NEW YORK, NY - MAY 25: People enter the newly opened Amazon Books on May 25, 2017 in New York City. Amazon.com Inc.'s first New York City bookstore occupies 4,000 square feet in The Shops at Columbus Circle in Manhattan and stocks upwards of 3,000 books. Amazon Books, like the Amazon Go store, does not accept cash and instead lets Prime members use the Amazon app on their smartphone to pay for purchases. Non-members can use a credit or debit card. Spencer Platt/Getty Images/AFP / AFP PHOTO / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / SPENCER PLATT
Bookstores are a go-to for the procrastinating gift-getter, a one-stop shop that has a little something for everyone. But there's a new kid on the block this holiday season as online giant Amazon creeps into the physical realm, with 13 brick-and-mortar stores across the United States and counting.
In the upscale Washington suburb of Bethesda, the sector's transformation is playing out in full view: traditional bookstore Barnes & Noble is closing up shop and Amazon is coming to town – with a gleaming new store soon to open not two minutes' walk away.
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