National bookstore chain Barnes & Noble is planning to open a location within the Southpark Meadows shopping center this fall.

The details

The new bookstore will be approximately 20,000 square feet and be modeled after the company's most recent store designs, with bookcases arranged in rooms and nooks. The store will also have a Barnes & Noble Café.

The national bookstore chain has four Austin locations, including one in South Austin’s Sunset Valley Village shopping center.

As the largest bookstore chain in the U.S., Barnes & Noble sells books, e-books, magazines, toys and games, music, DVDs, Blu-ray products, gifts and more.