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Carol Adventure Seeker
Number of posts : 8665 Location : California Country Mood :
| Subject: Borders filing for Bankruptcy Fri Feb 11, 2011 4:39 pm | |
| (Reuters) - Bookseller Borders Group Inc (BGP.N) could file for bankruptcy as soon as Monday or Tuesday, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday, citing people familiar with the matter. The company is in the final stages of preparing a bankruptcy filing after failing to persuade publishers and other to go along with a plan to restructure its debt, the paper reported. "There have been constant inquiries by reporters and stories written regarding whether Borders is considering a Chapter 11 filing. Borders is not prepared at this time to report on the course of action that it will pursue," said Mary Davis, a spokeswoman for Borders. | |
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Rhonda Prairie Survivor
Number of posts : 21161 Location : On my bike!!! Mood :
| Subject: Re: Borders filing for Bankruptcy Sat Feb 12, 2011 2:38 pm | |
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bethandmanly Dean's Dedicated Diva
Number of posts : 7600 Location : In a book Mood :
| Subject: Re: Borders filing for Bankruptcy Sat Feb 12, 2011 3:56 pm | |
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Joe Prairie Settler
Number of posts : 875 Location : Tucson, AZ, USA, Earth Mood :
| Subject: Re: Borders filing for Bankruptcy Sat Feb 12, 2011 7:02 pm | |
| I hate to see any business go under but I'm kind of apathetic to chain book stores. In every city I've lived in I have shopped local mom and pop bookstores. The owners have a genuine love and knowledge of books. Regarding e-books; they are an abomination but inevitable I suppose. I love the touch, the smell, the weight, the dings and blemishes old books have. I do not think I will ever own an e-reader. But then again, I never thought I would have owned a cell phone. "Willie, were you or were you not looking at the corsett ads in the catalogue?" - Nels | |
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Rob Nip it in the bud!
Number of posts : 62609 Location : Michigan Mood :
| Subject: Re: Borders filing for Bankruptcy Sat Feb 12, 2011 7:19 pm | |
| Joe, you ol' Luddite, you. But I agree with you. | |
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Joe Prairie Settler
Number of posts : 875 Location : Tucson, AZ, USA, Earth Mood :
| Subject: Re: Borders filing for Bankruptcy Sat Feb 12, 2011 7:34 pm | |
| Last month was the first month that ebooks outsold 'real' books. Some are predicting a 50% reduction in books produced in THE NEXT 5 YEARS!! I don't know but I do know I only saw one e-reader on the plane yesterday. Flying back from New York I was suprised at how many people were reading books. Rob, what in the heck is a Luddite? Nevermind, I will look it up myself IN A BOOK CALLED THE DICTIONARY. No I won't. I'm lying. I'm going to use Google, its quicker. "Willie, were you or were you not looking at the corsett ads in the catalogue?" - Nels | |
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Rob Nip it in the bud!
Number of posts : 62609 Location : Michigan Mood :
| Subject: Re: Borders filing for Bankruptcy Sat Feb 12, 2011 7:40 pm | |
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Joe Prairie Settler
Number of posts : 875 Location : Tucson, AZ, USA, Earth Mood :
| Subject: Re: Borders filing for Bankruptcy Sat Feb 12, 2011 8:03 pm | |
| "In modern usage, "Luddite" is a term describing those opposed to industrialisation, automation, computerisation or new technologies in general."
Absolutely my "abomination" comment can be construed as Ludditesque. (I think I just made up a new word) But you won't find me taking up arms or ripping e-readers from the hands of those that choose to use them and tearing them asunder. As humans I suppose we have been a bit reluctant to embrace change, this is nothing new. Thanks for teaching me a new word. "Willie, were you or were you not looking at the corsett ads in the catalogue?" - Nels | |
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Rob Nip it in the bud!
Number of posts : 62609 Location : Michigan Mood :
| Subject: Re: Borders filing for Bankruptcy Sat Feb 12, 2011 8:36 pm | |
| Don't mention it. It's a perfectly cromulent word. And a large vocabulary embiggens us all. | |
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Savannah "Psalm 34"
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Joe Prairie Settler
Number of posts : 875 Location : Tucson, AZ, USA, Earth Mood :
| Subject: Re: Borders filing for Bankruptcy Sat Feb 12, 2011 8:51 pm | |
| If he doesn't stop I just may engage in some defenestration. I'm looking right at you, bub. "Willie, were you or were you not looking at the corsett ads in the catalogue?" - Nels | |
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Savannah "Psalm 34"
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bethandmanly Dean's Dedicated Diva
Number of posts : 7600 Location : In a book Mood :
| Subject: Re: Borders filing for Bankruptcy Sat Feb 12, 2011 11:10 pm | |
| - Joe wrote:
- Regarding e-books; they are an abomination but inevitable I suppose. I love the touch, the smell, the weight, the dings and blemishes old books have. I do not think I will ever own an e-reader. But then again, I never thought I would have owned a cell phone.
I was never a big fan of e-Books until I got my Kindle. It's changed how I read. Though I will always love the feel of printed books and will continue to buy them, my Kindle allows me to keep the clutter down in my house, and if I read a book I don't care for, I can just delete it. | |
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Joe Prairie Settler
Number of posts : 875 Location : Tucson, AZ, USA, Earth Mood :
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Rob Nip it in the bud!
Number of posts : 62609 Location : Michigan Mood :
| Subject: Re: Borders filing for Bankruptcy Sun Feb 13, 2011 12:09 am | |
| - Joe wrote:
- If he doesn't stop I just may engage in some defenestration. I'm looking right at you, bub.
