Branching out a bit from my usual stock of photos, here is a link to a news story I thought was interesting... and a bit sad. Apparently, Borders is going to be selling Build-a-Bear items at their store in the near future. That's not sad in and of itself, but the *reason* makes me sad - Borders is not selling enough books to make money! This makes me sad for two reasons - I want to see people buying books (I do not love e-readers, I'm sorry...) and I also want to see Borders do well and not go out of business. Honestly, I spend so much money there myself, I have no idea how I am not single-handedly keeping them in business... Ha!
According to the article, they will be selling some sort of kits that can be used to make stuffed animals. I wonder if these will be cool in any way? I don't know how much fun "making" a stuffed animal really is outside of the build-a-bear store. Supposedly something similar will also be on sale starting next month at Michael's craft stores, so we may have more build-a-bear stuff around then we can shake a stick at... >.>
I would personally rather that Borders just offer more Paperchase stuff, but I suppose I may not be their typical customer, seeing as how I actually continue to buy books!
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