The End of Borders

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Uploaded by on Sep 6, 2011

We hear about independent bookshops closing all the time, and some of that was due to entities like Borders, shoving their way into every nook and cranny of our nation. Nonetheless, seeing the failure of a massive bookstore chain—one that had put so many local bookshops out of business—was even more sad in a way. For some communities, Borders was the only bookseller they had left, and its closing forced those customers to resort to the solitary, empty experience of buying books online—or worse, just not buying books at all.

If there's anything to take away from this then, it's to support retailers you like that have communities built around their businesses—bookstores, CD shops, coffee houses, theaters, libraries, restaurants and so on. Don't take them for granted; go to them. Use them. Enjoy them. You might think they're too firmly established to vanish into thin air, but if you don't visit them, they'll evaporate into nothingness—just like Borders did.

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  • This hurts too much to watch D':

  • Really nice video.

    So long Borders. :(

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