SanzarQ wrote:
With the barrage of coupons they've been e-mailing out lately to REWARDS members (30 - 40% off), BORDERS "net-net" prices are pretty close to what Amazon or Deep Discount offers. The only problem is that the member is usually limited to purchasing a single item to get the discount (Box DVD sets being a recent exception), meaning you have to drive to the store every week (wasting gas) & hope that what you want might be in stock. Makes no sense.

Soon, most BORDERS locations will be selling used clothing (& the sign on the storefront will say "GOODWILL"....or "JOE'S FLEA MARKET").

They're doomed (and BARNES & NOBLE will be right behind them).

I'm not happy, though.

Me, either. Centuries of established routines are being changed by the electronic age. People are still reading, but they're using devices like Kindle to do so.

I won't have it. I love books. There's nothing like owning a book. Try reading your Kindle while taking a hot bath.

I love browsing through bookstores. Many times a book I purchase will be an impulse buy, something I just ran across while looking.

Interestingly enough, Star Trek predicted this, in the episode where Elisha Cook Jr plays a lawyer defending Capt. Kirk. Kirk goes to see him, and asks why he has all these books around when it's all on the computer. Cooke basically says, because there's nothing like a book.

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