There is one difference about this holiday. I won't be visiting one of my favorite haunts today. This Friday, without Borders Books, is truly a Black one for me.
Karen Dionne | Posted 11.29.2011
When a bookstore closes, it's always a loss -- for the community, for readers, and most especially, for authors. The impact of the closing of 600 Borders bookstores is incalculable.
Carolyn Bucior | Posted 11.22.2011
Teaching is one of our nation's most important jobs and someone like you, with only a day's training, can do it. That's a Venn diagram joke.
Posted 11.15.2011
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. ...
The Stranger, Seattle's Only Newspaper | By Paul Constant | Posted 10.04.2011
It's embarrassing now, but on the day that I was hired to work at Boston's flagship Borders store in 1996, I was so happy that I danced around my apar...
Larry Atkins | Posted 10.02.2011
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.
Dallas/Fort Worth | By | Posted 10.01.2011
About 130 North Texans will lose their jobs after bookstore megachain Borders recently announced it would fold. A total of 17,000 Borders employees ac...
AP | Posted 09.25.2011
NEW YORK -- Bookstore chain Books-A-Million Inc. says its last-minute talks to buy the leases and assets of 30 Borders bookstores out of bankruptcy ha...
Gail Vida Hamburg | Posted 09.23.2011
As men wearing suits analyze the death of Borders, it's become clear that none of them grew up kissing books. They blame book readers, digital books, Amazon, and the recession for the demise of the chain when they should be blaming the executives.
Zoe Triska | Posted 09.21.2011
On Monday, after flirting with liquidation for months, Borders Books finally announced that it would be selling itself to liquidators and canceling it...
Jack Love | Posted 09.20.2011
Big box stores are vanishing like dust in the wind, to borrow the title of the hit by the group Kansas. Remember Circuit City, Linens 'n Things, and all those Blockbuster stores? Gone, gone and gone. Borders this week became the latest to turn to dust.
npr.org | All Things Considered | Posted 09.19.2011
It appears to be all over for the Borders bookselling chain. The company will be liquidated — meaning sold off in pieces — and almost 11,000 emplo...
DailyFinance | Catherine New | Posted 09.18.2011
In the early 1980s, before the crackle and hum of a dial-up modem invaded our living room, my dad and I went to a local bookstore most Saturday evenin...
The Week | Posted 09.17.2011
After filing for bankruptcy protection in February and closing nearly one-third of its stores, Borders now stands on the brink of a total liquidation,...
AP | MAE ANDERSON | Posted 09.13.2011
NEW YORK — Borders Group, the nation's second largest book store chain that once operated over 1,000 stores, appears headed for liquidation afte...
GalleyCat | Dianna Dilworth on June 30, 2011 11:02 PM | Posted 08.31.2011
Borders Group announced this evening that it has entered into an asset purchase agreement with Direct Brands, a portfolio company of Najafi Companies....
AP | Posted 08.29.2011
LAKEWOOD, Colo. -- Police say a man suspected of leaving two suspicious devices in a Colorado bookstore is in custody. Chief Kevin Paletta said Tuesd...
Posted 08.21.2011
NEW YORK (Phil Wahba) - Barnes & Noble Inc (BKS.N), the largest U.S. bookstore chain, reported a deeper quarterly loss on Tuesday as sales came un...
Yahoo! News | – | Posted 08.20.2011
Bankrupt bookstore chain Borders Group Inc (BGPIQ.PK) said it will name a "stalking horse" bidder by July 1 and is looking to complete the sale of al...
The Washington Post | Hide This | Posted 08.10.2011
Borders Group Inc. on Thursday asked the bankruptcy court's permission to close the following 51 stores in order to satisfy a condition of its bankrup...
wsj.com | By JEFFREY A. TRACHTENBERG | Posted 08.08.2011
Private-equity firm Najafi Cos. is among those in discussions to buy Borders Group Inc. out of bankruptcy proceedings, said people familiar with the m...
GalleyCat | Maryann Yin on June 3, 2011 12:07 PM | Posted 08.03.2011
Judge Martin Glenn granted Borders an extension to finalize its reorganization plans following news that “several bidders” are interested in the b...
vcstar.com | Posted 08.03.2011
It was early January and the building that had housed Borders bookstore in Thousand Oaks for the past 15 years was now completely empty. The books wer...
Business | Posted 08.01.2011
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...
Denver Business Journal | Denver Business Journal | Posted 07.16.2011
Bookseller Borders Group Inc. may be forced to close all of its remaining stores if no bidder is found in the next few weeks, according to a news repo...
Adam Benson | Posted 01.25.2012