Actually, I heard B&N bought out Borders and are basically absorbing them into their corporate collective whatzit, and it's only the name/franchise of "Borders" that's being shut down.

"Let's see. There are monkeys that evolved into men and monkeys that didn't. Just as well, there are men that remained men and men that evolved into something else. Do you really think humans are the ultimate form of evolution? How arrogant."
--Kakurine, Evil Zone for PS1