List of Waldenbooks Closing in PA

[JPZenger]

Borders is closing most of their Waldenbooks stores and some of the Borders Express stores. So far, the full size Borders stores are not affected. Here's a list of the ones to be closed:

Pennsylvania

ALLENTOWN WALDENBOOKS SOUTH MALL 3300 LEHIGH STREET
ALTOONA WALDENBOOKS LOGAN VALLEY MALL 936 LOGAN VALLEY MALL
CAMP HILL BORDERS EXPRESS CAPITAL CITY MALL 3587 CAPITAL CITY MALL
CHAMBERSBURG WALDENBOOKS CHAMBERSBURG MALL 624 CHAMBERSBURG MALL
CRANBERRY WALDENBOOKS CRANBERRY MALL 6945 US ROUTE 322
EASTON WALDENBOOKS PALMER PARK MALL 145 PALMER PARK MALL ERIE
BORDERS EXPRESS MILL CREEK MALL 5800 PEACH STREET GROVE CITY BORDERS OUTLET PRIME OUTLETS 1911 LEESBURG-GROVE GROVE CITY CITY RD
HARRISBURG WALDENBOOKS COLONIAL PARK MALL ROUTE 22 & COLONIAL ROAD
HAZELTON WALDENBOOKS LAUREL MALL 106 LAUREL MALL
INDIANA BORDERS EXPRESS INDIANA MALL 2334 OAKLAND AVE
KING OF PRUSSIA BORDERS EXPRESS THE PLAZA AT KING 160 N. GULPH ROAD OF PRUSSIA
LANCASTER BORDERS OUTLET ROCKVALE OUTLET 35 S. WILLOWDALE DR. CENTER
LANCASTER BORDERS EXPRESS PARK CITY SHOPPING 828 PARK CITY CENTER SHOPPING CENTER
NORTH WALES BORDERS EXPRESS MONTGOMERY MALL 268 MONTGOMERY MALL
PHILADELPHIA BORDERS EXPRESS THE GALLERY AT 9TH & MARKET STREETS MARKET EAST
PHILADELPHIA BORDERS EXPRESS SHOPS AT LIBERTY 1625 CHESTNUT STREET PLACE P
ITTSBURGH WALDENBOOKS SOUTH HILLS VILLAGE 242 SOUTH HILLS VILLAGE MALL
POTTSVILLE WALDENBOOKS FAIRLANE VILLAGE 7266 FAIRLANE VILLAGE MALL MALL
SPRINGFIELD BORDERS EXPRESS SPRINGFIELD MALL 1200 BALTIMORE PIKE @ SPROUL RD
UNIONTOWN BORDERS EXPRESS UNIONTOWN MALL 1368 MALL RUN RD
WASHINGTON BORDERS EXPRESS WASHINGTON CROWN 1500 W. CHESTNUT CENTER
WEST MIFFLIN BORDERS EXPRESS CENTURY III MALL 3075 CLAIRTON ROAD
WILLOW GROVE BORDERS EXPRESS WILLOW GROVE PARK 2500 MORELAND ROAD MALL

[femmocrat]

1. What a shame. Another victim of the economy?

We have a Borders Express and an B&N here. I really prefer Borders!

[JPZenger]

2. Ebay and Amazon are Hurting Retail Bookstores

Borders bought Walden's, which turned out to be a bad decision. Mall rents are very high. Their freestanding Borders stores are doing better. However, the company has enormous debt and a couple years ago Barnes and Noble was trying to buy them out.

All book stores are being hurt by a current price way in which Amazon and Walmart are selling some new bestsellers for $10. Those books are supposed to be high profit sources.

Also, many people are reselling their books online as soon as they are finished with them. It is hard for a bookstore to sell a relatively new book for full price if there many copies available at half price or less.