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Borders may file for bankruptcy this month
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| 02 February 2011
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Posted on 02/02/2011 10:33:24 PM PST by TheDingoAteMyBaby
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To: TheDingoAteMyBaby
I love physical books, but I can’t say I didn’t see this coming.
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posted on
02/02/2011 10:34:44 PM PST
by
freedumb2003
(The TOTUS-reader is a Judas Goat, leading the American sheeple to the slaugherhouse /Parmy)
To: TheDingoAteMyBaby
Bummer. They fill my bookshelves with 33% off
coupons plus another 10% with paid membership.
I have their low end Kobo reader. Best with epub,
but usable with pdf. Lighter than paper books.
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posted on
02/02/2011 10:59:36 PM PST
by
Myrddin
To: TheDingoAteMyBaby
This makes me sad and frustrated. I love books, I love bookstores, I love NEW books, and I love Borders, where there’s a convenient place to spend more money than I should on books and music and magazines I didn’t even know existed. Don’t die, Borders!
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posted on
02/02/2011 11:00:33 PM PST
by
ottbmare
(off-the-track Thoroughbred mare)
To: TheDingoAteMyBaby
Border’s, like B. Dalton, prices are ridiculous compared to Amazon for physical books.
Compete or die.
To: TheDingoAteMyBaby
The continuing death of Western civilization as we go back into the Dark Ages.
When they turn the power off, the “digital books” will be gone too.
To: kaehurowing
When they turn the power off, the “digital books” will be gone too. Shhh! You're not supposed to mention that.
I see a big book sale in our futures!
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posted on
02/02/2011 11:28:55 PM PST
by
Islander7
(There is no septic system so vile, so filthy, the left won't drink from to further their agenda)
To: TheDingoAteMyBaby
Good.
I haven’t shopped at Borders since they refused to carry a magazine that published the Mohammed cartoons.
Glad to see them go belly up.
To: kingpins10
I love Amazon, but I always check Half.com first. I get new items at rock-bottom prices all the time.
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posted on
02/03/2011 1:21:11 AM PST
by
Politicalmom
(America-The Land of the Sheep, the Home of the Caved.)
To: TheDingoAteMyBaby
What is that stock symbol?
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posted on
02/03/2011 3:29:04 AM PST
by
MeneMeneTekelUpharsin
(Freedom is the freedom to discipline yourself so others don't have to do it for you.)
To: TheDingoAteMyBaby
There’s that recovery again... the economy is so strong it can even support a major book retailer like Borders! /s
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posted on
02/03/2011 3:35:47 AM PST
by
pnh102
(Regarding liberalism, always attribute to malice what you think can be explained by stupidity. - Me)
To: TheDingoAteMyBaby
They are based out of Ann Arbor MI, i.e. Moscow on the Huron. I wonder how many Statist run the company. If so is their a Schadenfreude moment here....
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posted on
02/03/2011 3:46:05 AM PST
by
taildragger
((Palin / Mulally 2012 ))
To: kingpins10
Compete or die. Amazon does not have the overhead that Borders has. Amazon doesn't charge sales tax for most of its customers. I have a Borders less than 8 miles away, but I haven't been there in over a year. I think the age of brick and mortar is fading away, unless the government kills online commerce, which it well might.
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posted on
02/03/2011 3:51:54 AM PST
by
giotto
To: ottbmare
Don’t die, Borders!
Check out and see if there are any
Books-A-Million in your area. They are a
"red" company.
To: Allthegoodusernamesaregone
There is one about 5 mins from me that I visit once in a while.
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posted on
02/03/2011 4:48:21 AM PST
by
wally_bert
(It's sheer elegance in its simplicity! - The Middleman)
To: TheDingoAteMyBaby
Didn’t I read not to long ago they were looking to Buy Barnes & Noble chain?
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posted on
02/03/2011 5:02:27 AM PST
by
Lessthantolerant
(The State is diametrically opposed to our search for a better living.)
To: wally_bert
Books-A-Mill donates heavily to conservative causes. I buy most of my books from them.
To: Lessthantolerant
I think it was the other way around.
To: TheDingoAteMyBaby
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posted on
02/03/2011 6:29:58 AM PST
by
Lessthantolerant
(The State is diametrically opposed to our search for a better living.)
To: MeneMeneTekelUpharsin
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