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From Anchorage to Albuquerque, from L.A. to N.Y.C., there are 335 Borders Books and Music superstores. Shoppers across the U.S. count on their neighborhood Borders store to provide what’s new, what’s intriguing and what’s unexpected in books, music and video. And there’s more geography to claim as we expand domestically throughout the next decade. In fact, we’ve already identified 200 future Borders store locations in our expansion plans. In 2000, we opened 44 new domestic Borders superstores.

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As America’s favorite mall bookstore, Waldenbooks meets our customers’ need for convenience through 869 locations covering all 50 U.S. states. Waldenbooks is also landing in a growing number of airports to serve shoppers on the fly. Over three million customers have signed up for our Preferred Reader® loyalty program, and are now also being served by our new preferredreader. com Web site. Waldenbooks leverages its mall expertise to operate hundreds of successful Day By Day seasonal calendar locations each year and continues to provide cash flow and earnings to fund company growth initiatives.