Barnes & Noble opens today

Barnes

& Noble opens today

Today is the day

many Fayette booklovers have circled on their calendars.

Barnes

& Noble throws open its doors today at 1415 Ga.

Highway 85 north in Fayetteville. Residents can wander

through 21,000 sq.ft. of books and brows 150,000 titles.

The company

designs each store to reflect the community and tailors

the book and music selection to match. The Fayetteville

store contains an expanded range of books focused on

family, education, home reference, cooking and business.

In addition

to the variety of books, more than 10,000 music titles

and 1,000 videos are offered at the store. The store

employs 60 employees and 95 percent are local to

Fayetteville and Peachtree City.

Regular

store hours are Monday through Thursday, 9 a.m.-10 p.m.;

Friday and Saturday, 9 a.m-11 p.m and Sunday 9 a.m.-9

p.m.