Borders UK in Administration

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30 Nov 2009, 5:37 pm

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/8380268.stm

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/8385117.stm

Such a shame, I went to Borders almost every Sunday. It's gonna be different if it goes.

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30 Nov 2009, 7:03 pm

I hope this doesn't happen to the Border's here in the U.S.. Border's books is practically my home away from home.

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30 Nov 2009, 7:12 pm

richie wrote:

I hope this doesn't happen to the Border's here in the U.S.. Border's books is practically my home away from home.

Indeed. I can sit in a borders for hours just reading and people watching.

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01 Dec 2009, 9:48 am

I'll miss it a lot. The one in Glasgow was usually where I headed to at lunch time and it had
a cafe as well.

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01 Dec 2009, 11:33 am

Personally, I think Borders UK would not have had trouble if it was still owned by Borders USA. I hope they buy it back, or another company buys Borders UK.

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01 Dec 2009, 11:34 am

Personally, I think Borders UK would not have had trouble if it was still owned by Borders USA. I hope they buy it back, or another company buys Borders UK.

(Oops. Double post. :oops: )

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01 Dec 2009, 2:46 pm

Big box book stores were the death of thousands of small book stores, bringing their Fern Bar, oak and brass rail sameness to the market.

They used the Corporate hammer to smash readers selling to readers, and replaced then with non reading clerks.

They carried the titles that major publishers wanted to sell, to gain control of the market, 6,000 titles replacing the hundreds of thousands that used to make the market.

Amazon took that market, and used books, and big box book stores were never profitable.

Walden, owned by Borders, is closing, Borders is next, and Barnes&noble is stagnent, and has been living on pushing best sellers at retail, $29.95, which Walmart and Amazon now sell for $9.99.

Neither big box nor publishers can survive discounters and used book sales.

The market is turning back to readers filling space with a mix of used books, low prices, and a place for readers to hang out. The Old Book Store is back, and now half of new books are self published.

They tried to do to books what Sony did to music, control marketing and produce by market study groups.

I am glad to see them fail.

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