Barnes & Noble will close its downtown Washington, DC location by the end of the year, the Washington City Paper reported. Company vp, development David Deason told the paper: “Despite our best efforts to come to an agreement with the property owner to extend the lease, they have decided to move forward with another tenant and the store will close at the end of December.” Maine Coast Book Shop and Cafe has a new owner in Sherman’s Books & Stationery’s Jeff Curtis, who will make the store the sixth location of Sherman’s as of January 1. “Putting what amounts to […]