Borders Books is in bankruptcy and I've seen all kinds of blame going around. I was most irritated by people who blamed customers for Borders demise. That's like saying the customer doesn't know what they want and that we as customers should be joyful for whatever Borders brings to our lives.
I haven't been to a Borders in months. The last time I went, they were having a tent sale to get rid of awful books and the random non-book crap they sell. Before that visit, I noticed that my Borders was selling fewer and fewer books in favor of the random non-book crap. Most of this non-book crap is the random crazy-cat-lady crap you'd find at a Hallmark store. If I can't find any books I want to read at Borders, what am I supposed to do? The obvious means available to me is an online book seller like Amazon. Case-closed: Amazon wins and Borders loses and has to at some point unload all that random non-book crap at pennies on the dollar.
I read a lot of manga and lately I've heard a lot of manga publishers and their related sympathizers complain that with Borders closing they will have fewer places to sell books.
