The Demise of Borders Bookstores

I don't have a Kindle, an eReader, or a Nook, and I have zero desire to own one. I love to read and I like real books. Maybe I'm behind the times, but I'm OK with that. As everyone knows, Borders, once a retail giant, is closing their remaining 399 stores. We still have a few brave independent booksellers and, of course, Barnes & Noble, but they are in trouble, too. It's sad. Who hasn't walked into a bookstore and found a random book that you loved? That you never would have found if not for the cool cover, or interesting title. You can't do that online--you have to do a search for title or author, or something that you already know. You can't walk down an aisle and have a great book jump out at you. I feel cheated of everything I'm going to miss in the future. For what it's worth, I felt the same way about record stores. I spent most of my teenage years, and 20s, in record shops. But I guess time and technology marches on, and we are left with only the sweet memories of yesterday. See you at the Borders liquidation sale.