Posts tagged #books
Reading this now. Quite interesting, both as a whirlwind tour of the History of Superhero Comic Books and as a memoir (Morrison describes his abduction experience in Kathmandu, among other adventures). Recommended.
Borders Books farewell letter.
Look what I found on the local cafe/game store’s book exchange shelves.
It has been pointed out to me that “random” is sort of a scary thing. So, here’s the selection of books I’ll be pulling from. Things I don’t want, but are sort of worth giving away.
Click to embiggen. (Why do I own so much Klosterman? I don’t enjoy reading him!)
William Gibson. Neuromancer. Wallpaper sized for your enjoyment.
I have a lot of books.
Maybe too many books.
OK, definitely too many books.
And I have bills.
So I want to solve two problems with one solution: I want to give you — yes, you! — two books off my shelf. You just have to paypal me $15. (And your address needs to be…
A reminder: I want to send you two random books for $15.
ALSO
Executive decision: US only for the books. International shipping is both a pain in the ass and very expensive.
For my two books/$15 dollars offer. If I don’t get many takers I’ll just start trying to sell them on Amazon or something.
How would you like two random books for $15?
I have a lot of books.
Maybe too many books.
OK, definitely too many books.
And I have bills.
So I want to solve two problems with one solution: I want to give you — yes, you! — two books off my shelf. You just have to paypal me $15. (And your address needs to be on your account.) In return, I will mail you two random books from these stacks. And no, you don’t get a say in what you get. Sure, feel free to harangue me in the details box on paypal, tell me what you like, but no guarantees that I’ll listen.
I have good taste, so you’ll like what you get (I hope). But you don’t get to complain; no send-backs. And sorry, this is open to people in the US only. International shipping is too expensive and a pain in the ass.
So, interested? Let me know! Even if you’re not, reblog/retweet/etc. This’ll be fun.
Borders announced Thursday night it has entered into an asset purchase agreement with Najafi Companies’ Direct Brands unit, which it will submit to the bankruptcy court as a stalking horse bid as part of a court-supervised auction of the bookseller. “Purchase” is an interesting term (“take” might be another one), since Najafi would put up $215.1 million for “substantially all of the company’s assets,” acquiring inventory potentially worth far more than that, along with assuming $220 million in liabilities.
It’s not clear how many locations Najafi intends to keep operating—but there is an agreement in place already with Hilco and Gordon Brothers “to acquire any store locations that are ultimately not included in the sale and close those stores in an orderly manner.”
At the same time, preparing for the possibility that a sale might not go forward, Borders also filed with the court a more comprehensive joint-venture proposal from Hilco and Gordon Brother to liquidate the entire bookselling chain. Either way, the company anticipates completing the process by the end of July.
The process is moving forward.
via Publisher’s Lunch - Borders Has Preliminary Sale Agreement with Najafi
