17 posts and columns on Borders

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Borders to Shut Down

in Commerce on July 18, 2011 at 2:30 pm PT

Borders Group Inc. said it would liquidate after the second-largest U.S. bookstore chain failed to receive any offers to save it. Borders, which employs about 10,700 people, scrapped a bankruptcy-court auction scheduled for Tuesday amid the dearth of bids.

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Borders in Last-Ditch Talks

in Commerce on July 18, 2011 at 11:52 am PT

Borders Group Inc. inched closer to liquidation Sunday after a bidding deadline passed without offers that would keep the U.S.’s second-largest bookstore chain in business, said people familiar with the matter.

Kobo’s Strategy Includes Hardware With Introduction of New Touch E-Reader

in Commerce on May 23, 2011 at 8:00 am PT

The bare bones e-reader that Kobo released in May 2010 was intended to help sell more of its e-books. But now the company is also seeing the merits of pursuing a hardware strategy, which includes today’s unveiling of an all-new touch-enabled device.
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ShopRunner Wants to Give Amazon’s Free Shipping Program a Run for Its Money

in Commerce on April 6, 2011 at 4:30 am PT

ShopRunner is planning to give Amazon a run for its money when it comes to its membership service that offers free two-day shipping for $79 a year.

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Chapter 11 for Borders, New Chapter for Books

in News on February 13, 2011 at 1:30 am PT

Borders Group Inc. is in the final stages of preparing a bankruptcy filing, clinching a long fall for a company with humble beginnings that helped change the way Americans buy books but failed to keep pace with the digital transformation rocking every corner of the media landscape.

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Borders Secures Nearly $1 Billion to Make Bid for Barnes & Noble

in Commerce on December 7, 2010 at 10:59 am PT

Borders has secured enough capital to potentially buy Barnes & Noble to combine the two largest book-selling chains. In a document filed today with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Borders says that its shareholders, including Pershing Square Capital Management L.P. and its CEO, William A. Ackman, are willing to pay $16 a share. With about 57 million Barnes & Noble shares outstanding, the value would be $912 million, reports InternetRetailer.com. No timetable was set for any sale.

Another eBook Store? Yep! But This One's From Google.

in Media on December 6, 2010 at 7:00 am PT

Don’t want to buy your ebooks from Amazon, Apple, Barnes & Noble or Borders? Google is happy to help.

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Retailers Band Together for Online Shipping Promotion

in News on October 5, 2010 at 11:55 am PT

Some 40 retailers and brands are joining a new loyalty program created by GSI Commerce Inc. to offer shoppers unlimited two-day shipping and returns across their online stores. The program, called ShopRunner, will cost $79 per year—the same as the Prime shipping program offered by the largest online-only retailer Amazon.com Inc.

E-Reader Race to Zero Speeds Up: Borders Cuts Prices on Kindle Killers You Probably Haven't Bought

in Media on August 31, 2010 at 5:00 am PT

If you haven’t bought a Kobo yet, you’re in luck–it just got 20 bucks cheaper. But it’s reasonable to assume that Borders’ e-reader will see its price drop again within a few months.

Connecticut AG’s Tech Probe o’ the Week: E-Book Prices

in News on August 2, 2010 at 2:57 pm PT

Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal is like the Stephen King of investigations: terrifying and terrifyingly prolific. This year alone he’s gone after Craigslist, Google and Topix — and now he’s drawn a bead on Amazon and Apple as well. Blumenthal said Monday that his office is investigating whether the agreements the two companies have with e-book publishers are anticompetitive.

Amazon Fights Apple…By Improving the iPad

in Media, June 28, 2010 at 3:30 am PT

UPDATE: E-Reader Prices Keep Dropping, Except for Amazon’s Kindle

in Media, June 21, 2010 at 6:18 am PT

Irex, a Kindle-Killer That Wasn’t, Reaches the End of Its Story

in Media, June 11, 2010 at 5:44 am PT

The Chapter And Verse on E-Bookstores

in Personal Technology, May 26, 2010 at 6:14 pm PT

Sony’s Kindle Competition: Touchscreen Plus AT&T, for $399

in Media, August 25, 2009 at 7:53 am PT

Why Are Music Sales Dropping? Because It’s Hard to Buy Music

in Media, December 2, 2008 at 4:34 am PT