tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5101828005067432810.post1587198035244912695..comments2023-10-29T04:16:32.927-04:00Comments on I Read That Once...: The Closing of Borders - Where did they go wrong? Who's leaving next?Becca A.http://www.blogger.com/profile/11142425697063892170noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5101828005067432810.post-35462010789471038232011-07-23T14:07:38.490-04:002011-07-23T14:07:38.490-04:00Even in the US reading has become an expensive hob...Even in the US reading has become an expensive hobby. E-books are cheap, if you can stomach buying the e-reader in the first place, but not the same as the real book.<br /><br />I know nothing about publishing or marketing, but you'd think paperbacks could be a little cheaper.Becca A.https://www.blogger.com/profile/11142425697063892170noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5101828005067432810.post-42900476905916676502011-07-23T09:46:54.796-04:002011-07-23T09:46:54.796-04:00In the UK Borders has been gone a while now. Our o...In the UK Borders has been gone a while now. Our only other big chain is Waterstones which has recently changed hands to someone that sounds like they want to re-invent it as a real bookstore once more. Unfortunately, book stores have to offer something extra as they are nearly twice as much as to buy online and less convenient, in the UK at least.Elliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14377404526123600035noreply@blogger.com