The news that popular book chain, Borders, will be withdrawing from Britain to concentrate on their native US market due to decline in sales can only be cause for much misery amongst British book fans. ArtsWom have always found our local Borders an absolute pleasure to browse for books, music and films and it will be a shame to lose the franchise that, in a way, made shopping for something to read fun again.

The blog, Marketing for Authors 2.0, suggests to their readers that - considering the most successful bookseller in the UK is Tesco, which tends to only stock the most popular authors of the time - the best choice for emerging authors to promote their books will be via online stores, which is something of a shame for people who like to wander between shelves of literature or sit and read a few pages before committing to the buy.

In an article on the Guardian news site, David Teather quotes an insider saying that it is unlikely the stores will be closed, and cites a few options available to the business. ArtsWom sincerely hopes a reasonable solution can be reached as we’ve only just pre-ordered our copy of the new Harry Potter novel and Terry Pratchett, one of our favourite authors, is due in our local Borders store later on in the year.