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A Love Letter to Borders, Long Overdue1 comment

Seward Journal wrote 11 months ago: So I find that I need to explain how incredibly heartbroken I was when Borders bookstore shut down. … more →

Tags: Interlude, Borders, My first love

Kodansha Files: Manga in Uncharted Waters2 comments

L. Goodman wrote 1 year ago: It no longer made sense for manga publishers to solely license their titles to  TokyoPop; they no lo … more →

Tags: Publishing, manga, e-book publishing, confessions, Kodansha USA, Sailor moon, iPad, Publishing, Kodansha

Scenes from a Closing Borders Store

Trevor wrote 1 year ago: The situation just seemed right. … more →

Tags: Culture, Entertainment, Humor, Life, Society, book, Jersey Shore, The Situation, Mike Sorrentino

Working in Retail Should Be a Required Life Experience and Other Thoughts on the Death of My Favorite Bookstore

bookdreamer wrote 1 year ago: Brace yourselves, folks. This is a long one. At work the other day, while I was writing paperback co … more →

Tags: Miscellaneous, about my life, Bookselling, BookStores, Borders, borders bankruptcy, Borders liquidation, Borders store 019, Borders store 592

Adapting To New Technologies

christiemcg wrote 1 year ago: How many days in a year did you find yourself browsing through the shelves of Borders. Unfortunately … more →

Tags: In Relation to the Readings, Borders, E-BOOK, Kobo, Nicholas Carr

Farewell, my Borders

Karen Burgess wrote 1 year ago: I remember when the Oak Park Borders opened.  On the corner of Lake and Harlem, it occupies the same … more →

Tags: Commentary, bankruptcy, barbaras bookstore, IL, Oak Park, The Book Table

The Joy of Reading

mrsgregwillis wrote 1 year ago: As an avid reader, I am so glad to watch our children fall in love with books. A loves to read to Li … more →

Tags: 'lil Miss A, Our Lil Man, Reading, Books

Last Call: Borders

dijeratic wrote 1 year ago: I was never a fan of Borders; to me, it was always Costco For Books.   Books were a side-item, along … more →

Tags: essays, BookStores, Borders

I Pray the Store My Books to Keep1 comment

novelideas19c wrote 1 year ago: You’ve Got Mail: Part II. Alas, “Fox Books” (i.e., Borders) joins the ranks of the “Shop Around the … more →

Tags: Selections from the News Stand, Literature, News, e-reader, E-BOOK, e-publishing, npr, technology, Reading

Resources for Stranded Borders' eReader and eBook Owners

klerosier wrote 1 year ago: In a 8/2/11 post, The Digital Reader blog author Nate Hoffelder provided Answers and Resources for t … more →

Tags: Books, Other ereaders, Kobo, eReaders, Border ebooks

The day a piece of me died

alainarg wrote 1 year ago: Can you honestly look at this and not tear up? I know it has been several weeks since Borders announ … more →

Tags: Literature/ Poetry, Borders, bookstore, Barnes & Noble

What are You Reading Today? 8/810 comments

klerosier wrote 1 year ago: Image by courosa via Flickr I’m Reading: Disney’s Cars and Toy Story, both My Busy Books … more →

Tags: Books, Printed Books, What are You Reading Today?

Smack a Nook and read a BOOK!2 comments

Jankins wrote 1 year ago: Borders is closing now. Great!(sarcasm) Really?! Internet killed the compact disc. It’s slowly … more →

Tags: NOOK, kindle, Borders, Fingerspitzengefühl

A Sneaky Book Marketing Experiment2 comments

Laura K. Cowan wrote 1 year ago: I did something a little sneaky two weeks ago, as Borders announced it was going out of business for … more →

Tags: Book Publishing, Ecofrugal Baby, Laura K. Cowan, Borders Liquidation Sale, Borders going out of business sale, book marketing idea, book marketing experiment

Farewell, Borders...2 comments

Kim Talks Books wrote 1 year ago: Photo: Martin Dam Kristensen Well, we all know that Borders is going out of business. After years of … more →

Tags: everything in between, News, My Thoughts

Bye, Bye, Borders4 comments

Captain Awesome wrote 1 year ago: As you’ve probably heard by now, Borders, the second largest bookstore chain in the US, announ … more →

Tags: Misc, Retail hell

Better Dead Than Read

Tom Cheatham wrote 1 year ago: You know how to interpret the appearance of the sky, but you cannot interpret the signs of the times … more →

Tags: nimble leadership, Vision

Borders, Oh Borders, We Hardly Knew Ye!

bobfreelance wrote 1 year ago: This week, though he’s still on vacation; our columnist bids a fond farewell to his favorite local h … more →

Tags: Mansfield Patch, Bob Havey. Patch.com, Borders, book stores, Mansfield, Close

Writers' Guild Week 3 and Orson Scott Card

Jessie Mae Hodsdon wrote 1 year ago: “Every story choice you make arises out of who you are, at the deepest level of your soul … more →

Tags: an Author's journey, Writing Central, Issym, Writers Guild, orson scott card, characters and viewpoints, fans, Classroom, Paddy Murphy's


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