Barnes & Noble Bookstore

My favorite Barnes and Noble store. 2 floors of books. Friendly staff with a bigger than normal video section. The only downside is not much seating.

The distinct smell of new paper freshly adorned with ink; aisles of writ adventures beckoning the passers by. A colorful compilation of insundry items provoking the senses, creating a flow of movement and life drawing one through and into the never ending maze of books. What is there not to love?

I like this Barnes and Nobel the most. The selection is rather large, and you can find good deals. If you look in the non recent albums in the music section, you can find super deals like Van Halen’s «Fair Warning» for $ 8! I also like The Galleria because they have a lot of fancy stores.

Here is a Barnes & Noble I just can’t seem to get down with. An odd situation given that I like most B&Ns.
Here’s the problem; I dig magazines. As a single dad, I don’t have time for long books and whats nots. So magazines give me the ability to read a little then deal with whatever fire I am needed to put out. This B&N doesn’t seem to get the mags soon enough and in enough quantity.
Now that I write it down, I realize that most Edina-​ites (Edinans? Ediners?) aren’t as cool as I, and just don’t read the mags I read. Tattoo, motorcycle, random weird things, etc
Still, the vibe here is just off. I go, I like, but others B&Ns are better.
Surprisingly, Eden Prairie’s is the best. Hmmmmm.

The selection is pretty good, the people at the counter aren’t that talkative and the café is sad.
I go downstairs to the café and the café workers are slow which isn’t a surprise and usually expected, but my cappuccino was made correctly but the girl had attitude, another expectation so there goes her tip. It was nice to see that the café is getting remodeled so that’s good news. I get out my nook and there is no wi-​fi access! Wha? So I had to go back upstairs and wi-​fi comes back but guess what, there are only 10 chairs in the whole store! They can sneak a few chairs in corners here and there but they didn’t so I ended up putting my nook away and browsing through books, (so old-​fashioned).
I love their puzzle selection and nook accessories were pretty good too.

This is a very busy Barnes and Noble bookstore! I’m not used to so much foot traffic that goes on in there! Once I walked in, you can hear many voices buzzing throughout the store. I felt a little overwhelmed with so many tables and shelves of books that spread across the floor. I was so used to knowing where everything was in Borders that walking through Barnes and Noble doors made me look like a lost little puppy. I usually look for the «buy 1 get 1 half off books» and I walked around several times, and up and down the escalator several times before coming up to a small round table that read ‘buy 1 get 1 half off’. I was quite disappointed in the selection. And after walking around several times I was hoping to run into someone who worked there to help me but I suppose they were busy helping others that were also looking for their book section.
I was also looking through their bargain selection and there wasn’t much to look at. Plus, they had other books in that section that weren’t really bargain buys. I felt like they didn’t have the right signs up — maybe they just had too many and it became overwhelming, but it just didn’t feel intuitive. I definitely didn’t know where I was going and the deals/​selection just weren’t doing it for me.
I think I will stick to my Borders and Half Price Book stores. The only thing I like about B&N…they have a Starbucks!

I like this bookstore. I would have to say that this is probably one of the more larger bookstores in the area. (I haven’t seen the one in downtown). I like just roaming around and hoping that the next book I pick from a shelf is something worth reading.
Anyway, this place used to be open til 11pm M-​Sat, but they recently changed closing time to 10pm. I was very disappointed because there were a few nights I’d stay until closing. I just like the atmosphere I guess. People who work here are also very friendly. They are always helpful.
Here’s a little more information:
1^st floor — Magazines, Birthday Cards, Journal books, Music & Videos, Bargain Books, Cookbooks, New Released Books
The floor down — Children’s Books, Café (Starbucks), Photography books, Lit books, Minnesota books, Current events books, Religion, Sociology books, Restrooms