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发帖数: 5022 | 1 We heard the news was coming, and now it's official -- Borders, the second-
biggest bookstore chain the U.S., has filed for bankruptcy. As expected, the
company will continue to operate while it restructures, but it will hardly
be the same company it once was. It's being forced to close around 200 (or
30 percent) of its stores, and it may need to close another 75 if it's not
able to gain some concessions from landlords, according to Bloomberg. This
is news on Engadget, of course, because Borders has also been trying to
compete with Amazon and Barnes & Noble beyond its core brick-and-mortar
bookselling business in recent years (and not exactly succeeding). While the
company hasn't produced its own e-book reader, it has partnered with Kobo
to sell its device, and it has established its own e-book store that's also
used by its various e-reader apps for smartphones and tablets. There's no
indication as of yet that the bankruptcy will affect those endeavors. | L**i
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