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What Happened To Borders?

Posted 11.15.2011

Read More: Borders Books Liquidation, Borders Bankruptcy, Borders Books, Borders Books Bankruptcy, Borders Bankstore, Waldenbooks, Borders, Borders Books Closing, Mike Edwards, Books News

The final 31 Borders stores across 18 states will close on Sunday, ending the story of what was once one of the largest book retailers in the world. ...

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Borders Puts Itself Up For Sale To Private Equity Firm

AP | By MAE ANDERSON | Posted 08.31.2011

Read More: Columbia House, Debt, Ann Arbor, Stalking Horse, Bankruptcy, Acquisition, Pasta Pomodoro, Barnes & Noble Inc., Book-of-the-Month Club, Borders, Waldenbooks, Hilco, Phoenix Suns, Najafi Cos., Gordon Brothers, Doubleday Book Clubs, Business News

-- Borders Group Inc. said late Thursday it agreed to sell itself to private investment firm Najafi Cos. for $215 million and is seeking court approv...

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Private Equity Firm In Talks To Buy What's Left Of Borders

Posted 08.02.2011

Read More: Chapter 11, Gores Group, Liberty Media Corp., Barnes & Noble Inc, Multimedia, Bankruptcy, Waldenbooks, Bookstores, Wall Street Journal, Borders Group Inc, Video, Business News

NEW YORK - Private equity firm Gores Group is in talks to buy more than half of bankrupt bookseller Borders Group Inc's remaining stores, the Wall...

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Going on a Book Tour? Dream Big or Stay Home

Melanie Benjamin | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Authors, Dreams, Waldenbooks, B. Dalton, Malls, Book Tours, Readers, Alice I Have Been, Bookstores, Melanie Benjamin, Hickory Farms, Books News
Melanie Benjamin

After publishing my first book, I packed my bags, used up all of my husband's Marriott points, and hit the road -- only to experience what many authors had experienced before me.

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UPDATED: Bookstore Obituaries

The Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Book Market, Google Ebooks, Ereader, Books, Barnes and Noble, Bookstore, Bookselling, Bookstore Closings, Waldenbooks, Bookstore Closed, Bookseller, Amazon, Physical Books, Book Seller, Ebook, Borders, Book Store Closing, Books News

As the year comes to a close, we're all slammed with hoards of "best of" lists -- Best Books, Best Kids Books, Best Cook Books, etc. On top of that, ...

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Borders CEO Ron Marshall Resigns

AP | MAE ANDERSON and MICHELLE CHAPMAN | Posted 05.25.2011

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NEW YORK — Borders Group Inc., the No. 2 traditional U.S. bookseller, said Tuesday its CEO Ron Marshall is leaving after about a year with the c...

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Borders Caves To Public Pressure, Donates Leftover Books To Charity

HuffPost | Victoria Fine | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Waldenbook Closing, Waldenbooks, Borders Books, Waldenbook Recycle Book, Waldenbook Recycling, Borders Book Dumping, Impact News

Online activists have cried out during the last month that giant Book retailer Borders is defying common sense with their announcement that they are c...

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Why Won't Borders Donate Their Soon-To-Be-Trashed Books?

Erik Ose | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Dumpstering, Economy, New Books, Sustainability, Philanthropy, Returns, Publishing Industry, Ceos, Activism, Climate Change, Waste, Environmental Destruction, The Recession, Job Losses, Bankruptcy, Huffpost Books, Corporate Misconduct, Books, Libraries, Nonprofits, Bookselling, Store Closings, Green Living, Facebook, Bad Business Practices, Bestsellers, Layoffs, Holiday Sales, Pulping, Corporations, Protests, Environment, Borders, Take Action, Waldenbooks, Authors, Books News
Erik Ose

Current Waldenbooks employees have come forward to alert the public that the company plans to dispose of many unsold books in the cheapest, easiest, least responsible way possible - by trashing them.

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Trashgate: Borders Dumping Books, Stop the Waste

Mary Hall | Posted 05.25.2011

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Mary Hall

I am distressed to learn that Borders books may be dumping books when closing its Waldenbooks Specialty Retail group.

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