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Borders Bookstores up for sale?


by Jerome Weeks 21 Mar 2008 9:22 AM

Shares have tumbeld 29 percent for the country’s second-largest book chain — thanks, in part, to competition from Wal-Mart. The company says it’s considering various options. Hope it doesn’t go under; frankly, on average, I prefer Borders’ design and layout and knowledgeable staff to Barnes & Noble’s — on average, I repeat.
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Shares have tumbeld 29 percent for the country’s second-largest book chain — thanks, in part, to competition from Wal-Mart. The company says it’s considering various options.

Hope it doesn’t go under; frankly, on average, I prefer Borders’ design and layout and knowledgeable staff to Barnes & Noble’s — on average, I repeat.

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About Jerome Weeks

Jerome Weeks is the Senior Arts Reporter/Producer for KERA. Previously at The Dallas Morning News, he was the book columnist for 10 years and the drama critic for 10 years before that. His writing has appeared in the San Francisco Chronicle, Salon, Los Angeles Times, Newsday, American Theatre and Men’s Vogue magazines. View more about Jerome Weeks.

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