When I found out the American bookstore Borders was opening up at The Avenues I got pretty excited because I thought finally, a bookstore! Well they opened over the holidays and guess what? They don’t sell books! Borders in Kuwait is a toy store for some reason with not a single book for sale.
The stationary and arts & crafts store Paperchase also opened as part of Borders. Both are located side by side in Avenues Phase I.
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I’m really disappointed by this, visited last Thursday. I don’t see the point of the store, the toys are overpriced and already available in multiple stores. Why couldn’t they have sold books / magazines like the Dubai store?
As far as I’ve heard, Borders went bankrupt a long time ago, and you can just license the Borders name.
Bookstore? really? have you seen Kinokuniya in Dubai lately? They’re a dying breed.
Kinokuniya puts every bookstore in Kuwait to shame! Besides, ebooks sometimes cost as much as regular books, and what’s the point in that???
ebooks cost less than printed books. That’s the standard.
Not from what I’ve seen on iBooks and Comixology.
It’s common sense. Manufacturing a digital book excludes shipping and the extra added percentage for publishing print. Unless you’re comparing ebooks to paperbacks or mass market from Costco, that’s a different story.
In theory yes, but if you look at digital video games like on the Playstation Store, they cost as much as a retail game (59.99).
It’s just a way to get max profit.
We’re talking about books not games.
Really? What happened to Kinokuniya in Dubai? I went there a couple months ago and liked what I saw. Maybe that was because I went there for the first time. Was it much better before?
Damn!
I asked them on their IG page, and they said they would bring books later, which is a shame considering people were waiting for this store to open because of books!
more like claire’s than borders!
A year ago, the UK Paperchase shop chain was on the edge of insolvency and closed many of its shops, including those in North America. Perhaps someone in Kuwait may have been able to license the Borders and Paperchase names at a bargain price
It’s a licensing issue. The manager says they’re planning to bring books at some point but I doubt it. Borders isn’t really something you would wanna look forward to anyway. Kinokuniya is a different story though.
Went there a couple of days ago.. ridiculous prices to say the least ..
A gift box (empty) costs 5 KD, a pencil case costs 7 KD, stickers cost over 1 KD….. no thanks.
Couldn’t justify buying anything.
Jokers.