Borders bookstore is going to focus more on children’s books in this tough economy. Good news for writers. Children’s book sections will be expanding in every Borders store over the next 90 days. Plus they plan to move the young adult and teen section further away from the baby and youth books.
Personally, I’m glad that they are doing this. I frequent Borders a lot in my neighborhood because they have a bigger café space with more outlets for my laptop. But Barnes and Noble puts circles around Borders with their children’s and teen book selections. This is sort of overdue. Then, I’m still peeved that Borders has a separate African-American literature section—but that’s for another post.
Anytime someone wants to focus on children’s books is good news. Hopefully this will result in stronger sales in the market.
Check out the Publisher’s Weekly article.