Nobody told me there might be defenestration. | |
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Joe Prairie Settler
Number of posts : 875 Location : Tucson, AZ, USA, Earth Mood :
| Subject: Re: Borders filing for Bankruptcy Sun Feb 13, 2011 12:43 am | |
| - Rob wrote:
Nobody told me there might be defenestration. Well, no-one expected the Spanish Inquisition either. Or for that matter that 1000's of books can be held between grubby, wanting fingertips, with fake sunlight illuminating words on a device made from the devil. If God wanted us to read from e-books he would have made it standard with every new born. (Edit- Geez, you're right Rob, I'm a Luddite!!!) "Willie, were you or were you not looking at the corsett ads in the catalogue?" - Nels | |
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bethandmanly Dean's Dedicated Diva
Number of posts : 7600 Location : In a book Mood :
| Subject: Re: Borders filing for Bankruptcy Sun Feb 13, 2011 12:56 am | |
| - Joe wrote:
- bethandmanly wrote:
I was never a big fan of e-Books until I got my Kindle. It's changed how I read. Though I will always love the feel of printed books and will continue to buy them, my Kindle allows me to keep the clutter down in my house, and if I read a book I don't care for, I can just delete it.
Clutter? CLUTTER? Books being clutter? BLASPHEMY!! (Runs around the house, dusting my cherished books, like a crazy man) You haven't seen my house. With the two kids and four cats, everything feels like clutter. | |
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JW Isaiah Edwards
Number of posts : 9016 Location : Life is short! embrace it with a SMILE. Mood :
| Subject: Re: Borders filing for Bankruptcy Sun Feb 13, 2011 2:54 am | |
| - Joe wrote:
- Regarding e-books; they are an abomination but inevitable I suppose. I love the touch, the smell, the weight, the dings and blemishes old books have. I do not think I will ever own an e-reader.
I Feel 100% the same way Joe I just Love my Books to much to get e-books | |
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Savannah "Psalm 34"
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Rob Nip it in the bud!
Number of posts : 62609 Location : Michigan Mood :
| Subject: Re: Borders filing for Bankruptcy Sun Feb 13, 2011 6:54 pm | |
| - Joe wrote:
- Well, no-one expected the Spanish Inquisition either. Or for that matter that 1000's of books can be held between grubby, wanting fingertips, with fake sunlight illuminating words on a device made from the devil. If God wanted us to read from e-books he would have made it standard with every new born.
Joe, Joe, Joe. We'll never get anywhere until you start telling us how you really feel. | |
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ChristinaAL Little House Lady
Number of posts : 2761
| Subject: Re: Borders filing for Bankruptcy Mon Feb 14, 2011 12:03 am | |
| I heard this, too. I love Borders - it's pretty much the only bookstore close to us that we have. Sometimes I like to go just to walk around and look at books...hubby and I actually had our first date there 6 years ago! LOL. I wonder if they'll close some of their stores? On Good Morning America over the summer, I believe, there was a segment on a young girl who loved reading and her local mall closed their local bookstore - I can't remember the town or the name of the bookstore, but it was basically about how, with bookstores closing, there won't be any close by. It's a shame, when I was little, my mother would take me to the used book store pretty regularly. I haven't gotten into the eBooks at all, so I don't really know too much about them. "It is still best to be honest and truthful; to make the most of what we have; to be happy with simple pleasures and to be cheerful and have courage when things go wrong." | |
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Krissy Ingalls Friend for Life
Number of posts : 45732 Location : Ontario, Canada Mood :
| Subject: Re: Borders filing for Bankruptcy Tue Mar 08, 2011 7:44 pm | |
| That's a shame. “Tomorrow is a new day with no mistakes in it... Yet.” ― L.M. Montgomery, Anne of Green Gables | |
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Debbie Mom Of 2 Kitties
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| Subject: Re: Borders filing for Bankruptcy Tue Mar 08, 2011 9:25 pm | |
| We went to Borders on Saturday and things were 20-40% off. You would have thought by the lines that things were 90% off. We did walk away with 4 good books, on a good note. | |
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Krissy Ingalls Friend for Life
Number of posts : 45732 Location : Ontario, Canada Mood :
| Subject: Re: Borders filing for Bankruptcy Tue Mar 08, 2011 9:47 pm | |
| we don't have that store in canada “Tomorrow is a new day with no mistakes in it... Yet.” ― L.M. Montgomery, Anne of Green Gables | |
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MissOleson Prairie Settler
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| Subject: Re: Borders filing for Bankruptcy Sun Apr 03, 2011 4:56 pm | |
| Unless I get one really cheap, or have been given one as a gift, I don't plan on owning a Kindle or anything of that sort. I much prefer to physically hold a BOOK in my hand. Also, I am a book collector. The only time I ever get rid of one is if I truly HATED the book. Call it clutter. Call me a hoarder. I don't care. I love books! I look forward to this big book sale every year that we have here and I really stock up well with that place in early March (unfortunately their prices went up a dollar and that dollar makes a BIG difference). I also LOVE this catalog company (you can't call them or order over the internet - mail only): http://edwardrhamilton.com/. I have gotten some books incredibly cheap there. Some of them were even books that I couldn't find anywhere else. The only problem is that I have to order something as soon as I see it because they do sell out. As for Borders, I have been spending a lot of money lately that I don't have (I always preferred them over Barnes and Noble). I never went to the one downtown (I don't feel like paying for parking for that). I went to the one on the southside a couple of times during the sale. Then I went back there, since I went out that way, on Friday evening. They were down to 80% off. They were really getting empty. I was happy to see there were some books still there that I wanted before but I didn't feel like paying less than 60% for them. So I was even happier to get them for 80% off. In fact, the checkout girl was so happy at what I saved! The savings ended up just under $400 for all those books. I would say that is quite a deal! Who's going to do the cooking?!?! | |
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