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The bookstores are going away

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Rob Archer
Feb 12, 2011
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The news has been rumbling for a little while now that Borders, the number two traditional bookseller in the USA is likely going into bankruptcy next week.

It strikes me as incredibly sad when I'm in a mall that a few years ago had three booksellers, and today has none. And that seems to be the case at many malls and shopping centers. Yes, we can buy boo…

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