http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2011/07/18/BUKT1KBRGO.DTL&type=business
Borders, the country's second-largest bookstore chain, which not so long ago had more than 600 stores nationwide, threw in the towel Monday and announced it was going into liquidation. Gone, beginning in less than a week, will be the 399 stores left over after its Chapter 11 filing in February. Approximately 10,700 employees nationwide will be let go.
It is sad to see a bookstore go out of business. While it was not my favorite, it still had a descent selection. I remember my dad playing chess there while I was young, and a few nights listening to live music near their little cafe. I remember when it had a great CD selection years ago. Borders had some books there that I've never seen anywhere else. It will be missed. To think that now people will have less bookstores to go to is a dissapointing thought.
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