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Modern Times survives while Borders falls by the wayside

40 years ago, two bookstores opened in different parts of the country; Borders in Ann Arbor Michigan and Modern Times on 17th and Sanchez streets in San Francisco. Borders—which grew into a nationwide, corporate bookstore chain—is now closing its remaining 399 stores and laying off over 10,000 employees. Modern Times Bookstore—an independent and collectively owned […]