Gasp! Horror!

[heliona]

I've just found out that Borders on Buchanan Street in Glasgow might be closing, because book sales are down thanks to online bookstores, and the fact that US sales are up, so they might be pulling out of the UK!!! They can't close down the one in Buchanan Street! We must do something. Go and buy out the bookstore, or petition, or something!!!

Comments

[jakeybob.livejournal.com]

Ahhh, you see; therein lies the rub.

As much as I like Borders, I only use it as a bookshop if I can't find what I'm looking for somewhere else.
Why? Because it's impossible to find anything. You can go in to find something you know should be there, but find yourself in the jam section, and all they have are books about jam as far as the eye can see. Turn the corner expecting to see Modern Fiction and what do you find? More JAM.

So, either they should:
A) arrange their books in some sort of actual fashion, or
B) just give in and be a place that sells coffee, provides large chairs and free books to leaf through.

[heliona.livejournal.com]

I don't know, I don't have any problem finding the sci-fi/fantasy section!

(Actually, I must confess that I prefer the Waterstones on Sauchihall Street when it comes to being a bookstore.)