Borders in Administration

[Kite]

Originally Posted by Bleach

Hi, i know this is bit late but yeah in one way its a shame that Borders is gone as i liked going in there to browse and ours had a cafe upstairs so could take mags or book, i mean i rarely bought out from any these place mentioned as get it all online but it is nice to see what it is your buying that i agree thats the market. Borders was an independant shop while Waterstones is a part of a group.

Borders was still a chain store, it's the same as Waterstones, apart from Borders was owned by Valco Capital Partners where Waterstones is owned by HMV Group.

This is an independent shop:


Waterstones in Basingstoke has a coffee-shop upstairs in which you can read a book when having some coffee

[Sleepyhead]

The key difference is the lack of drunken and unfriendly staff.

All that is left now is Waterstones (not as good) and WHSmith (not even in the same league) or the online stores.

I suppose Blackwells is around, but that is more for Academic books.

[Bleach]

KITE thanks for the reply, yeah thats what i ment the single independant store, i ment independant chain store and not a part of a group like HMV group or Dixons group.

[GSTAR240]

I feel let down by Forbidden Planet, I ordered Kourohime vol 11 in october 09, it's still not there and the geeky anouihing staff just keep giving me excuess's.

Boader's has shut down

[Bleach]

try Amazon dude or play.com for books etc. i do

[Kite]

Or The Book Depository