tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3001434439078518468.post1980695481618514017..comments2024-01-08T13:43:58.220-05:00Comments on Brillig: quick newsy notesThe Brillig Bloggerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07886394602447693115noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3001434439078518468.post-49561701473445855272011-02-02T06:10:30.073-05:002011-02-02T06:10:30.073-05:00Borders kiosk sale includes the actual Kiosk units...Borders kiosk sale includes the actual Kiosk units which get sent to the over 450 malls that have a Day by Day Seasonal business each year. In the off season they are stored in moving company warehouses around the country.<br /><br />The real antiques are the cash registers which are DOS based computers running off nothing other than a floppy disk which is used to store each day's sales data. The disk is transported to the store nightly, inserted into another DOS based PC and the data is transmitted to Borders HQ via an ancient 300 baud modem.<br /><br />In 2010 Kiosks were expected to sell Borders Gift cards. The whole program flopped. Hours for kiosks are in addition to hours provided for normal bookstore operations. Kiosk hours were NOT pulled from store allocation and Kiosks did NOT sell Rewards Cards or upgrades. They only sold gift cards, and very few of them.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3001434439078518468.post-17618045158643818352011-01-26T21:09:51.350-05:002011-01-26T21:09:51.350-05:00Ouch on the library. My local library has run out...Ouch on the library. My local library has run out of funds for books before the new fiscal year before--but it's usually a two month period while the local council goes back and forth over how much money the library might get in the next year.<br /><br />It sounds like it's going to be a long way for new books in that library.Mariahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11234907275906877802noreply@blogger.com