Barnes & Noble Booksellers

This was my hang out when I lived in this neighborhood. It has that old bookseller feel. I enjoyed shopping here.
If you’re in the neighborhood and need access to the latest books in print, this is the place!

I love this Barnes & Noble. Very well organized and the staff is usually very knowledgeable and always helpful. I have been going there since my daughter was a baby (she is now a teenager) and through each phase this was the place I found my books and got great advice on what my daughter would like. I buy my gifts there, even my birthday cards. I even take a break from running around to enjoy a Chai latte at the café. I don’t know what I would do without it.

Excellent customer service. Selection is huge in the store, but they will get you any book you need if they don’t have it. Children’s area is amazing. Starbuck coffee is pretty good there too!!!

Glad they’re here, but they put out of business the indie Shakespeare and Co. bookstore nearby some years ago.

Try to find a book here last week, there helper is very helpful, big and clean, like it !

I love this place but WTH there is no LGBT section it’s called «cultural studies» WTH is that. And it’s ab about ten books not happy about this.

i’ve would not go to this book store and they over charged me one manga by extra $ 4 but i was completely angry and sales associate never assisting me and they always walk past through you and avoiding new customer except current customer & special customer…
limited Arthur and variety lack section of fact and fiction…

I go to B&N once a month with my cousin and just get lost for about 3 hours.
We always go to the one on 86^th Street, and while it’s always packed when we go, there’s always a spot for you to sit and read. I’d become a member as you get lots of items 10% off and they always send coupons to you. Make it so much more worth it.

I tried to return an unopened DVD that I received as a gift and the cashier was unbelievably smug and unhelpful. She said it couldn’t be returned or exchanged because the exchange period had lapsed (even though I had the receipt and the DVD was unopened and in perfect condition). She said she would give me a store credit equal to 50% of the value of the DVD in exchange for the DVD. What a scam!
I think she may have even been one of the managers, which makes it even worse. I will no longer shop at this store or any other B&N because of how rude and unhelpful this person was.

Super convenient location on the UPW.
I called the store to place a couple of books on hold for same day pickup. The staff was helpful and friendly. A few hours later, I stopped by to pick up my books by the cash register and v’iola, they were ready. I paid and left within a couple of minutes.
I love efficiency, and that was quick and easy.
Now if everything else in life can be so easy.

Unfortunately, over the past few months this branch has been plagued with pretentious and unwelcoming customer service. Sad but true.

It’s a great store with an incredible selection, but it’s so hard to find an employee that I can’t give it a better rating. If you know what you’re looking for, you can’t do better than this location!

Nice Barnes & Noble Book store on the Upper West Side. I came here for a book signing, this is some prime real estate! Huge store, I didn’t get that impression from the outside.
Barnes & Noble has the book signing process down to a T:
–You wait on line to buy the book at a special register
–You take your purchased book and get it signed by the celebrity author
–You tell the celebrity author that his music was the backbeat of my life throughout the years. The celebrity author shows no interest.
–You now want to half slap the celebrity author
If you need to visit a book store on the Upper West Side, check out Barnes & Noble Booksellers.

I’m happy to report that there’s been a *huge* improvement with the personnel at this store — or perhaps I just contacted them and went there on days when very nice people were working. Regardless, it was quite a contrast to my phone contact of three years ago. I called yesterday to have them put two books on hold, and both of the clerks were really friendly & helpful. This afternoon I spent awhile browsing at the store and all of the employees were very pleasant.
The interior of this store is attractive. Also; it has a terrific travel section, plus a very good selection of graphic novels, graphic art and photography books.

I went to this Barns and Noble specifically to get a latte in the café and get some work done. I was very dismayed to see, after I got my latte, that there were no power outlets in the café area. I asked the barista and she said that there were some available upstairs and there were tables and such around up there as well. Unfortunately, I wasn’t able to find any. I asked the staff if there were any outlets available and every member of the staff rudely told me that they are not an internet café, I can’t just come and plug in and hang out, they don’t want people loitering around the store with their computers, etc. One person on the staff even had the gall to say «we don’t want hobos just hanging out on their computers all day».
I spoke with the manager (actually, I believe two were present) to tell them of my frustration both with the lack of outlet accessibility and the attitudes of the staff. One manager maintained the same attitude of her staff stating that they are not an internet café, and the other actually tried to determine which staff members had been so rude and told me of some outlets available.
I am extremely frustrated that not only was I unable to get the work done that I had set out to do, but that I was treated like a leach on society by all of the staff for simply asking for a power outlet. I am now at a starbucks up the road where there are tons of power outlets, friendly staff and wifi.
Dear Barns and Noble– if you give a customer a latte, they will want some wifi to go with it… and power outlets. The joke is really on them, because I would have done some shopping while I was there.

