In September, Barnes & Noble will begin an aggressive promotion of its Nook e-readers by building 1,000-square-foot boutiques in all of its stores, with sample Nooks, demonstration tables, video screens and employees who will give customers advice and operating instructions.
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To make room for the new Nook displays, Barnes & Noble plans to clear out some of its music merchandise, which in its superstores takes up 3,600 square feet, and to arrange its books more efficiently. Mr. Lynch said that the number of books on display in Barnes & Noble stores would not decrease.
[NYTimes.com]

Here’s a list of August 2010 B&N and Borders events that I thought were interesting for one reason or another:

B&N Aug 2010 Events (NYC)
Aug 03 Marcus Samuelsson: New American Table (82nd & Bway)
Aug 10 Rosanne Cash: Composed A Memoir (Upstairs at USQ)
Aug 10 Dave Mustaine: Mustaine A Heavy Metal Memoir (5th Ave 12:30PM)
Aug 11 Martin Amis: The Pregnant Widow (USQ)
Aug 12 Adam Ross: Mr. Peanut (Lincoln Tri)
Aug 17 Lauren Weisberger: Last Night at Chateau Marmont (86th & Lex)
Aug 19 Gail Caldwell: Let’s Take the Long Way Home (82nd & Bway)
Aug 25 The Seven Year Bitch: Jennifer Belle (86th & Lex)
Aug 26 James Hannaham: God Says No (Lincoln Tri)
Aug 26 Gabe Rotter: The Human Bobby (Tribeca)
Aug 30 Beautiful Dreamers: Bill Frisell (Lincoln Tri)
Aug 31 Kristin Hersh: Rat Girl A Memoir (Upstairs at USQ)

Borders Aug 2010 Events (NYC)
Aug 02 Kathy Griffin: Official Book Club Selection (CC)
Aug 04 Danica McKellar: Hot X (CC)
Aug 05 ROBYN performs songs from Body Talk Vol. 1 (CC)
Aug 12 Dave Mustiaine: Mustaine A Heavy Metal Memoir (CC)
Aug 14 Introducing Ook and Gluk (CC, Park, KB)