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Old 02-18-2011, 08:57 AM
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Originally Posted by Tom Hannon View Post
What is known is Borders will honor gift cards at the remaining stores. I have avoided purchasing a Kindle/Nook because I didn't want to be part of the reason for the demise of book stores, but I fear within five years, there will be no more book stores nor newspapers.
As for all the good the electronic age has given us, there are a lot of negatives. So sad.
The "electronic age" didn't cause the demise of local bookstores. That was the result of the big book super-stores pricing them out of business.
What goes around, comes around.
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