Borders to shutter doors for good

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1. C. Hart

   I guess the Kindle is catching on…

2. Vince

   I figured this would happen (not a single Borders near me is still open). I was surprised when I found one still open in Virginia and even more surprised when they tried to sell me their new discount club card.

   Glad I didn’t buy, would have been a waste of money.

3. Brian Fairrington

   Barnes & Nobel seems to be doing pretty well and their stores are fun to hang out in, always seems like a nice crowd in there.

4. Darryl Heine

   R.I.P. Borders…

5. Beth Tinsman

   The whole reason this happened is because Borders agreed to take on Amazon as a supplier. This kept Borders out of the e-book trade, because it couldn’t sell kindles, or anything that would compete with a kindle.

   So not only was Borders losing out on internet sales, it had no part of the e-book trade. Print media’s a shrinking industry.

6. Mike Peterson

   Borders sells the Kobo, which had a strong positive review at ZDNet recently, as well as ebooks for the device.

   Very few bankruptcies happen for one “whole reason,” but, in the case, lack of ability to market ebook devices isn’t a reason at all.

7. Tom Falco

   It didn’t help that 90% of the people would read the books, magazines and newspapers, put them back and walk out without paying. People would even do their homework there using the books as if it was a library.

8. Jeff Pert

   From everything I’ve read, stupid management decisions seem to be the biggest reason for the demise. And I agree w/ Vince re the $20 Borders Rewards shill—you expect me to purchase something like that when your company’s filed for bankruptcy?! That takes some gall.

   I like to support independent bookstores, but I’ll miss Borders for just hanging out and browsing. Browsing Amazon online is nowhere near the same, nowhere near as satisfying.

9. Stacy Curtis

   Going into a Borders, or a Barnes & Noble for that matter, these days is like going into a gift shop that happens to sell books.

10. Eric Burke

    I’ve always found Borders associates more helpful than B&N associates, and I liked the atmosphere in Borders better. I also used tolike to special order books with them…and then they stopped. Yes, I know I can order online but I liked to give the local Borders my business. Newbury Comics stopped with special orders too. The store I manage still offers S.O’s and it’s a big reason I’ve kept andgrown my customer base. Not everyone wants to shop online andit’sa shame companies forget that.