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panzerfaust (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-26-09 08:09 AM Original message |
Borders future in chaos as administrators pull out |
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PCIntern (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-26-09 08:20 AM Response to Original message |
1. Very sad... |
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MetaTrope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-26-09 08:26 AM Response to Original message |
2. Once one of my favorite bookstores around, after the independents had died |
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BakedAtAMileHigh (900 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-26-09 09:44 AM Response to Reply #2 |
6. independents are NOT dead |
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quakerboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-26-09 04:22 PM Response to Reply #6 |
21. That would be nice |
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okieinpain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-27-09 02:33 PM Response to Reply #6 |
30. no kidding. there is a used book store in midwest city ok. that |
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skepticscott (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-26-09 11:25 AM Response to Reply #2 |
9. Don't forget that |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-26-09 11:50 PM Response to Reply #2 |
24. Chains like Borders helped kill the independents. |
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Ranting_Wacko (216 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-26-09 08:39 AM Response to Original message |
3. Good riddance. |
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katmondoo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-26-09 08:51 AM Response to Reply #3 |
4. Here in Gainesville Florida |
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nodehopper (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-26-09 11:37 AM Response to Reply #3 |
12. I worked at Borders |
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scribble (129 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-26-09 01:12 PM Response to Reply #3 |
16. Barnes and Noble is just as bad |
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nyy1998 (984 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-27-09 01:11 PM Response to Reply #16 |
28. My experience with Barnes & Noble isn't as bad as yours |
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OnyxCollie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-26-09 03:00 PM Response to Reply #3 |
20. Fuck Borders. |
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uberblonde (993 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-26-09 09:31 AM Response to Original message |
5. You know what? |
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villager (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-26-09 10:40 AM Response to Original message |
7. as an author, I'm not sure what to think. Indies are always best, but |
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skepticscott (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-26-09 11:34 AM Response to Reply #7 |
11. The problem I've seen for a while |
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villager (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-26-09 12:12 PM Response to Reply #11 |
13. and the "as long as you know about it" is huge.... |
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alfredo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-26-09 12:55 PM Response to Reply #7 |
15. I've watched Joseph-Beth Booksellers grow from a one store business to |
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pmorlan1 (763 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-26-09 10:53 AM Response to Original message |
8. Maybe we can now have locally owned bookstores again |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-26-09 11:51 PM Response to Reply #8 |
25. I remember RetroLounge having one for a while. |
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mainer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-26-09 11:32 AM Response to Original message |
10. The fault lies with Amazon. No one goes to bookstores any longer |
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SOS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-26-09 01:42 PM Response to Reply #10 |
17. Amazon will kill every bookstore in America, including the chains |
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skepticscott (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-26-09 05:43 PM Response to Reply #17 |
22. The problem is the same |
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OnyxCollie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-26-09 02:41 PM Response to Reply #10 |
19. No, the fault lies with Borders. |
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CreekDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-27-09 02:13 PM Response to Reply #10 |
29. Why should I go to a bookstore? |
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saltpoint (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-26-09 12:35 PM Response to Original message |
14. I didn't often care for Borders because I preferred supporting the indies |
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RainDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-26-09 02:12 PM Response to Original message |
18. Borders moved next door to a great indie bookstore in my town and drove them out of biz |
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Joe Bacon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-26-09 10:15 PM Response to Original message |
23. So sad to see how many stores Borders put out of business |
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boppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-27-09 12:53 AM Response to Original message |
26. Powell's |
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pnorman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-27-09 06:04 AM Response to Reply #26 |
27. Also, Powells is a Union Shop(ILWU)! |
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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-28-09 07:06 PM Response to Original message |
31. Borders is to bookstores what McDonalds is to food. nt |
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TwilightGardener (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-28-09 10:17 PM Response to Original message |
32. Unlike others here, I'm sad to see ANY bookstore, even a big one, struggle. |
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