I worked here as a cashier when this location first opened its doors. And I haven’t set foot in this store again until today.
Wow. The Nook display took over most of the first floor, shifting everything around. I remember when they used to give readings on the mezzanine where the Mystery section was.
But what I remember most is that on a sunny Saturday afternoon like today, all the registers would be manned. All of them. Today, there wasn’t even a line. The store looks busy… but it’s deceptive. People have always come here to read books and magazines for free. Hell, B&N used to provide note paper for people to copy recipes. Now they’re selling yoga mats to make ends meet.
With the advent of Wi-​Fi (they didn’t have it when I worked here… God I’m old) the Café is packed almost beyond capacity. It wasn’t designed in the late 80’s with the kind of loitering Wi-​Fi demands.
And though they do sell Frappuccinos, they are a «B&N Café» and carry very different pastries and tarts than your run of the mill Starbucks.
This was the first Megabookstore in the chain, opening up a whole new concept of bookselling. With any luck the UWS store will be the last.
Barnes and Noble Booksellers is a bastion to the printed word, besieged on all sides by digital media and Amazon Prime© 2 Day Free Shipping.
Maybe it’s karma… Lots of independent booksellers died at the end of the Barnes & Noble sword.
The King is dead. Long Live the King.

I think I just love this part of town and the people that frequent here. The space is good. It is an older location so the book shelves and tables are old school classic Barnes and noble style. Dark mahogany colored wooden shelves and display tables give the place a certain charm. Even though its a huge chain, It feels more like your in a small library than a chain bookstore. The floor plan and furnishings are not updated and that adds to the ambiance.
The café makes a decent Starbucks iced chai tea which is hard to find anywhere in NYC even at a full service Starbucks they use too much soy.
You can sit in the window overlooking Broadway while you read through a book you potentially want to purchase and listen to the classical music that is streaming through the store.
I recommend stopping in if your in the area and love a good café drink and a book :)

Finding a Barnes & Noble in Manhattan these days can be a challenge. There was a time when you can find a B&N within walking distance almost everywhere in the city. Nowadays they are like an extent species as Amazon and the digital reader has made buying the paper book something for real hard copy lovers.
Still though there’s nothing quite like being able to sit down and sift through anything from a copy of Newton’s Prinicipia to being on the trail of the first Zen Monk in China as we explore the trail he blazed spreading Buddhism all over the country.
It’s also nice to watch kids actually hang out in the science section and look for books on astronomy, I guess they’re not as spoiled as TV makes them look sometimes on my favorite sitcoms.
This place features a huge seating area upstairs and host speakers and talks, I saw some posters where Anderson Cooper was supposed to interview some author, who cares, it’s Anderson Cooper, his eyes are a national treasure (best SNL ever).
Great place to go after a brunch. Artie’s deli is right across the street.

I’m almost always a fan of bookstores.
This one is no exception. 2.5 floors of books. First floor has a nook corner, sells cards, discounted books, artist supplies, famous celebrities books; second floor has calenders, café, various other books (that I didn’t explore). Third floor has a huge children’s selection, board games, classic books, philosophy, cooking, interior designs books, self improvement books… And a large section for you to sit and read all the books you’ve selected!
Warmth, padded metal chair, all the books you wanted to browse, a perfect way to spend a cold rainy day.

I am hard press to rate or review Barnes & Noble. It has been part of my life since the mid 70’s. Barnes & Noble open my eyes to the world of books and information. It aided me in my quest for knowledge in both high school and college, but at the same time it was the beginning of change for the UWS where I grew up.
This location has all the areas of literature covered; biographies, fiction, nonfiction, classics, sports, games, children, just about every popular book and the kitchen sink. I would always purchase my sports magazines here. Always a large selection. I found the bookstore to be well stocked across the board.
My conflict begins with all the comforts that a large bookstore has to offer: price, selection, size, amenities, etc. has force the closings of 5 different local bookstores over the years. The corporate force of Barnes & Noble has closed The Shakespearean across the street, The Coliseum on 59 Street and 3 more bookstores in the neighborhood.
The conundrum: great deals at Barnes & Noble or supporting local business. Whenever I could my dollars went to local business, but these enterprises died shortly there after. While I am a fan of B & N for certain reading material, neigbhorhood bookstores have a charm and warm feeling. A local bookstore is part of the community. Frequent book buyers = community. It was nice when the guy at the counter recognize you every Sunday morning.
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