Borders has 200 stores closing due to Bankruptcy!

Here is a list of the stores Borders is closing: www.bordersreorganization.com/pdflib/10_10614.pdf

Thank you for that list LaDeBoheme. Many of my friends and I were in shock. We heard of rumors that the stores were in trouble, but we were hoping that they were just that, rumors. To hear, yesterday, that there were going to be 200+ now, closing, I was speechless, and ready to cry. I was hoping that the Borders that I like to go to wouldn't be one of the ones hit, but it was. The one in Chino that is also close to where I live was hit as well.

Oh my gosh the two near me are also closing. Thanks LaDeBoheme for posting the list and Thank you rougue for letting me know, I would have stopped by there and not known, as our little one comes in from England soon and that is one of our first stops with her.

I know how you feel. Because many of my friends are afraid that "Fahrenheit 451" might become a reality.

Borders' failure to catch on earlier to the growing importance of the e-books is part of their current problems,, CTHanum. According to an AP article which link I posted earlier in this discussion, they also failed to react quickly to counteract declining music and DVD sales, and they have hired 4 CEOs with no prior book experience within 5 years. Their major error according to analysts was when Borders contracted out their e-commerce business to Amazon.com in 2001! A big OOPSie there. Why would Amazon have any incentive to promote Borders? Thankfully, none of the Borders in my neck of the woods is closing. Let's hope they pull it out and learn from their mistakes. I have seen too many of my favorite bookstores close over the years (including Crown Books which a few of you may remember.)

Yeah, they really don't make anything off of their music and DVD sales because their music and DVDs are so over priced. I don't buy music and DVDs from Borders. I buy books from them. Yeah, I remember Crown Books, they closed as well. It was sad to see them go, but they did have a lot competition from Borders and Barnes & Noble.

It is. Just yesterday, I saw the "Store Closing" and "Going Out of Business" signs, and signs that said "20-40% Off Everything". It was so incredibly painful because this is the bookstore that I have been going to since I was a child. I love this store because they usually have books that Barnes & Noble won't have, or that many other bookstores will not have. If you name a book, they probably have it. I went there yesterday, and I bought as many books as I could. I got some stuff for my mother and for me.

And your purchases may help. (It's also not bad to get a deal.) Still, when we see those signs going up in our community, it's painful. Even with big box stores, our neighbors work there, it hurts. In the end, those store closings cost us. If something better comes along and replaces what is gone, the cost is minimal, but that's not always the case. The rise of Barnes and Noble and Borders saw a decline in the independent bookstore. That decline is starting to turn around a little, but there will be a void left by the closing Borders around the country. Let's hope someone comes up with the brilliant idea to fill it.

Well, so far I only know which ones will close in the States, but I am not sure about other countries around the world. My advice would be to check the website if you can.

I hope so that it won't close too. Although the price is more expensive than most other bookstores, at least they have a nice collection. Otherwise it is left to Kino. Sad day, sad day for book lovers.

So do I because, how I see it is that we need books whether people know it or not. Barnes & Noble is doing pretty well right now, but they don't really carry some of the books that Borders carries. They carry a fair amount and they carry some pretty good books, but Borders just seems to have a wider range of books.

The one in my area is open all year round, and open from 10AM to 10PM. They actually do have more of a selection than Barnes & Noble does.

I've never compared the books they carry. The Borders that I was going to most often was only open October through January, and they seemed to be carrying the same books as the local Barnes and Noble. Maybe I'll hike out and look at what Borders has before the stores close.

Oh yeah, that's very true. I am going to go there today, and buy a few because I have a coupon, and everything there is 20 to 40% off.

Yeah, e-readers and the internet do take part in this because a lot of people are buying them since they are so convenient. Also, if you are traveling, it is easier to carry an e-reader than several books in your traveling cases.

Oh it is.

Someone posted a list of all the stores that are closing, so you might want to check that list. The two in my area Montclair and Chino are both closing, and the one next to the Long Beach Convention Center (the Borders that my boyfriend and I went to every single time we went to the convention) is closing. There are two further out from where I live, but it would be a major hassle to drive to them. One is at the Santa Anita Mall, and the other is at the Victoria Gardens in Rancho Cucamonga, California. The one in Montclair and the one in Chino were the two most convenient ones to go to because of how close they were to my house, but now I have to travel out. When I heard the news from one of the employees who worked at the Montclair one, she told me that she was hoping that their store wouldn't close, but in the back of her mind, she knew that it was a possibility.

Yeah, I go to Borders to buy books for school because they are usually the only book store that carries the books that most places don't carry. Well, the place where I was born has a lot of bookstores that sell books for half price, but where I live right now, the two stores that are nearest to where I live, are closing.

Yeah, I spend a lot of time there as well, and yesterday, I received and e-mail saying that the Montclair Border's is closing, everything is now 20-40% off. I guess I am still in shock over this.

The e-reader craze is partly to blame for this, but it's also the fact that most people don't buy books anymore. Which is sad because people should buy books and should take some time out of their busy lives to just read once in a while.