{"id":188991,"date":"2026-04-07T23:49:12","date_gmt":"2026-04-07T23:49:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/188991\/"},"modified":"2026-04-07T23:49:12","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T23:49:12","slug":"the-amazon-owned-audible-is-opening-a-bookless-bookstore-in-nyc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/188991\/","title":{"rendered":"The Amazon-owned Audible is opening a \u201cbookless bookstore\u201d in NYC."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Posted Apr 7, 2026 at 9:31 PM UTC<\/p>\n<p>The Amazon-owned Audible is opening a \u201cbookless bookstore\u201d in NYC.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1ymtmqpi _17nnmdy1 _17nnmdy0 _1xwtict1\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/audiblestoryhouse.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Audible Story House<\/a> will only be open during the month of May, featuring story \u201ctiles\u201d that visitors can use to sample audiobooks, along with seven \u201clistening spaces\u201d equipped with Sony headphones and Dolby Atmos surround sound. 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