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Originally Posted by inertia
I honestly think Borders will stick around. B&N was in the red just a few months ago.
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Barnes and Noble is still in the red. They expect to be in the red in 2011, too. But not so red that they will go bankrupt.
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There are several articles on how Amazon basically bullies publishers into discounts
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"Bullying" is not the right word for this context; large retailers have a lot of power and, like any other company, will use the leverage when they can. It's the *exact* thing that B&N and Borders were accused of doing by smaller booksellers in the 90's, and it's also what the "Agency 5" did to get the agency model.
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I think Borders will recover, just like B&N recovered. They might cut some of the deadweight, but I think they will rebound.
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B&N hasn't recovered, and Borders is in much worse shape. I'm not optimistic about Borders at all, simply because there seems to be so much overcapacity on the B&M sector.