Bye bye Borders :(

No surprise. For better or worse, the printed medium is dead.

Part of me is a little sad to see them go :(

I can't think of any other book stores in my area at all :(

I guess it's not surprising though, what with Amazon and all.

All the border shops in the UK closed in 2009. I don't miss it.

Sad, its one of the few bookshops in my place. Will miss it.

I was under the impression that some online retailer was going to buy them. cybrcatter

It didn't get into the digital age quick enough.

[QUOTE="cybrcatter"]I was under the impression that some online retailer was going to buy them. Pirate700

[QUOTE="cybrcatter"]I was under the impression that some online retailer was going to buy them. Pirate700

(No, I wouldn't have advised any company buy Borders, don't get me wrong).

i do not mourn the lost of a company that could not change with the market tides, but i do have 300 bucks in borders gift certificates that will go unused

Liquidate!? GOING OUT OF BUSINESS SALE YAY! They sell video games too you know... And movies... Spending money time!

I prefer Barnes and Noble over Borders anyway for when I want to actually pick up a book offline.

I prefer Barnes and Noble over Borders anyway for when I want to actually pick up a book offline.

Atmanix

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[QUOTE="cybrcatter"]I was under the impression that some online retailer was going to buy them. spazzx625

[QUOTE="cybrcatter"]I was under the impression that some online retailer was going to buy them. Pirate700

CDs and magazines I can understand, but books? How do you lie in bed at night and read a book without actually having a few hundred pages of paper in your hand?

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[QUOTE="cybrcatter"]I was under the impression that some online retailer was going to buy them. mrbojangles25

CDs and magazines I can understand, but books? How do you lie in bed at night and read a book without actually having a few hundred pages of paper in your hand?

The Médecins Sans Frontières predicted this years ago.

[QUOTE="Atmanix"]

I prefer Barnes and Noble over Borders anyway for when I want to actually pick up a book offline.

Engrish_Major

Probably not, no.

If it wasn't for the Nook I imagine they'd be hurting too.

Fair enough but I'm not sure how much weight the Borders name holds in terms of online services. It's just a second rate Amazon.

Pirate700

[QUOTE="Pirate700"]

Fair enough but I'm not sure how much weight the Borders name holds in terms of online services. It's just a second rate Amazon.

spazzx625

[QUOTE="Engrish_Major"][QUOTE="Atmanix"]

I prefer Barnes and Noble over Borders anyway for when I want to actually pick up a book offline.

Atmanix

Probably not, no.

If it wasn't for the Nook I imagine they'd be hurting too.

That's a shame. Hopefully Barnes and Noble can still succeed in this now paperless society.

I will never sell my soul to a Kindle or Nook. There is nothing like reading an actual book.

That sucks:( One of the malls I go to has a awesome two story Borders.

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[QUOTE="Engrish_Major"] I do like B&N. There is a large one downtown in DC still. But I doubt that they will be expanding to my neighorhood to fill the newly-vacant Borders location.Pirate700

Probably not, no.

If it wasn't for the Nook I imagine they'd be hurting too.

The Kindle looks to be doing better, yeah.

"The Kindle has a market share of 67 percent in the U.S., followed by the Nook at 22 percent, according to Goldman Sachs Group Inc. Amazon.com also generates 58 percent of e-book sales, followed by Barnes & Noble's 27 percent, Apple Inc. at 9 percent and Borders with 7 percent."

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-02-22/barnes-noble-falls-after-dividend-halt-same-store-sales-rise.html

The Nook is still doing pretty well though IMO. I prefer it over the Kindle because of the E-pub format, or does the Kindle support that now?

[QUOTE="Pirate700"]

[QUOTE="Atmanix"]

Probably not, no.

If it wasn't for the Nook I imagine they'd be hurting too.

Atmanix

The Kindle looks to be doing better, yeah.

"The Kindle has a market share of 67 percent in the U.S., followed by the Nook at 22 percent, according to Goldman Sachs Group Inc. Amazon.com also generates 58 percent of e-book sales, followed by Barnes & Noble's 27 percent, Apple Inc. at 9 percent and Borders with 7 percent."

