RANDY ECONOMY: MY WORLD: BORDERS BOOKS: The Final CHAPTER of "AMERICA'S BOOKSTORE" could be written in Bankruptcy filing as early as Monday morning. Is this beginning of the end of the "bookstore?"

Saturday, February 12, 2011

BORDERS BOOKS: The Final CHAPTER of "AMERICA'S BOOKSTORE" could be written in Bankruptcy filing as early as Monday morning. Is this beginning of the end of the "bookstore?"

Image via WikipediaBy Randy Economy
www.Economy4abc.blogspot.com
February 12, 2011
3 a.m.

New York

Could the "American bookstore" become a thing of the past?

In this age of IPads, Nooks and Kindles, it appears that Borders Books could be out of business...as early as Monday. Yep, reports in the Wall Street Journal and other east coast financial rags are reporting that the end is near for the troubled book company that is controlled by Borders Group, Inc.

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It is finishing up preparations for a bankruptcy filing and it could and probably happen this coming Monday morning when the New York Stock Exchange opens.

I love Borders. We have a two story location here in our Cerritos Towne Center. I just bought a couple of very challenging jigsaw puzzles with my mom over the recent holidays as well as some amazing tabletop cook books.

As a journalist and an author, I am saddened to see that our society is moving away from "brick and mortar book stores." It would be a huge loss for our community here in Cerritos if Borders shuts down.

BTW: I STILL haven't gotten into the Nook or Amazon's Kindle craze, but I am contemplating a new Verizon IPhone this weekend.

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Cover via AmazonSo, how do you feel about this? Good thing? Bad Thing? Sign of the changing times? Share your thoughts. Hit my comment section below.

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Meet Randy Economy

You may know me from my role as the Senior Advisor and Official Media Spokesman for the Recall Gavin Newsom campaign that established a worldwide blitz of interviews. I conducted more than 2,200 media interviews on behalf of “The People’s Recall” during a 10-month period from November 2020 to September 2021. The iconic magazine Mother Jones in a dramatic feature article called me “A ‘Superhero Pirate’ Radio Host, (and) Gavin Newsom’s Strangest—and Most Dangerous—Threat. Meet Randy Economy, the man behind the effort to recall California’s governor.” I appeared on more than 330 media outlets around the world in my capacity with RecallGavin2020. Fox News, CNN, MSNBC, Newsmax, NBC Nightly News, ABC News, as well as the Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, Politico, and dozens of other media outlets aired featured reports on my work on behalf of “The People’s Recall.” I am and will always consider myself to be a journalist. Sometimes I think I bleed ink. My talents as an Investigative Journalists in California earned me FIVE top awards from the prestigious Los Angeles Press Club in 2013, 2014, and 2016. I am tenacious. My reporting over the years has led to the prosecution of several elected officials in California. While working for a tiny community newspaper in Southeast Los Angeles County, I worked doggedly to expose the biggest public corruption case in Los Angeles County history when I unearthed a massive pay to play scheme inside the Assessor’s Office that led to the arrest of then Assessor John R. Noguez and four others. However, politics has been in my DNA since I was a child. I have worked on more than 300 political campaigns as a consultant and advisor since 1982 for candidates from all sides of the political spectrum including Democrats and Republicans, and even Libertarians. I am also a small business owner, serving as the President and CEO of Hot Water Studio & Production, LLC. My company works with media outlets across the state, nation, and world exposing public corruption via several new media platforms. I have also overcome personal challenges. I am legally blind with zero vision in my right eye and only 40 percent vision remaining in my left eye. I sometimes wear an eyepatch due to my failed vision. (Hence the nickname of “America’s Political Pirate.”

Saturday, February 12, 2011

BORDERS BOOKS: The Final CHAPTER of "AMERICA'S BOOKSTORE" could be written in Bankruptcy filing as early as Monday morning. Is this beginning of the end of the "bookstore?"

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