Hacker News with Generative AI: Bookstores

Bookshop.org launches Kindle alternative, sends e-book sales to local bookstores (usatoday.com)
Bookshop.org is ready to change that. Today, the online platform that connects readers to local bookstores launched an e-reading platform of its own. For the first time, local independent bookstores can sell e-books to customers, says CEO and founder Andy Hunter.
Leonard Riggio, who built Barnes and Noble, dies at 83 (nypost.com)
Show HN: Shepherd 3.0 – Like wandering the aisles of your favorite bookstore (ycombinator.com)