Use your Borders gift cards!

Just talking from previous experience with Liquidation Sales from the start of your current economic dip. I haven't been to the local Borders to check out the mayhem yet.

RHChan84 wrote in post #12783314
Been on-going for a few years now. It was bound to happen with all these e-readers. And the price for the books is cheaper and you get it right then and there. E-readers are expensive but with the money you save per book and convenience, it saves up quickly.

B&N stores are doing well - books vs. ebooks is not the issue for Borders. Four ceo's in three years, mismanagement, bad lease terms on their locations, etc. Until a few years ago, Borders' outsourced its online book sales to Amazon! And then there was the international expansion... when things were going well in the US, Borders made a huge push internationally, and lost US footing.

So don't blame ebooks, blame bad business practices.

I went in my local store today and it was packed, the check out line was over 50 deep easy. What I didn't understand was people were buying computer books for 20% off, which usually means they are still 15-20% over Amazon.

I guess I'll go later in the sale and see if there is anything interesting left.

Ken