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Borders begins liquidation sales at all stores
Chicago Tribune ^ | 7/22/11

Posted on 07/22/2011 7:35:46 AM PDT by markomalley

Borders Group is beginning liquidation sales at all of its 399 stores.

A liquidation company that is part of the process said late Thursday that the sales will be held starting Friday at all 259 Borders superstores, 114 Borders Express and Waldenbooks, and 26 Borders airport stores.

Gordon Brothers Group, part of a group of liquidators leading the sales, says more than $700 million of the company's inventory, including books, stationery, music and movies will be sold.

Store fixtures, furnishings and equipment, including shelving and, in some cases, cafe equipment, will also be sold off

(Excerpt) Read more at chicagotribune.com ...


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To: markomalley
Isn't Borders the one where the employees were badmouthing Palin’s book on the company website and refusing to put it on display in certain liberal areas? Good riddance to bad rubbish in my opinion.
21 posted on 07/22/2011 9:17:33 AM PDT by Opinionated Blowhard ("When the people find they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.")
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To: Opinionated Blowhard

I believe so, mostly because of the coffee shop atmosphere of the place. Previously, you’d only see those sort of people working in the eclectic bookstores that specialized in used, rare or out-of-print selection. Borders became the primary crossover to the main-line retailers.


22 posted on 07/22/2011 9:40:28 AM PDT by Charles Martel (Endeavor to persevere...)
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To: Anima Mundi

LOL


23 posted on 07/22/2011 9:42:55 AM PDT by GSWarrior
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To: MinorityRepublican; Mr Rogers
... The printed screen isn't the same experience ...

I completely agree. Not only do I miss the experience of handling a book, physically turning pages, and marking pages, but reading paper books are much easier on my eyes.

I wonder if the preference has to do with one's learning style (visual, auditory, or tactile).
24 posted on 07/22/2011 10:13:35 AM PDT by algernonpj (He who pays the piper . . .)
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To: napscoordinator
I agree. I know it is “old fashioned” to want to go to a book store like Barnes and Noble, but I still very much enjoy the experience.

Really old-fashioned is wanting to go to a neighborhood book store where the owner behind the counter knows every book on the shelves, and every employee can suggest books based on what you've read and enjoyed. The Barnes & Borders stores did a nice job of creating a pleasant atmosphere, but it's not the same.

The big-box stores killed most of those mom-and-pop shops, who couldn't compete with their massive selection and economies of scale; the big boxes were in turn killed by online sellers who take selection and scale to another order of magnitude. The irony is that the fall of the big boxes opens the door for the independent shops to make a comeback as a place to browse and talk about books.

25 posted on 07/22/2011 10:13:56 AM PDT by ReignOfError
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To: Mr Rogers
I buy hardback books, mostly (used - Amazon). The printed screen isn’t the same experience.

Amen. When I'm done I donate them to the senior center.

26 posted on 07/22/2011 11:49:37 AM PDT by Oatka ("A society of sheep must in time beget a government of wolves." –Bertrand de Jouvenel)
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To: Reagan is King

Love my Kindle, but I still buy books for the kids.

I’d buy more books for the Kindle, but the price break isn’t enough. I’m saving them printing and logistics costs and the digital book is slightly cheaper and sometime even more expensive.

As it is, I pull classic works of all genres from Project Guterberg.


27 posted on 07/22/2011 1:10:19 PM PDT by SJSAMPLE
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To: Cringing Negativism Network
The employees at my local Borders were all heavily pierced and tatted. That, along with Borders being the highest priced of any major chain, sort of dampened any enthusiasm I had for shopping there.
28 posted on 07/22/2011 1:36:12 PM PDT by yuleeyahoo
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To: mewzilla

I want paper books. No electricity needed.


29 posted on 07/22/2011 2:53:07 PM PDT by little jeremiah (Courage is not simply one of the virtues, but the form of every virtue at the testing point. CSLewis)
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To: MinorityRepublican
the printed screen isn't the same experience. So who's buying and actually using all those e-readers.

Me. I buy books to read them. The experience of reading them is pretty irrelevant. But if you're asking what the attraction is to the e-reader, it's pretty plain:

(1) it is convenient. I can buy a book in about ten seconds through Amazon.

(2) It is cheaper than buying regular books. In addition to the something like ten thousand or so free volumes on Amazon, most of the e-books are priced much cheaper than their paper counterparts.

(3) I can hold thousands of books in one device. Why do I want to buy, store, and carry heavy and cumbersome paper books when I can download them digitally and carry my entire library in a Kindle or an iPad?

(4) I find the experience to be better with an e-reader. On the Kindle iPad app--I don't know about the others--I can bookmark pages or passages to which I would like to return or in which I am interested, or, if I come across a word with which I am unfamiliar, I can simply put my finger over the word and the e-reader will provide me with a definition. Pretty remarkable.

30 posted on 07/22/2011 3:07:59 PM PDT by Publius Valerius
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