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NEWS ABOUT: Borders

Borders stories: 7 news summaries

Palin Memoir a Gift to Booksellers

Going Rogue likely to continue trend of hits from right-wing figures

Oct 15, 09 2:39 PM CDT
(Newser) - Sarah Palin’s memoir is expected sell so well that it will singlehandedly boost the fortunes of the ailing book business. The book is already topping preorder lists, and publisher Harper plans an extensive slate of promotional appearances to make full use the former Alaska governor's drawing power. "They... More »

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Alaska • Republican • conservative • publishing • memoir • author • Michelle Malkin • HarperCollins • Borders • Glenn Beck • book • Sarah Palin • Amazon.com • publishing industry • Going Rogue

Borders Cans Top Brass After Dismal Holiday Season

Bookseller reports 12% drop over '07, replaces CEO, others

Jan 5, 09 4:00 PM CST
(Newser) - Borders will immediately restructure top management to counter a steep slide in sales, the Ann Arbor News reports. CEO George Jones has been replaced with Ron Marshall, a turnaround expert with book experience. Other top spots were shuffled to veterans of the Michigan-based company. The bookseller announced today that... More »

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restructuring • Borders • retail sales • book • holiday sales • shakeup

 Book Giant Weighs
Bid for Chief Rival 

Barnes & Noble checks out Borders

May 21, 08 2:36 AM CDT
(Newser) - Barnes & Noble is mulling a possible bid for its nearest rival, Borders, reports the Wall Street Journal. America's biggest book chain, with 22% of the market, has assembled a team of 30 executives and experts to study a takeover of the second biggest, with 12% of the market. Such... More »

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publishing • Borders • book • Leonard Riggio • Amazon • Barnes & Noble • B. Dalton • BookStop

Book Publisher Takes Stab at New Model

HarperCollins imprint won't allow returns
from retailers

Apr 4, 08 2:46 PM CDT
(Newser) - HarperCollins has decided to rock the book-publishing boat, the Wall Street Journal reports. It’s launching a new imprint that won’t allow retailers to return unsold books—a potentially risky departure from tradition—and will offer little or no advance payments to authors. The imprint will focus on online... More »

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online retailers • publishing • HarperCollins • Borders • retail sales • book • Internet sales • Harcourt Brace Jovanovich • author advances

Cash-Strapped Borders Considering Selling Itself

Parts, or all, of bookseller on table, it secures $42.5M loan to keep going

Mar 20, 08 11:11 AM CDT
(Newser) - Bookseller Borders is considering selling itself or some of its divisions, the Detroit Free Press reports today. The company, based in Ann Arbor, Mich., is in the midst of a turnaround, but is desperately short on cash, today borrowing $42.5 million from its biggest shareholder, Perishing Square Capital Management.... More »

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mergers and acquisitions • earnings reports • liquidity • bookstore • Borders • book • Pershing Square Capital Management • JPMorgan Chase

 Borders Tests More
 Covers, Fewer Books 

Space-hogging move will cut titles 5%-10%

Mar 13, 08 3:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - Borders is betting you do judge a book by its cover, the Wall Street Journal reports. In hopes of catching more customers’ eyes, the nation’s second-largest book retailer will dramatically increase the number of face-out books it displays. The move, aimed at countering stagnant sales and distracted customers (elections,... More »

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marketing • bookstore • Borders • retail sales • book • online shopping • Barnes & Noble

If He Did It, They Won't
Push It

O.J. book won't be on shelves, but Barnes & Noble will sell it online

Aug 22, 07 6:24 AM CDT
(Newser) - Barnes & Noble won't put the new edition of O.J. Simpson's controversial near-confessional If I Did It on bookstore shelves, but it will make the book available by special order and online. Rival Borders will stock the book but won't promote it. The divergent decisions reflect the publishing industry's... More »

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OJ Simpson • If I Did It • HarperCollins • Borders • Judith Regan • Beaufort Books • Fred Goldman • Denise Brown • book • Ronald Goldman • Barnes & Noble

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