thedailywhat: End Of An Era of the Day: After 40 years in business, Borders announced today that it will be closing all remaining stores and laying off 11,000 employees. “We were all working hard towards a different outcome,” Borders Group President Mike Edwards said in a statement, “but the headwinds we have been facing for quite some time, including the rapidly changing book industry, e-reader revolution, and turbulent economy, have brought us to where we are now.” Borders had hoped to be saved from shuttering by a last minute bid, but the deal fell apart with no one else stepping up to buy the troubled book and music retailer. [annarbor / wsj / photo: michelelee.] Wait a minute are you fucking kidding me.  Borders is like my favorite fucking store ever.  I hate ebooks and kindles and nooks okay whoever invented them should be locked in a cage and only fed black pudding and warm cranberry juice.

thedailywhat:

End Of An Era of the Day: After 40 years in business, Borders announced today that it will be closing all remaining stores and laying off 11,000 employees.

“We were all working hard towards a different outcome,” Borders Group President Mike Edwards said in a statement, “but the headwinds we have been facing for quite some time, including the rapidly changing book industry, e-reader revolution, and turbulent economy, have brought us to where we are now.”

Borders had hoped to be saved from shuttering by a last minute bid, but the deal fell apart with no one else stepping up to buy the troubled book and music retailer.

[annarbor / wsj / photo: michelelee.]

Wait a minute are you fucking kidding me. 

Borders is like my favorite fucking store ever. 

I hate ebooks and kindles and nooks okay whoever invented them should be locked in a cage and only fed black pudding and warm cranberry juice.

(via bachelorjohnwatson)

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    2. pig-sizedelephants reblogged this from c-c-c-controversial and added:
      There’s no fucking bookstore in Elk Grove now.
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    4. lifeandotherrandomness reblogged this from beginyourstory and added:
      This kind of reminds me of “You’ve Got Mail”. Seeing Meg Ryan close the Shop Around the Corner was heartbreaking.
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    10. pixelatedrainbowpuke reblogged this from interatrial and added:
      But Barnes and Nobel is in just as much trouble as Borders was/is. :c I guess since everyone will be forced to go there...
    11. kimmykazoo reblogged this from releasethestarss and added:
      Soooooosad :( I absolutely love Borders.
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    14. cucumbersdontfly reblogged this from octoeye and added:
      Borders went out of business. weird. octoeye:
    15. deirdreannb reblogged this from thedailywhat and added:
      This makes me so sad.
    16. motorcitykitty reblogged this from yeahgrrrl and added:
      but independent book stores are thriving. books ain’t goin nowhere, my friends.
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      no dammit what no no fucking no
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      #is it weird that I’m actually crying right now?
    22. stevedallasbynight reblogged this from thedailywhat and added:
      I shopped there,...see a bookstore go under.
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      Wait a minute are you fucking kidding me. Borders is like my favorite fucking store ever. I hate ebooks and kindles and...
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      $50 gift card for borders wtf man
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      Oh How I Love That Movie :)