Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/02/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Here they put in a Dean & DeLuca in the Borders. Dean & DeLuca is two steps up from Starbucks; Or as the guy who works at the store in the NYTimes building says 2 dollars up from Starbucks. I refer to the bookstores here as Borders and Noble. They are a little hard to tell apart. The Stand is a real bookstore. But strangely a step down from Powells in Portland Oregon. Its like Powells mini. And no place for coffee. -------------------- Mark William Rabiner > From: Christopher Williams <zoeica at mac.com> > Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2011 09:34:10 -0600 > To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > Subject: Re: [Leica] Borders bankruptcy > > The last book I bought at Borders was Osterloh's Leica M book and it > was in the half off section! > > I always found Borders a bit confusing personally and never seemed to > carry allot of the inventory B&N does. Borders screwed up here by > putting their "Seattle's Best" coffee shop in the store. Silly non > local folks, everyone here goes to CC's and the protests began > immediately. > > > > > Chris Williams > www.zoeicaimages.net > www.rebirthworkshops.com > 504-231-6261 > > > > > On Feb 16, 2011, at 9:32 AM, Lawrence Zeitlin wrote: > >> It's not only the small independent book stores that are closing. >> Borders, >> the giant book retailer, just filed for bankruptcy and announced >> that they >> will close 200 stores. For those Luggers unfamiliar with the U.S. >> publishing >> market, Borders is second only to Barnes and Noble as a retail book >> outlet. >> The stores are as big as supermarkets. Blame it all on TV, Amazon, >> the iPad, >> the Kindle, the Nook and the general loss of reading interest by the >> information consuming public. >> >> >> Today I heard an interview with one of the mavens of the digital age >> who >> proclaimed that, within a few years, print on paper would disappear >> as a >> form of communication and information transmission. This would be a >> real >> loss for old timers like me. I seem to be one of the few fully >> computer >> literate octogenarians in my community and even I am intimidated by >> the >> complexity of current technology. My wife finds the pushbutton >> telephone a >> challenge and she is not alone. She has never learned the >> intricacies of the >> TV remote control. But she enjoys reading and viewing images on >> printed >> pages. And buys dozens of books a year. If books become obsolete >> what will >> we do with all the shelf space? >> >> >> Larry Z >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information