Money | Borders Buyer-Less Borders Will Liquidate Move will put almost 11K employees out of work By Newser Editors and Wire Services Posted Jul 18, 2011 5:47 PM CDT Copied A Borders Bookstore on July 18, 2011 in San Francisco. Borders Group, the nation's second largest bookstore chain, announced today that it will liquidate after it failed to find a buyer. (Getty Images) There will be no storybook ending for Borders. The 40-year old bookseller could start liquidating its 399 remaining stores as early as Friday. The chain, which helped pioneer the big-box bookseller concept, is seeking court approval to liquidate its stores after it failed to receive any bids that would keep it in business. The company is expected to go out of business by the end of September. "We were all working hard towards a different outcome, but the headwinds we have been facing" proved too strong, said President Mike Edwards. Analysts predict ripples through the industry as 10,700 employees lose their jobs: "Bookstore employees don't just sell books, they sell the activity of reading," says one expert. "This industry is going to slowly figure out that a lot of e-book readers still use bookstores all the time to discover what's new before heading home to buy it for their e-reading device." Read These Next Arizona governor wants answers on Grand Canyon fire. Farmer killed by water buffalo a day after he bought them. New Powell move may be attempt to blunt Trump criticism. This find left experienced customs officers "speechless." Report an error