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-02-22/barnes-noble-falls-after-dividend-halt-same-store-sales-rise.html

The Nook is still doing pretty well though IMO. I prefer it over the Kindle because of the E-pub format, or does the Kindle support that now?

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[QUOTE="Pirate700"]For what purpose? Hard copy books, magazines and CDs are dead mediums. It would be flushing money down the toilet for any company.

Pirate700

CDs and magazines I can understand, but books? How do you lie in bed at night and read a book without actually having a few hundred pages of paper in your hand?

whats a kindle?

*http://www.amazon.com/Kindle-Wireless-Reader-Wifi-Graphite/dp/B002Y27P3M

ooooooooooooooooh that is fancy. Are they any good?

[QUOTE="Pirate700"]

[QUOTE="mrbojangles25"]

CDs and magazines I can understand, but books? How do you lie in bed at night and read a book without actually having a few hundred pages of paper in your hand?

mrbojangles25

whats a kindle?

Its a small twig or stick used to start a fire.

While I realize the paper book is going to disappear completely one day, I personally prefer reading books in book form.

this really blows. after school I would always visit my friend Amy who worked at starbucks inside borders. she already knew this was going to happen so its not a surprise or anything, but its still kinda sad since borders was a really nice place to chill and took up 3 floors of the mall.

I thought the USA was going to get rid of the borders.

[QUOTE="Pirate700"]

[QUOTE="mrbojangles25"]

CDs and magazines I can understand, but books? How do you lie in bed at night and read a book without actually having a few hundred pages of paper in your hand?

mrbojangles25

whats a kindle?

*http://www.amazon.com/Kindle-Wireless-Reader-Wifi-Graphite/dp/B002Y27P3M

ooooooooooooooooh that is fancy. Are they any good?

[QUOTE="mrbojangles25"]

[QUOTE="Pirate700"]A kindle like everyone else is using now.

Pirate700

whats a kindle?

*http://www.amazon.com/Kindle-Wireless-Reader-Wifi-Graphite/dp/B002Y27P3M

ooooooooooooooooh that is fancy. Are they any good?

yeah, I am sold on getting one. Going to ask for one for Christmas. I love books, but atm I am moving so much it simply is not practical to hold onto the boxes of books I have, so I don't read as much as I like.

Kindle sounds perfect for me. Might have to get one sooner than Christmas to be honest.

The whole e-ink thing is fascinating, sounds like an Etch a Sketch in a way :P

*Still, my only concern is selection. I am sure th ere are more than enough books I can get via Kindle, but idunno...

Bookstores are a dying industry imo. Most of the books I buy I buy online because they are so much cheaper. maheo30

its pretty crazy how quickly we have gone to replacing the analogue basics with digital stuff. It is happening so fast...I wouldnt say too fast, but if you asked me ten years ago if book and video stores would go out of business, I would have laughed. I guess that is why stock market speculators get paid the big bucks :P

pretty soon we will be downloading food. FOOD I SAY!

[QUOTE="maheo30"]Bookstores are a dying industry imo. Most of the books I buy I buy online because they are so much cheaper. mrbojangles25

its pretty crazy how quickly we have gone to replacing the analogue basics with digital stuff. It is happening so fast...I wouldnt say too fast, but if you asked me ten years ago if book and video stores would go out of business, I would have laughed. I guess that is why stock market speculators get paid the big bucks :P

pretty soon we will be downloading food. FOOD I SAY!

pretty soon we will be downloading food. FOOD I SAY!

mrbojangles25

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[QUOTE="Atmanix"]

Probably not, no.

If it wasn't for the Nook I imagine they'd be hurting too.

Atmanix

The Kindle looks to be doing better, yeah.

"The Kindle has a market share of 67 percent in the U.S., followed by the Nook at 22 percent, according to Goldman Sachs Group Inc. Amazon.com also generates 58 percent of e-book sales, followed by Barnes & Noble's 27 percent, Apple Inc. at 9 percent and Borders with 7 percent."

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-02-22/barnes-noble-falls-after-dividend-halt-same-store-sales-rise.html

The Nook is still doing pretty well though IMO. I prefer it over the Kindle because of the E-pub format, or does the Kindle support that now?