Redeem those gift cards quickly... I have two $50 gift cards I got for Christmas... hitting Borders this weekend...
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From what I've read, there are several reasons why Borders has flopped in recent years.
1. They were slow to get into online retailing and to build their brand that way.
2. They bungled the whole eBook trend, failing to come up with their own brand like Amazon and Barnes & Noble did.
3. They fell way behind B&N in the college textbook business, one of the few reliable markets for printed materials anymore.
4. They found it difficult to recruit top management talent to their headquarters in Ann Arbor. By contrast, B&N HQ are in NYC, the mecca of the publishing industry.
5. Partly as a consequence of #4, they seem to have a lot of boneheads running things.Originally posted by Kevin SeitzerWe pinch ran for Altuve specifically to screw over Mith's fantasy team.
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Originally posted by Erik View PostFrom what I've read, there are several reasons why Borders has flopped in recent years.
1. They were slow to get into online retailing and to build their brand that way.
2. They bungled the whole eBook trend, failing to come up with their own brand like Amazon and Barnes & Noble did.
3. They fell way behind B&N in the college textbook business, one of the few reliable markets for printed materials anymore.
4. They found it difficult to recruit top management talent to their headquarters in Ann Arbor. By contrast, B&N HQ are in NYC, the mecca of the publishing industry.
5. Partly as a consequence of #4, they seem to have a lot of boneheads running things.“Let me never fall into the vulgar mistake of dreaming that I am persecuted whenever I am contradicted.”
-Ralph Waldo Emerson
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i went in there looking for war and peace once but when i asked for help they told me to look under it's original title war--what is it good for. they said Tolstoy's mistress didn't like the title and insisted he change it.
...what kind of name is Borders anyways? is there some kind of border around the store where you can't go outside? is it like the opposite of a library card where you need a green card instead? or was the store concept built around ppl boarding? is it like a love ranch, where you pay rent but instead of sex you read books. and you can have coffee. maybe they should've named themselves 'coffee, books and bed'... maybe someone should invent a book/bed store where you try out the book in bed, and then buy both at the same time. why did Borders have Starbucks inside anyways? were the books so boring they needed to pump it customers with coffee or they'd go upstairs and goto bed?
...sorry i've been watching too much Seinfeld lately. im starting to think like Jerry.
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did you know that when Uncle Leo talked to you, he would always grab your arm.When talking to people, he has a tendency to grab the person's arm (often uncomfortably) and hold them close. In "The Pony Remark," Jerry guessed that this was because so many people have walked away from him in the middle of his conversation. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uncle_Leo
but i think what we are saying here is that books are dying. i mean like real, actual books. they aren't being burned and thrown in a fire or anything, but the paper is disappearing. thoughts?
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Originally posted by nullnor View Postbut i think what we are saying here is that books are dying. i mean like real, actual books. they aren't being burned and thrown in a fire or anything, but the paper is disappearing. thoughts?“Let me never fall into the vulgar mistake of dreaming that I am persecuted whenever I am contradicted.”
-Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Originally posted by Wonderboy View PostLet me tell you something, funny boy... You know that little stamp? The one that says New York Public Library? Well, that may not mean anything to you, but that means a lot to me. One whole helluva lot. Sure, go ahead, laugh if you want to. I've seen your type before -- flashy, making the scene, flaunting convention. Yeah, I know what you're thinking... Why's this guy making such a big stink about old library books? Let me give you a hint, junior. Maybe we can live without libraries, people like you and me.... Maybe. Sure, we're too old to change the world. What about that kid, sitting down, opening a book right now in a branch of the local library and finding pictures of pee-pees and wee-wees in The Cat in the Hat and The Five Chinese Brothers. Doesn't he deserve better? Look, if you think this is about overdue fines and missing books, you'd better think again. This is about that kid's right to read a book without getting his mind warped. Or maybe that turns you on, nullnor... Maybe that's how you get your kicks... You and your goodtime buddies... I've got a flash for you, joy boy. Partytime is over."I lingered round them, under that benign sky: watched the moths fluttering among the heath and harebells, listened to the soft wind breathing through the grass, and wondered how any one could ever imagine unquiet slumbers for the sleepers in that quiet earth."
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you know the only reason why libraries never put book stores out of business is because they never marketed themsevles right. they should've made a rule that you couldn't read their books on the john. it's the whole reason ppl don't rent books from the library... i mean think about it. your reading a book from the library and wondering how many times it's been held while over a toilet. and it doesn't matter if your reading romeo and juliet or moby dick, the fact remains that ppl are touching their butts.
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