Barnes & Noble Brings All-New Bookstore to Pikesville

 Barnes & Noble is delighted to be opening its new Pikesville bookstore in The Festival at Woodholme, a stone’s throw away across the parking lot from its previous location.  After 19 years of proudly serving the community from their former shop, the Pikesville booksellers are eager to unveil their beautiful new bookstore (serendipitously) on Wednesday, October 19^th.

The new Barnes & Noble is located at 1809 Reisterstown Rd, Pikesville MD 21208, near Trader Joe’s in the space formerly occupied by Pier 1 Imports.  It will officially open to the public at 9:00 am ET on October 19 following the closure of the prior location on October 18.  Brigid Kemmerer, New York Times bestselling author of Defy the Night, will be cutting the ribbon on opening day and signing copies of the highly anticipated follow-up Defend the Dawn.

The new store is built with a layout that welcomes readers and encourages those magical moments of discovering their next favorite book, giving Pikesville book buyers an intimate browsing experience full of books hand-picked by local booksellers.  The new location sits just a few stores down from the company’s sister store, Paper Source, and is sure to make a wonderful addition to the Festival at Woodholme shopping center.  It will join a roster of other Baltimore-based B&N’s such as Bel Air, Ellicott City and Annapolis.

Enjoying strong books sales and buoyed by the popularity of reading, Barnes & Noble is busy opening new stores.  The new Pikesville is the 11^th store to be opened so far this year, with another 30 in development for the near future.  This compares to just 15 new stores in total opened in the nine years from 2010 to 2019.  “We are very pleased to retain a bookstore in Pikesville where for so many years Barnes & Noble has been a central part of this community,” said James Daunt, CEO of Barnes & Noble.  “Store Manager Carmin Windsor and the bookselling team have been working diligently to build this brilliant new store, and we very much look forward to our first holiday season in our new home.”

“Every community needs a bookstore,” said Carmin Windsor, Store Manager.  “I feel that we will continue to be a place of discovery for Pikesville, and our team has been busy visualizing all the possible ways we can better connect with readers in the community.  I have been a B&N Bookseller for 22 years, and I am local to the Baltimore area.  Opening this store has been extra special for me, and I cannot wait to welcome our customers, both new and old, into our doors.”

Customers can discover more about upcoming events and news using the handle @bnpikesvillemd!

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About Barnes & Noble

Barnes & Noble, Inc. is the largest retail bookseller in the United States. The Company has approximately 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, and the publisher Union Square & Co. General information on Barnes & Noble, Inc. can be found on the Company’s website at www.bn.com.