Borders files for bankruptcy, 200 stores closing : Othor Games

» Tue May 17, 2011 11:16 am

I really hope bookstores can survive, I don't like online shopping.

I remember hearing on the radio about one guys feeling about borders closing, this what he said: "I like bookstores, I like to go in and browse and hold the book in my hand, I like to see, feel, smell, and taste the book." I know he was probably just speaking figuratively(hopefully). But now whenever I'm at a library I start thinking....what if theres some guy in the corner licking a book?

So what will Borders plan to do with the money aid they are lent for their bankruptcy?

» Tue May 17, 2011 6:16 am

Borders is a horrible shop, I've always been a Waterstones guy myself...

» Tue May 17, 2011 12:59 am

I don't really shop in major bookstores anymore. Every time I go to one to look for a book, they don't have it. So, Amazon gets my money. That doesn't mean I buy ebooks either.

» Tue May 17, 2011 3:42 pm

Do people still read books?

» Tue May 17, 2011 12:26 pm

Do people still read books?

I do, everyday. Right now I'm reading The Road by Cormac McCarthy, and Do Androids Dream Of Electric Sheep? (Blade Runner) by Philip K. dike.

Great, now I'm worried about the future of America all together :sadvaultboy:

» Tue May 17, 2011 11:28 am

There are still many titles without ebook formats. No I don't think ebooks are going to pose threat to real books, not anytime soon. Newspaper however had been under transformation to its electronic counterparts for quite a few years already. Simply because nobody keep old newspapers, so electronic news is more economical and tidy. Asian countries still don't trust electronic transactions, book stores will remain the main source of knowledge for the next ten years.

I think you're right. Whilst a kindle is really handy if you want to take a dozen novels on holiday and save on packing space, I don't think the electronic format is going to replace the printed format. People like to collect books and have their own personal libraries. The mp3 format didn't kill off hard copies of albums, and I don't think the ebook is going to finish off over five hundred years of the printed codex.

» Tue May 17, 2011 8:08 am

I know of three in my area. One is close to a Barnes and Noble. Never understood why they would do that. I can understand why the closings are happening though. I haven't bought a physical copy of a book in years. Digital books are just too convenient.

But they're just not the same

. I prefer the paper experience, and filling shelves with it

.

» Tue May 17, 2011 6:04 am

We have Barnes and Noble here, even better than that is a used bookstore holding hundreds of thousands of titles for far less.
The economy here svcks, see more people at the Bookmine than at the mall stores anyway.

» Tue May 17, 2011 12:34 am

No surprise.

» Tue May 17, 2011 11:59 am

Digital books are just too convenient.

Not for reading (at least to me), which is basically the only thing books are for.

» Tue May 17, 2011 2:16 am

I loved Borders one of the best stores ever. They were bought out by whitcoulls here a while ago so the stores should stay thankfully.

» Tue May 17, 2011 8:24 am

There are two bookstores near me and they are both Books-A-Million and the nearest Borders is in Columbia mall so when I do buy a book I just go to Books-A-Million so I can't say that I'll miss it but I did buy The Zombie Survival Guide from there so there's that I guess.

» Tue May 17, 2011 9:02 am

How many people are loosing their jobs

» Tue May 17, 2011 7:48 am

And this is why it's so important to support local businesses. When Blockbuster came to town it caused two local rentals to go out of business, then BB went chapter eleven, leaving us with nowhere but Redbox to rent. Now, Borders has done the same. We had at least five local bookstores before Borders, now we have none. Awesome. Thank god we have an excellent public library. And don't kid yourself. Other than the odd dept. store, most "big box" corporations are designed for about a twenty year business model. Again, all the more reason to shop privately owned businesses.

» Tue May 17, 2011 12:02 am

And this is why it's so important to support local businesses. When Blockbuster came to town it caused two local rentals to go out of business, then BB went chapter eleven, leaving us with nowhere but Redbox to rent. Now, Borders has done the same. We had at least five local bookstores before Borders, now we have none. Awesome. Thank god we have an excellent public library. And don't kid yourself. Other than the odd dept. store, most "big box" corporations are designed for about a twenty year business model. Again, all the more reason to shop privately owned businesses.

Funny is that most people tend to treat Borders/bookstores as Libraries...

» Tue May 17, 2011 6:03 am

ah well. still have barnes and nobles.

» Tue May 17, 2011 4:28 am

Well, I guess this means...

:cool:

...they are closing the Borders.

YEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAHHHHH!!

(I know, I'm terrible.)

» Tue May 17, 2011 3:37 pm

I never saw a small "mom and pop" bookstore that could match Borders or Barnes and Noble for selection.

Kepler's in Menlo Park came close at one time, but these days they're less so. They're not quite a mom & pop anymore either, but they sure started out that way, and I believe they're still local-only, too.

Most of the Barnes & Noble's around here have gone downhill, imo, since they started expanding/opening up a whole bunch of new ones 10 yrs ago or so. All the new ones feel too small and the focus seems further & further away from fiction books. I used to love the B&N in SJ near 280. Still the best one in the area imo. But still also not as good as 15-18 years ago. Borders ... meh, I never liked them much. If they were around and I wanted a popular new-release book, they were fine, but otherwise...

I'm glad I don't read as much anymore. I think I picked a good time to stop being an obsessive fiction reader. This era of digital books and purchase-everything-online is not for me. And yeah, this kind of thing will eventually limit a lot of retail/service jobs. It'll be interesting to observe.

» Tue May 17, 2011 1:28 am

I don't know what Borders is