http://www.dystel.com/blog/2011/01/big-problems-with-borders/ Mon, 26 Jun 2017 15:15:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.2.15 http://www.dystel.com/blog/2011/01/big-problems-with-borders/comment-page-1/#comment-20369 Mon, 17 Jan 2011 21:30:50 +0000 http://www.dystel.com/?p=5178#comment-20369 Beginning to look like the CD industry reloaded. We all knew this was coming. There’s no way that it can’t happen. Combine this with the sameness of the fiction being published and the abdication of males as a reading block and it isn’t really a surprise. As with the music industry, those who were forward-thinking, adaptable, talented, and most of all worked hard to develop new markets, survived and are prospering today.

]]> http://www.dystel.com/blog/2011/01/big-problems-with-borders/comment-page-1/#comment-20219 Tue, 11 Jan 2011 15:59:49 +0000 http://www.dystel.com/?p=5178#comment-20219 […] energy on the positive-thinking side of the game.  But, of course, the hits just keep on coming.  Check out the latest on the Dystel & Goderich […]

]]> http://www.dystel.com/blog/2011/01/big-problems-with-borders/comment-page-1/#comment-20216 Tue, 11 Jan 2011 00:13:53 +0000 http://www.dystel.com/?p=5178#comment-20216 There could be a silver lining if Borders did self-destruct. The space they’ve occupied in the book retail world could create a vaccuum to be filled by a new generation of independant bookstores. And that wouldn’t be so bad.

]]> http://www.dystel.com/blog/2011/01/big-problems-with-borders/comment-page-1/#comment-20214 Mon, 10 Jan 2011 22:17:50 +0000 http://www.dystel.com/?p=5178#comment-20214 No matter how many posts I read about this, I can’t really think of any way for Borders to save itself. It’s seemed like it was always *just* about to go out of business for the last two years, but has survived anyway, and I’m not sure how long they can keep that up. The fact that they can’t pay their suppliers right after the busy holiday season is troubling. Borders used to be my favorite bookstore, and when their selection of books drastically decreased, I was quite sad. I visited one in my hometown around Thanksgiving and things had seemed to improve a lot, and I’m disappointed it might have been an illusion (or perhaps just that one store was staying afloat).

]]> http://www.dystel.com/blog/2011/01/big-problems-with-borders/comment-page-1/#comment-20210 Mon, 10 Jan 2011 20:59:19 +0000 http://www.dystel.com/?p=5178#comment-20210 […] This post was mentioned on Twitter by Mark Henry. Mark Henry said: RT @DGLM: New blog post! Big problems with Borders http://tinyurl.com/4jgwpjd […]

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