[scifinoir2] Brutal Book War remedy: Book Clubs

2010-03-20 Thread Kelwyn
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-borders20-2010mar20,0,7054811.story The chain lets book groups know they are welcome to meet at its stores. The move is aimed at boosting sales amid intense competition from online vendors and big retailers such as Wal-Mart and Target. By Sandra M. Jones

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2010-03-20 Thread Tracy Curtis
Did anyone else notice that over the past several months Borders also switched to free wi-fi from a pay service? I go there to work when traveling, but they don't seem to realize that the problem is that they don't have the books I want. On Sat, Mar 20, 2010 at 8:47 AM, Kelwyn

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2010-03-20 Thread Martin Baxter
There are a couple of these meeting at the Borders just up the road from me. Never felt compelled to join in, though. On Sat, Mar 20, 2010 at 9:47 AM, Kelwyn ravena...@yahoo.com wrote: http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-borders20-2010mar20,0,7054811.story The chain lets book groups know

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2010-03-20 Thread Martin Baxter
Tracey, I live in metro Atlanta, and all of the Borders I go into (at least four, in various parts of town, depending on where I am) all still offer free Wi-Fi. On Sat, Mar 20, 2010 at 11:05 AM, Tracy Curtis tlcurti...@gmail.com wrote: Did anyone else notice that over the past several months

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2010-03-20 Thread Martin Baxter
Forgive me. You're Tracy, not Tracey. [?][?][?][?] On Sat, Mar 20, 2010 at 12:34 PM, Martin Baxter martinbaxt...@gmail.comwrote: Tracey, I live in metro Atlanta, and all of the Borders I go into (at least four, in various parts of town, depending on where I am) all still offer free Wi-Fi.

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2010-03-20 Thread Mr. Worf
Why is Border still around and Barnes and Noble not? All of the BN are gone here. On Sat, Mar 20, 2010 at 6:47 AM, Kelwyn ravena...@yahoo.com wrote: http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-borders20-2010mar20,0,7054811.story The chain lets book groups know they are welcome to meet at its

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2010-03-20 Thread Keith Johnson
: Martin Baxter martinbaxt...@gmail.com To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, March 20, 2010 12:33:32 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Brutal Book War remedy: Book Clubs There are a couple of these meeting at the Borders just up the road from me. Never