[78-L] Bye Bye, Borders

[Michael Biel]

On 2/17/2011 11:23 AM, Malcolm Rockwell wrote:
> Turns out Borders is only closing two stores here in Hawaii; one on the
> Big Island and the other on Kauai. The stores on Maui and Oahu will
> remain. Borders is a mainstay of book lovers on Maui, however I still go
> to Amazon if they don't have what I'm looking for. Our Maui store is
> very well stocked and the nearest thing to a coffee-house we have. Poty,
> we could use a good coffee-house (and, no, Starbucks does NOT count!)
> Mal
>

Ironic -- just found out yesterday in our little hamlet of Morehead, the 
Fuzzy Duck Coffeehouse/Coffee Tree Bookstore is moving into the building 
of our old traditional cinema on Main Street now that it has been put 
out of business by the six-plex at the edge of town.  This store will be 
next to where the used book and record store was when I moved here in 
1077, Larry's Rock and Read.

Mike Biel  mbiel at mbiel.com
> *******
>
> On 2/17/2011 5:21 AM, Cary Ginell wrote:
>> Before our Borders closed, I was getting 30% and 40% coupons E-mailed to me regularly. Problem is that their stock was never as good as Barnes&   Noble's. Never got discounts from B&N.
>>
>> At least I got away with buying one of the floor CD cabinets before they closed. It's in my record room now, stocked with jazz CDs.
>>
>> Cary Ginell
>>
>>> Date: Thu, 17 Feb 2011 09:44:00 -0500
>>> From: dlennick at sympatico.ca
>>> To: 78-l at klickitat.78online.com
>>> Subject: Re: [78-L] Bye Bye, Borders
>>>
>>> But Barnes&   Noble at least has offered discount cards and online coupons. I
>>> signed up for a Borders card and found it gave me absolutely nothing.
>>>
>>> The Barnes&   Noble outlet in Rochester has one of the best second-hand
>>> selections I've seen outside of a thrift store. And yes, I still do far better
>>> looking online..many's the time I've walked into B&N with a 15% off coupon and
>>> not found anything to use it on.
>>>
>>> dl
>>>
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