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midnight_lily

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Feb 16, 2011 13:20

I knew it would be inevitable, but it still comes as a surprise at how swiftly Borders is going to be closing 200 of their 642 stores. One of the stores is the one that I always go to in the mall. Now we will have no bookstore within a 20 mile radius of where I live. If I want to go to Barnes and Noble then I have to go the opposite direction ( Read more... )

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houseofknaus February 16 2011, 21:27:54 UTC

I think I'm going to be a little furious if they close our Borders, because then there's Flemington (which is in New Jersey, which really should be avoided at all costs) and then there's one in King of Prussia (which is a suburb of Philly and, well, same thing as New Jersey), and I like them better than Barnes & Noble. They're more "come and sit and chill" friendly.

midnight_lily February 17 2011, 00:37:52 UTC

I don't understand why they would close one that is in a mall. You'd think that they'd leave that one there and close the stand alone one in Highland, Indiana because that's what they seem to be focusing on closing here throughout the state of Indiana. Instead they've decided to close the one at Westfield Mall and leave the other one open. The only reason I can think why they left it is because people who live in Highland have $$$ over there ( ... )

houseofknaus February 17 2011, 00:54:09 UTC

I like that feeling of being able to walk into a store and buy a book I want to get and walking out with it instead of having to wait about week to get it shipped to me. This was the one downside to owning a Kindle. I enjoy walking around a bookstore, just browsing. It often helps to jump-start my tired muses, which is always a plus.

The King of Prussia one is in a mall as well. Actually, it's in the mall. This is the region's biggest and most popular mall, and it's in an upscale neighborhood, so them closing that store makes no sense to me ( ... )

midnight_lily February 17 2011, 14:35:43 UTC

They mentioned on the news this morning that Borders was using Amazon to outsource it's online sales or something to that affect.

They are closing 15 of the 30 stores they have in the Chicagoland area.

The closest bookstore to us is now a Barnes & Noble, but they've shifted so much focus to their Nook, as well as to DVDs and games for kids that there's hardly any room for books.The Barnes & Noble across from the mall closed December 31st last year. The Borders in the mall was the only one left within a 10-15 mile radius ( ... )