North Shore Barnes & Noble Retail Location To Open Black Friday

LYNNFIELD, MA — The planned new Barnes & Noble retail location set for the former Amazon Books spot at MarketStreet Lynnfield will open for business on Black Friday.

The space, next to Abercrombie & Fitch, will open to the public at 8 a.m. for North Shore shoppers' literary holiday needs.

"The new bookstore in Lynnfield is a revelation," said Barnes & Noble CEO James Daunt said. "Our booksellers Lynnfield have a beautiful store with which to work and we look forward to having great fun in it. This is shaping up to be an exceptionally strong holiday for books and we are delighted to open in time to enjoy it in MarketStreet."

Having opened only one or two stores each year during the decade after 2009, Barnes & Noble has now opened 16 bookstores nationwide in 2022 with 30 more openings planned for 2023. The openings include a second Massachusetts location at Legacy Place in Dedham, which opens this week, a planned location in Natick, as well as three other Massachusetts stores.

"A bookstore is such an inviting space and we have built a very special one in Lynnfield," said Lynnfield store manager Kathleen Murphy, a Barnes & Noble bookseller of 24 years. "My team and I are creating such an interesting bookstore, one that is far removed from algorithms, and look forward to welcoming our customers this holiday to our beautiful new home."

(Scott Souza is a Patch field editor covering Beverly, Danvers, Marblehead, Peabody, Salem and Swampscott. He can be reached at Scott.Souza@Patch.com. Twitter: @Scott_Souza.)