Borders is going out of business and as a reader/writer, I feel like I should do a post lamenting its death.
But I’ve never actually shopped at Borders. I ever go into an actual bookstore (as opposed to Amazon or the library), I go to Barns and Nobel. There are lots of Barns and Nobel bookstores in the city and most of them are pretty easy to get to. I’ve even bought books from B&N online store (usually easier anyway!).
By contrast, I wasn’t even sure where the nearest Borders is. I had to look it up and there are two in the city, two in the airports. I suppose I must have seen one in passing, but I really don’t remember. Not that I am likely to go there just go to Borders, even for the going-out-of-business sale. All of them are about an hour away and there are other bookstores much closer.
As a reader, the closing of Borders just doesn’t effect me. A sad state of affairs.
Related articles
- Borders is Toast, But Don’t Blame E-Books (pcworld.com)
- Valeria Maltoni: What Killed Borders? A Loss of Passion (b2bmemes.com)
- The end of Borders (feldmanfile.blogspot.com)
- Borders – Goodbye, or Good Riddance? (eyeonbooks.com)
- Borders Going Out of Business Sale (geardiary.com)
- Bookworm Evolution: The Demise of Borders (zuzanazink.wordpress.com)
