Closure of only Barnes & Noble will be major blow to Clayton County readers, students

A letter to customers can be found on the front door of Barnes & Noble Store #2865 in Morrow, Georgia. The store is the only major bookseller in the county.Photo by Donnell Suggs/The Atlanta Voice The fifth largest county in the state of Georgia will no longer have a major bookseller after May 7. The only Barnes & Noble franchise in Clayton County is scheduled to close in May and with it the only opportunity for locals to browse a large bookstore on weekends or read and study quietly in the attached Starbucks during the week.  Clayton County has just under 300,000 residents, according to the U.S. Census and with no major bookseller within the county boundaries after Store #2865 on Mount Zion Rd. in Morrow closes, residents will have to drive into Atlanta, more specifically, to Buckhead, to shop at a Barnes & Noble. The Morrow store, which is 23,000-square-feet and is on a two-acre lot, had been in business for nearly 30 years. The closest major bookseller will be the Books-A-Million franchise on Jonesboro Rd. in McDonough, which is 15 miles away.  The letter on the door of Store #2865 began with: Dear Barnes & Noble Customers, It...