Borders plans to liquidate, ending 40-year-old bookstore chain

July 19 Comments Off on Borders plans to liquidate, ending 40-year-old bookstore chain Category: Amplify, Feed

On one hand, it’s no one’s fault but their own for failing to innovate. On the other hand, I’ll really miss having those physical bookstores around.Clipped from www.annarbor.comBorders plans to ask the court to officially approve the chain’s liquidation.(Related: View an extensive timeline documenting Borders’ rise and fall.)Borders Group Inc. plans to liquidate, marking the […]

Brick-and-mortar bookstores have a future. It’s mobile.

February 16 Comments Off on Brick-and-mortar bookstores have a future. It’s mobile. Category: Feed, HackText

Borders’ bankruptcy is being seen as a victory for e-books and the beginning of the end for brick-and-mortar booksellers, but it doesn’t have to be. Here’s how to build a better bookstore.

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