Borders Group

Beyond Borders
May 1, 2011

When I was a kid, we went to the library to browse books. I had no particular idea what I was looking for; I just loved walking up and down the aisles finding the unexpected.

American Bookstores in Decline: Beyond Borders
March 22, 2011

The saga of the Borders bookstore chain has entered a forlorn new chapter. In December, Borders attempted to buy Barnes & Noble, its biggest (and better) competitor; last month, having failed, it filed for bankruptcy.

Borders Group Files for Chapter 11
February 16, 2011

(Press Release) ANN ARBOR, Mich., Feb. 16, 2011, PRNewswire via COMTEX—
"It has become increasingly clear that in light of the environment of curtailed customer spending, our ongoing discussions with publishers and other vendor related parties, and the company's lack of liquidity, Borders Group does not have the capital resources it needs to be a viable competitor and which are essential for it to move forward with its business strategy to reposition itself successfully for the long term.

Kobo Breaks E-book Records This Holiday Season
December 28, 2010

Kobo, the only pure-play global eReading service built on an open platform, today revealed its Holiday 2010 momentum.  This Christmas, readers around the world received new eReaders and iPads and other eReading devices under their tree.   Over a million people connected to Kobo, and hundreds of thousands of devices were activated each day since Christmas Eve, fuelling the highest eBook download rate in the company’s history. 

Kobo Makes E-reading Social With Reading Life
December 9, 2010

(Press Release) TORONTO, ON, December 9, 2010—Kobo, a global eReading service where users can read on any device anywhere in the world, today announced the launch of Reading Life, an industry first social eReading experience.