This is a shame, because I actually sort of like my local Border’s:
A new strategy at Borders will reinforce the message that its stores are not just about books: the company has been installing 37-inch flat-screen televisions to show original programming, advertisements, news and weather.
Apparently the screens are “not designed to be intrusive,” but it’s difficult to see how they could be anything but and still be effective.
Via Ed Champion, who, not surprisingly, is more upset about it than me.
Oh, yeah. TVs everywhere. That’ll attract people who buy books. *rolls eyes*