Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/02/16

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Subject: [Leica] Borders bankruptcy
From: john at chiaroscuro.co.nz (John McMaster)
Date: Thu, 17 Feb 2011 07:40:38 +1300
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I think all Borders mail order (or on-line) business for the past few years
was carried out by Amazon....

john

> -----Original Message-----
> 
> The mother of the manager of the local Borders store told me 2 years
> ago that if you went to the store here and they didn't have your book
> in stock they ordered it from ... Amazon.
> 
> 
> On Feb 16, 2011, at 11:17 AM, J. Newell wrote:
> 
> > I think the issue is not so much that paper books are going away (not
> yet?), but that the brick & mortar distribution channel is in danger of
> going away. We will be reduced to buying through e-tailers if that
> happens. One thing I know, speaking for myself - I will wind up buying
> fewer books. The percentage of book purchases I make that are
> attributable to picking up a display copy in the local Borders store is
> very high. YMMV, however.
> >
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