Date: Mon, 19 Oct 2009 09:05:14 -0700 (PDT) From: Tamar Lindsay <dicconf at yahoo.com> Subject: [WSFA] Re: The End of B. Dalton Bookseller To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at KeithLynch.net> Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at KeithLynch.net> Michael Walsh <mjw at press.jhu.edu> >>>http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6702254.htm.html >>So does that mean the airports will become B&N, or will Borders take >>over? >I suspect a B Dalton airport store is too small for the usual large B&N. The B&N in NYC used to be touted as huge; when I finally saw it, it was kind of small compared to what I was used to. >Borders has been slowly eradicating WaldenBooks - the better locations >are being converted into "Borders Express". >So, it's conceivable that any B Dalton airport store could become a >Borders or more likely Borders Express. Definitely the smaller version. >Anyway, are there any B Dalton airport stores? I seem to recall seeing them about as often as WaldenBooks, but it's been a while since I've been in an airport. =Tamar