design seen in the most recent Barnes & Noble store openings, housing all the best books, toys, games and gifts that customers have come to expect from the nation’s premier bookseller. The new bookstore will also feature a B&N Café.

“The more brick-and-mortar bookstores there are in the world, the better we build readers in all communities,” said James Daunt, CEO, Barnes & Noble. “Browsing the shelves and receiving excellent recommendations from experienced booksellers will beat an algorithm every time. As we enter new areas, many of our new bookstores are smaller in size. Not so in American Fork, where we have the great pleasure of opening the grandest Barnes & Noble yet this year.”

Barnes & Noble is enjoying a period of tremendous growth as the strategy to hand control of each bookstore to its local booksellers has proven so successful. The bookseller is experiencing exceptionally strong sales in its existing stores and has been opening many new stores after over 15 years of declining store numbers. In 2023, Barnes & Noble opened more new bookstores in a single year than it had in the whole decade from 2009 to 2019. The bookseller expects to open over 50 new bookstores in 2024.

The American Fork bookstore is the seventh new Barnes & Noble to open in 2024. Four more new Barnes & Noble bookstores are due to open their doors in March, in Columbia SC, Victor NY, Gainesville FL, and Meriden CT. Each grand opening has drawn enthusiastic crowds that wrap around the building, filling the store as the ribbon is cut.

“I couldn’t be more excited to be a part of bringing Barnes & Noble to American Fork,” said Store Manager Matt Grahl, Barnes & Noble bookseller of five years. “Our booksellers have been hard at work curating our selection for this community, and we can’t wait to welcome readers into their beautiful new American Fork Barnes & Noble.”

Customers can discover more about upcoming events and news by following @bnamforkutah on Facebook. 

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About Barnes & Noble

Barnes & Noble, Inc. is the largest retail bookseller in the United States. The Company has more than 600 bookstores across the United States, as well as its online bookstore at BN.com, the Nook Digital business which offers both e-books and an audio book subscriptions service, the SparkNotes educational service, stationery and gift retailer Paper Source, and the publisher Union Square & Co. General information on Barnes & Noble, Inc. can be found on the Company’s website at www.bn.com.