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Farewell to Borders Bookstores

July 22nd, 2011


As Borders stores are closing gradually, it seems that the last stores are now at the final closing stage.

The Borders CEO Mike Edwards has written a letter to Borders Members bidding farewell and sharing the most asked and probably well-known answer to the question of ‘What happened?’.

If you like heading to a physical bookstore for a read and to check out books, news like this would be devastating, especially if Borders is your favourite hangout.

Due to the days and advent of the Marvellous Internet, ebooks coupled with the very popular and low priced eReaders just beat the brick-and-mortar type of bookstores out of the competition.

Although it is said that Borders bookstores out of the US is not affected, I would think it is only a matter of time.
The time is when readers buy ebooks more than in the form of hard-copies, when the eReaders costs less than a mobile phone.

At the meantime, the period between July 22 and August 5 2011 is when you might want to head out to the last Borders bookstores for discounts.

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    1. July 24th, 2011 at 21:03 | #1

      It’s always sad when a bookstore especially one with big chain around the world close down. When I was in Malaysia however Borders was my last place I want to hang out, it hasn’t got the large selection and comfort and convenience I found in MPH or Kinokuniya, so if these two I have mentioned says they are closing down, I would be mourning.

      Having said that Borders Singapore was great but still if more and more people going electronic it is just a matter of time before size of physical bookstores start to scale down.

    2. July 25th, 2011 at 23:07 | #2

      @JoV
      Unless really necesary, I rarely buy books from a physical store, except in warehouse sales. They are so costly here.

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