I wish they had some stores still around me. Those stores closed the first time around! Dang it. Looks like the website is also doing some discounts.
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Borders Books May File For Bankruptcy: Update: Total Closing
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I wish they had some stores still around me. Those stores closed the first time around! Dang it. Looks like the website is also doing some discounts.
I got a book (Adventures of Huckleberry Finn) for $4. And then I picked up a copy of 1984 for ~$9.
Not too bad. I thought that 1984 was a tad bit expensive. You can normally get it for around there on Amazon, no?
Not too bad. I thought that 1984 was a tad bit expensive. You can normally get it for around there on Amazon, no?
The prices during the closing sale at my Borders location (Anchorage, AK) never offered that great of value except with the magazines that all went 50% off. Most of the rest of the books rarely excceeded 30% off and that pretty much put them at Amazon prices, and still well above the local used book store.
Ultimately big-box book stores are squeezed between the used book stores and Amazon, both of which offer lower prices.
I try to avoid Amazon, it's like the Wal-Mart of e-commerce, but sometimes the price difference is too much to ignore. 40% cheaper prices with free shipping? Hard to pass up. Still, I buy from brick-and-mortar stores whenever I can because I don't want them to go away.
I have to add that months after our Borders closed, the local Barnes & Noble is doing a very brisk business, noticeably higher than before. There are now only two book stores in the city - B&N and a large used book store.
Ultimately big-box book stores are squeezed between the used book stores and Amazon, both of which offer lower prices.
I try to avoid Amazon, it's like the Wal-Mart of e-commerce, but sometimes the price difference is too much to ignore. 40% cheaper prices with free shipping? Hard to pass up. Still, I buy from brick-and-mortar stores whenever I can because I don't want them to go away.
I have to add that months after our Borders closed, the local Barnes & Noble is doing a very brisk business, noticeably higher than before. There are now only two book stores in the city - B&N and a large used book store.