A2: Borders

A column in the International Business Times looks at the bankruptcy of Ann Arbor-based Borders, and concludes that liquidation is long overdue: “Observers will say losing another 400 bookstores in America, as will likely happen now that Borders, the nation’s second largest bookstore, nears liquidation in bankruptcy proceedings, is another critical blow to traditional book publishing. But most who have worked in or around traditional book publishing in the past decade know Borders was long gone already. Closing remaining Borders stores will just be a final formality.” [Source]