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Audiobook giant Audible opened what it billed as the first "bookless bookstore" in New York on Friday as industry statistics show more American consumers embracing the format.

From Barron's • May 2, 2026

Matthew B. Tepper, a professorial figure relaxing, bookless, on the far couch, said he would probably pick a book before leaving but was fighting a bit of ennui.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 13, 2022

The bookless library stands behind a locked chain-link fence with signs warning of 24-hour video surveillance, one of four libraries the City of San Jose has built but cannot afford to open.

From New York Times • Feb. 18, 2012

Dostoevsky would cheer this up ... rush hour passengers enduring a bookless tube journey.

From The Guardian • Aug. 16, 2010

And yet the place "all unabashed" now boasts its bookless self a city!

From A Century of English Essays An Anthology Ranging from Caxton to R. L. Stevenson & the Writers of Our Own Time by Rhys, Ernest