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2011-07-19 Economy

Borders Says It Will Shut Down All of Its Stores for Good

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Posted by DarthVader 2011-07-19 10:29|| || Front Page|| [5 views ] Top

#1 One of the goals of the progressive (hah!) Left is a world without Borders, so this should be a good thing, right?

Besides, reading leads to thinking and who knows where that will take you.

Posted by SteveS 2011-07-19 12:52|| 2011-07-19 12:52|| Front Page Top

#2 Wonder if the smaller bookstores will see a revival now that the giants are dying, or if Amazon and the internet has effectively killed most of them. I still enjoy browsing for books I've never heard of. Amazon is not the best place for that kind of purchase.

Posted by rjschwarz 2011-07-19 14:51|| 2011-07-19 14:51|| Front Page Top

#3 The warehouse bestseller stores were effective at taking out small indy booksellers, because they could get better deals or lock them out from publishers entirely. They were not "nice" businesses, and most of what they sold was pop crap, so I am not particularly sad to see them go.

However, even though Amazon sells many books directly, it sells many more indirectly, from small book dealers around the country. So they also support these small guys.

For rare & valuable, Abebooks has a niche in that if you search for a book with them, they will keep at it. I got a hit for a rare paperback six months or more after I requested it.

Posted by Anonymoose 2011-07-19 17:03|| 2011-07-19 17:03|| Front Page Top

#4 Never could find a 1982 JanesFighting Ships at Borders or Barnes and Nobel. So, meh.

Posted by S 2011-07-19 18:48|| 2011-07-19 18:48|| Front Page Top

#5 like my local B&N, but I get tired of walking past the Obama hagiographies. I generally (read 80%) buy my books on Amazon via Fred's link so he gets his beak wet. I have authors I like and whenever they offer something new, I get a pre-offer price. Works for me

Posted by Frank G 2011-07-19 20:58|| 2011-07-19 20:58|| Front Page Top

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