I'm pleasantly surprised at the comedy in this thread. As for Borders, anyone want to shine some light as to what Barnes & Nobles is doing different that is keeping them out of the same situation?
The text book business??? Just to let you know that in the next 5-10 years text books used in schools will be totally obsolete.....
Like mass sales to university bookstores or direct to students who get a better deal than your average rip-off university book store?