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Nina Barrett vs. AmazonRebecca Aizinon May 18, 2021 at 4:15 pm


The owner of Evanston’s Bookends & Beginnings is taking on the retail giant in an effort to save independent bookstores.

Independent bookstore owner Nina Barrett has a lot on her plate—or actually, her bookshelves. Seven years ago, Barrett, 60, and her husband, a librarian, opened Bookends & Beginnings by the Northwestern University campus in Evanston, and now, just after a recent expansion of the store, she’s the single named plaintiff of a class action lawsuit against Amazon.…Read More

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