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The End For Borders

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Bitter Pill Quote Of The Day

where is the government bailout for Borders? Surely it was "too big to fail".— John Ottinger (@johnottinger) July 18, 2011

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Borders Today, Barnes & Noble Tomorrow

I told all of you on Friday it would be liquidating. Now do you believe me? And Len Riggio of Barnes & Noble, you shouldn’t feel smug. There’s a bullet out there with your company’s name on it too: It’s … Continue reading

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Borders Will Liquidate

Borders HQ has issued the order to all remaining stores for inventory to be taken. Expect your local Borders to begin sprouting signs like that above. If you have a Borders Gift Card, zero it out today!

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Chinese Communists Have More Sense Than Print Publishers

The Communists of China recognize that Europe are their customers and it’d be bad for business for the Euro to collapse. Meanwhile, print publishers have been all La-De-Dah and Drop Dead to Borders as it tries to prevent its own … Continue reading

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A Five Year Bet

Written off? [Bradley] Graham and his wife recently purchased Politics and Prose in Washington, D.C., one of the nation’s premier independent bookstores. What was he thinking? “We’re not a dying breed,’’ Graham insists. “There are still enough of us who … Continue reading

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Crown Publishing Gets Clever

Jillian Michaels book signing for her New York Times bestseller, UNLIMITED: How to Build an Exceptional Life, at Barnes & Noble at The Grove., originally uploaded by CrownPublishing. Actually, I don’t know if it’s Crown that did this or the … Continue reading

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Yay! Borders Is Awake!

Click = big I tease. This is a welcome break from all those damned emails for Rewards Members. Now they need to inform people about Kobo handling eBooks. And they must arrange for Kobo Books Gift Cards. Because no one … Continue reading

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Borders Modifies Kobo Agreement

Borders Expands Partnership with Kobo Under the expanded Borders-Kobo agreement, beginning June 1, both the Borders eBook store and Borders eReading app will be branded Kobo, providing Borders customers with more e-content selections than ever before, including newly available access … Continue reading

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Liberty Media + Barnes & Noble: The Day After

Well, I’m not the only one who was flummoxed by the news. Just look at this headline from the Wall Street Journal: Insane! John Malone Offers to Buy Barnes & Noble It still makes sense to me for Amazon to … Continue reading

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