How come the Chelsea Barnes & Noble, right down the street from Jossip HQ, had to close its doors after 14 years? Because the broker re-negotiating their lease “came in and put crazy numbers in [the landlors’] minds. We can’t pay those kinds of rents. We’ve been looking two, three years for a replacement. We have not been able to find a suitable location at rents that are affordable.”

So what type of rents, exactly, did B&N’s propery owners want? One rumor we were hearing before it was announced the location would close is $2 million per month.

Not that you’ll actually miss the brick-and-mortar Barnes & Noble. Don’t you people buy your books on Amazon.com like normal people?