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Borders Books went out-of-business a few years back-could Barnes & Noble be the next victim? Borders Books went out-of-business a few years back-could Barnes & Noble be the next victim? The bookselling chain has been closing down stores left-and-right and the head of the retail group, Mitchel Kipper said in an interview published Monday in The Wall Street Journal "the company will have 450 to 500 stores in a decade.