Another Pre-RIP: Borders Bookstore

[thewayne]

Apparently they're having severe financial problems and collapse is just around the corner, likely to be bought out by Barnes & Noble. I seem to recall reading about the closure of a Borders in someone's blog, I think Felisdemens, and I was quite surprised.

Many years ago, there were two major bookstore chains in Phoenix, they evolved into Borders and Barnes & Noble. Though I always felt that Borders had the better selection overall, I never liked the feel of the stores. I've yet to identify exactly what bothered me, and this is not to say that I go into throes of ecstacy when I walk into B&N, it's just that Borders has never been my primary destination. Dunno why. So now most of the mom & pops have died, though they seem to be making a bit of a come back, and now one of the majors is about to die. I wonder if Amazon might make a play for them.

http://blog.wired.com/sterling/2008/03/giant-bookstore.html

Comments

[thewayne.livejournal.com]

You know, you finally solidified in my mind what I didn't care about with Borders: believe it or not, too much stock. It wasn't so much too much stock as too much in some areas. I mainly buy scifi and computer tech, and they never had what I was looking for in those two sections.

It sounds like your store was quite cool. Pity that the suits suffered from NIH syndrome.

Just goes to show frequently you how corporate America works: if you're not at the corporate level, you ain't shit.