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Bad News Borders

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Isaac Fitzgerald

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Yesterday we mentioned that Borders had filed for bankruptcy.

Well this morning brings more bad news for the country’s second largest bookstore chain, as the corporation will most likely be closing 75 more branches than originally reported.

(via PW)


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Isaac Fitzgerald
Isaac Fitzgerald has been a firefighter, worked on a boat, and was once given a sword by a king, thereby accomplishing three out of five of his childhood goals. Formerly of The Rumpus and McSweeney’s and most recently the founding editor of BuzzFeed Books, Isaac is now the co-host of BuzzFeed News’ Twitter Morning Show, #AMtoDM. He also appears frequently on The Today Show to talk books, and is co-author of Pen & Ink: Tattoos and the Stories Behind Them and Knives & Ink: Chefs and the Stories Behind Their Tattoos (with Recipes) (winner of an IACP award), and the author of a YA novel and picture book forthcoming from Bloomsbury. He uses Twitter.

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  1. Sarah E Avatar
    Sarah E

    I guess you guys print all the news that’s fit to print on books, et al., but The Rumpus’s stance on the big box bookstores was pretty clear when the Book Club decided to do Jonathan Franzen’s FREEDOM as a one-off:

    “Books purchased from Barnes and Noble, Borders, and Amazon are ineligible.”

    Which inspired a little back-and-forth in the comments section from several people, including a manager of a Borders bookstore.

    https://therumpus.net/2010/09/announcing-the-jonathan-franzen-one-off-book-club/

    So, what’s The Rumpus line on Borders closing? Good for indie booksellers? or Bad for Books?

    Just wondering.

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