Borders Closing

Readers: Are You Buying Fewer Books Now That Borders Is Gone?

Karen Dionne | Posted 04.01.2012

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Karen Dionne

I miss my Borders. The Borders bookstore on Hall Road in Utica, Mich. was my hangout. I'd drop in whenever I was in the mood to browse for books, and inevitably, I'd leave with great armfuls.

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Former Borders Employees Hit the Streets to Sell 'Users Not Customers'

Aaron Shapiro | Posted 01.03.2012

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Aaron Shapiro

This week, a group of former Borders employees will be operating mobile bookstores at multiple locations throughout Manhattan to emphasize the consequences of not treating digital as the most important challenge facing businesses today.

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Writing In An Ambivalent Time

Diana Abu-Jaber | Posted 11.20.2011

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Diana Abu-Jaber

It's strange to be a writer these days, when the entire medium seems to be wavering mirage-like before our eyes and under our hands. Once upon a time, I couldn't have imagined anything more certain than the act of writing.

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Bye, Bye Borders: What Customers Had To Say About Last Stores Closing

AP | By MAE ANDERSON | Posted 11.19.2011

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NEW YORK -- The scene this weekend at the last of the remaining Borders bookstores to close was more like a memorial service than a funeral. Shoppers ...

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Borders Seller Donates 8,000 Books To Chicago Schools

Posted 11.12.2011

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On Wednesday, the last remaining Borders book store in Chicago will shut its doors. While the closures have disappointed some local residents, some Ch...

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Borders Closings Are Another Step Towards Community Isolation

Larry Atkins | Posted 10.02.2011

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Larry Atkins

In our technology dominated lives, the bookstore is one of the few places where there is a sense of community and interpersonal interaction, where people with a shared passion can meet.

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Borders To Make A Final, Desperate Attempt At Survival

Business | Posted 08.01.2011

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The future of Borders Group Inc. may become clearer Thursday when a bankruptcy judge considers the bookseller's request for more time to craft a turna...

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Everything On Borders' Shelves Is For Sale, Including The Shelves

The Washington Post | Larissa Roso and Michael S. Rosenwald, Sunday, April 17, 7:56 PM | Posted 06.18.2011

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In this age of Kindles, Nooks and iPads, when was the last time a line formed outside a bookstore? On Sunday, at the Borders in White Flint Mall, near...

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PHOTO: Borders Obviously Bitter About Bankruptcy

Posted 06.04.2011

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People and businesses deal with defeat in many different ways. Some people go the passive aggressive route, like Borders did with this hilarious bathr...

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Borders Shuffles Merchandising Team

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Borders Group announced Monday that it is making several changes to its merchandising team under the direction of chief merch...

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