Even though it is now gone (and feels long gone, too, because the death was so drawn out and because browsing half empty bookshelves during a liquidation sale doesn’t feel like being in a real bookstore), here’s a post mortem on Borders.

If you read all the way to the end, you may be heartened by the comment that smaller bookstores (2500 sqaure feet – like many independent bookstores) should remain modestly profitable into the foreseeable future. Let’s hope that’s true.