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Connallmac · 12-19-2010, 08:02 AM

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/40719268...siness-retail/

I saw this article on Msnbc.com this morning and it paints a pretty grim picture for both Borders and Barnes & Noble, especially for the former. Could we possibly see both big chains slide into Chapter 11 next year? It seems a very real possibility, given the overall slide in book sales and the cannibalization of pbook sales by ebooks. Especially when you consider how late to the ebook game Borders was and the fact that it hasn't been a particularly well managed chain. Perhaps by this time next year we will have no Borders, and a smalled B&N chain?

12-19-2010, 08:02 AM	#1
Connallmac Transplanted NYer Posts: 455 Karma: 520286 Join Date: May 2009 Location: Eastern IN Device: Kindle Fire HD 8.9", Kindle Fire HD 7", Kindle Touch	Could this be the last year for the big chains? http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/40719268...siness-retail/ I saw this article on Msnbc.com this morning and it paints a pretty grim picture for both Borders and Barnes & Noble, especially for the former. Could we possibly see both big chains slide into Chapter 11 next year? It seems a very real possibility, given the overall slide in book sales and the cannibalization of pbook sales by ebooks. Especially when you consider how late to the ebook game Borders was and the fact that it hasn't been a particularly well managed chain. Perhaps by this time next year we will have no Borders, and a smalled B&N chain?