Borders Liquidation

Borders' Liquidation Sales an Unexpected Boon for Authors

Karen Dionne | Posted 11.29.2011

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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.

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Writing In An Ambivalent Time

Diana Abu-Jaber | Posted 11.20.2011

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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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Did Website Steal Borders Customers' Personal Details?

Zoe Triska | Posted 11.02.2011

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Recently bankrupt Borders Books recently sued the company Next Jump Inc., claiming that they have used confidential information about Borders Rewards...

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Borders Closings Are Another Step Towards Community Isolation

Larry Atkins | Posted 10.02.2011

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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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More Bad News For Borders Employees

AP | Posted 09.25.2011

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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...

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Everything Must Go: Borders Books Begins Massive Sale

Zoe Triska | Posted 09.21.2011

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On Monday, after flirting with liquidation for months, Borders Books finally announced that it would be selling itself to liquidators and canceling it...

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Borders Begins Fire Sale Of All Its Remaining Products

AP | Posted 09.21.2011

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NEW YORK -- Borders Group begins liquidation sales at all of its 399 stores as the 40-year-old chain winds down operations. A liquidation company tha...

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Five Reasons Why Borders Went Out Of Business

TIME | Josh Sanburn | Posted 09.20.2011

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Forty years ago, when Borders opened its first store in Ann Arbor, Michigan, the book industry was a different place. But for years, Borders acted lik...

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Why Borders Failed While Barnes & Noble Survived

npr.org | All Things Considered | Posted 09.19.2011

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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...

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Do We Still Need Brick-And-Mortar Bookstores?

DailyFinance | Catherine New | Posted 09.18.2011

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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...

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Look Who Might Benefit From Demise Of Borders

Posted 09.18.2011

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NEW YORK (Phil Wahba) - Bookstore chain Barnes & Noble Inc (BKS.N) will eventually feel a modest boost from the liquidation of its largest rival, ...

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The Rise And Fall Of Borders: By The Numbers

The Week | Posted 09.17.2011

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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,...

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Borders Could Be Gone By Monday

AP | MAE ANDERSON | Posted 09.13.2011

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NEW YORK — Borders Group, the nation's second largest book store chain that once operated over 1,000 stores, appears headed for liquidation afte...

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Borders Restructuring Plan: Do Publishers Believe It Will Work?

nytimes.com | JULIE BOSMAN | Posted 06.07.2011

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Borders presented a restructuring plan to its creditors on Wednesday that promised publishers and landlords a sleeker, more efficient company poised t...

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