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12 sie 2020 · Borders Bookstore on Buchanan Street back in 2009. Bookworms in Glasgow are spoilt for choice with places to visit for a browse thanks to the likes of Caledonia Books, Voltaire & Rousseau and...
29 cze 2019 · The former chain's flagship Scottish store, Borders was the country's biggest and best bookshop between 1998 and 2009 and one that really did play a central part in the life of the Glasgow public.
In September 2007, Borders (UK) Ltd. was acquired by Luke Johnson's London-based private equity investor Risk Capital Partners in a deal purportedly worth £20 million. Bookshop Acquisitions Ltd. - a subsidiary of Risk Capital Partners - was specifically set up for the purchase, and the deal included the right to use the Borders and Books etc ...
Borders (UK) Limited went out of business. "The might of the Michigan-based megastore may make a lot of independent booksellers fearful, but few book lovers can fail to be beguiled by the neo-classical architecture of its behemoth Glasgow branch.
7 mar 2010 · 1. Voltaire and Rousseau. The best bookshop in Glasgow is an Aladdin’s Cave of curiosities, with thousands of reasonably priced books piled high in no discernible order. It is fair to say that, whilst you will probably never find what you are looking for, you are almost guaranteed to find three other books that are equally fascinating.
26 cze 2021 · 1 Borders on Buchanan Street was a treat of a place, packed to the gunnels with books, CDs, DVDs, games and more. It was a very sad day for Glaswegians when it closed its doors in 2009, after two decades of being the country’s biggest bookshop.
Whether or not Scotland’s biggest Waterstones, plus a collection of second-hand and specialist stores, makes up for the demise of the Borders behemoth, we leave to the book-buying public to judge…
