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Georgians Will Leave Their Country Just To See This Beautiful Border Crossing
Border crossings are usually designed to suck your soul while you wait in endless lines for a customs agent to approve or cancel your travel plans. But if your journeys have you crossing between Georgia and Armenia in the near future, you’ll be treated to this amazing architectural wonder at the border.
A New Low For Borders: Selling IP Addresses
Like a haggard crackhead selling its socks, bankrupt Borders has resorted to selling things that don’t actually exist. That’s right — the company that once sold Ulysses and Jane Eyre is now hawking its collection of IP addresses.
Some Good News For Australian Kobo Readers
Since REDGroup (owners of Borders and Angus & Robertson) went belly up, Kobo users have been left wondering about access to Australian best sellers, even if they were reassured that books already purchased would remain safe. Enter publishing giant Pearson Australia.
Borders Tells Amazon To Go To Hell In Passive-Aggressive Way
What Will Happen To eBooks In Australia If Borders Disappears?
The company behind bookstores Borders and Angus and Robertson is in a lot of financial trouble at the moment. While they’ve been granted a slight stay of execution, they’re in administration, and things aren’t looking good. But given that Borders is the driving force behind eBook and eReader sales in Australia, what will happen to the budding electronic book market should RedGroup go completely under?
Borders Enters Administration, Kobo Assures Your eBooks Are Still Safe
Yesterday over in the US, Borders filed for bankruptcy. Through what can be seen as coincidence or providence, the company behind the Australian bookstores Borders and Angus & Robertson, RedGroup Retail, has today been placed in voluntary administration. Fortunately, Kobo have assured that all eBooks purchased through the companies are safe.
Borders eBook Store Also Getting Australian Books
The iBookstore went live with books from Australian publishers the other day, and now REDgroup – the company behind Borders and Angus and Robertson in Australia – have announced that they’ve signed deals with all the major Aussie book publishing companies. That means you’ll be able to buy books from Aussie authors for your Kobo or Sony reader.
Next Generation Kobo Ebook Reader Finally Goes Wireless























