Amazon said will open a brick-and-mortar store in its Seattle hometown on Tuesday, stocked with books and Amazon devices, like Kindle e-readers.

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Amazon opened a bricks-and-mortar bookstore Tuesday in Chicago's Lakeview neighborhood. The store is located near North Southport and West Cornelia avenues on the North Side.

Barnes & Noble went from near-bust to back in action and the CEO of the nation’s largest remaining book chain credits a revived, independent-minded experience for helping the company take on Amazon.