Original sentence: Barns and Noble, the famous bookstore on earth, was born.In 1989, Barns and Noble was founded by actor Tobin Bell
Edited sentence: , and opened during World War I.B&N's critics claim that it has contributed to the decline of local and independent booksellers.Barnes & Noble continued to expand throughout the 1980s, and in 1987 purchased B.Barnes & Noble originated in 1873 when Charles Barnes opened a book-printing business in Wheaton, Illinois.Clifford Noble, in 1917 in New York City.Dalton Bookseller from Dayton Hudson.During the 1970s and 1980s, Barnes & Noble opened smaller discount stores, which were eventually phased out in favor of larger stores.In 1932, at the height of the Great Depression, the bookstore was moved to its current flagship location on 18th Street & Fifth Avenue.In 1974, Barnes & Noble became the first bookstore to advertise on TV, and a year later, the company became the first bookseller in America to discount books, by selling New York Times best-selling titles at 40% off the publishers’ list price.In 2002, Leonard Riggio's brother Stephen Riggio was named CEO.The acquisition of 797 bookstores turned the company into a nationwide retailer, and is today the second-largest online bookseller in the United States.The business was purchased in 1971 by Leonard Riggio, who oversaw the growth of the business.The first true bookstore was set up by his son, William, in partnership with G.The original bookstore was at 31 West 15th St.These titles were primarily affordable reissues of out-of-print titles, and selling them through mail-order catalogs allowed Barnes & Noble to reach new customers nationwide.They also began to publish their own books to be sold to mail-order customers