Borders will be the first major casualty in the e-reader wars. I didn't think it was all that big an event till I saw this map (here). This helped me understand the true and large impact that this will have. The map shows just how pervasive the store had become.
I heard a radio story about this the other day wherein a professor was interviewed. His take was that it would hurt rural America the most. He felt that folks outside of large urban areas came in and used these large, mega bookstores to shop and see the books available. Immediately I "poo-pooed" his thoughts. The map has me thinking different.
I liked Borders, but I told someone the other day, as he was running to the bookstore to buy the latest George R.R. Martin book, that I can't remember the last time I bought a book at either Borders or Barnes and Noble. I buy all my books through Amazon or Half-Price Books.
These two lose a cash stream like mine, they're bound to fail!
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