So sad, NOT
I remember when Borders and Barnes & Noble opened their massive stores and I thought OH PUKE. Fear entered the hearts and minds not to mention wallets of every independent bookstore owner and customer. But there was no stopping the behemoth from populating our landscape and killing off the small bookstores – forget about I GOT MAIL, this was just not good for anyone.
And guess who saved the independents? Amazon – go figure. Who knew.
So when I passed Borders uptown in the old funeral home with signs everywhere saying Going out of business sale and when I saw the big Metairie store with the same signs, I had a good feeling that sometimes good things happen – first in Egypt and now here in our backwater – bye bye Borders.