Date: Mon, 19 Oct 2009 12:00:54 -0400 From: "Michael Walsh" <mjw at press.jhu.edu> To: "WSFA members" <WSFAlist at KeithLynch.net> Subject: [WSFA] Re: The End of B. Dalton Bookseller Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at KeithLynch.net> > Tamar Lindsay <dicconf at yahoo.com> 10/19/2009 11:52 AM >>> > ><<"While the company prepares to take the next step in digital bookselling= , = >it is in the final phase of closing down its remaining Dalton outlets. = = >Prior to opening its superstores, Dalton was the backbone of B&N, but the = = >company has been steadily closing stores under that brand for eight = years, = >shutting 35 to 50 annually. There are about 30 Dalton stores remaining = = >open and all will be closed by January 31." > >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. = 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. Anyway, are there any B Dalton airport stores? mjw