In response to an exclusive digital rights deal between DC Entertainment and Amazon’s Kindle, Barnes & Noble is removing all DC Entertainment graphic novels from store shelves.

Barnes & Noble does not want to sell physical copies of the novels if it cannot sell digital copies as well. The store’s customers will still be able to order the novels in store and online. But due to the closure of Borders, this decision means that DC Entertainment graphic novels will not be sold at any mass market bookstore.

Digital versions will become available on the Kindle Fire beginning November 15 when the e-reader releases.

Source: Hollywood Reporter

Borders, a 40-year-old book seller, is seeking approval to liquidate after it could not get any bids to keep it in business.

The chain, with 399 stores in total, including 15 in Massachusetts, could start liquidation as soon as Friday if the judge approves their bid in court on Thursday.

Borders will ask the Bankruptcy Court of the Southern District of New York to allow it to be sold to liquidators, including Hilco Merchant Resources and Gordon Brothers Group of Boston. The company could go out of business as soon as September.

Liquidators will dissolve the lease agreements Borders had with its landlords and auction them off in two rounds, scheduled for August and September, according to DJM Realty, a unit of Gordon Brothers.

“We are in the middle of a having a lot of conversations with retailers, and some landlords wanted their spaces back,” said DJM copresident Andrew Graiser, according to the Boston Globe. “It’s early, but there’s certainly some good interest in a number of these locations.”

Several locations in Massachusetts, including the stores at Downtown Crossings, CambridgeSide Galleria, Legacy Place in Dedham, Mansfield Crossing, Marlborough, Methuen, North Attleborough and Kingston are expected to be auctioned.

Borders attempted to stay in business with a $215 million “white knight” bid by Najafi Cos., but the bid dissolved when creditors and lenders objected to the deal, arguing that the chain would be worth more if it liquidated immediately.

‘‘We were all working hard toward a different outcome, but the headwinds we have been facing for quite some time, including the rapidly changing book industry, e-reader revolution, and turbulent economy, have brought us to where we are now,’’ Borders Group president Mike Edwards said in a statement.

Borders currently employs 10,700 people, all of whom will soon be out of a job if liquidation occurs.

The world has been bitten by the “Twilight” bug — right in the neck.

In the latest word on the series guaranteed to elicit delight, Borders will be offering an exclusive 2-disc DVD set this spring and holding midnight release parties at stores nationwide to push sales of the DVD, which comes out March 21.

The DVD set includes bonus special features, unique photo cards and special packaging.

The standard DVD/Blu-ray release will include audio commentary, trailers and promotional reels and extended and deleted scenes. The Borders-exclusive special edition will also feature over one hour of additional content produced by Borders, including:

• Cast interviews with Robert Pattinson (Edward), Kristen Stewart (Bella), Cam Gigandet (James), Edi Gathegi (Laurent) and Rachelle Lefevre (Victoria) that were recorded during Comic-Con in San Diego.
• Red-carpet footage from the global movie premiere in Los Angeles, including a never-before-seen segment that contains interviews with Kellan Lutz (Emmett); Ashley Greene (Alice); Nikki Reed (Rosalie) and the rock band Paramore, which contributed to the movie’s soundtrack.
• A re-edited version of the Borders Book Club episode that features author Stephenie Meyer discussing the phenomenon behind the “Twilight” saga.

The set will also include 10 photo cards with images of the cast.

It will sell for $29.99.

Borders will hold midnight release parties on March 20 for fans, with vampire-themed games and movie discussions.