Borders bookstores to close nationwide

Customers make their way to the entrance of Borders Bookstore in Creve Coeur, Missouri on July 18, 2011. The company will reportedly close all 399 stores nationwide by September. The nation's second-largest bookseller, which employs about 10,700 employees, will begin liquidating stores this week. Borders was unable to find a seller willing to get it out of bankruptcy. UPI/Bill Greenblatt

Borders bookstores to close nationwide

Customers make their way to the entrance of Borders Bookstore in Creve Coeur, Missouri on July 18, 2011. The company will reportedly close all 399 stores nationwide by September. The nation's second-largest bookseller, which employs about 10,700 employees, will begin liquidating stores this week. Borders was unable to find a seller willing to get it out of bankruptcy. UPI/Bill Greenblatt

Borders bookstores to close nationwide

Customers make their way to the entrance of Borders Bookstore in Creve Coeur, Missouri on July 18, 2011. The company will reportedly close all 399 stores nationwide by September. The nation's second-largest bookseller, which employs about 10,700 employees, will begin liquidating stores this week. Borders was unable to find a seller willing to get it out of bankruptcy. UPI/Bill Greenblatt