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No Saving Woodbridge Borders

During its final days, many flocked to Borders Books at Stafford Marketplace on final deals on books, movies and music. (Mary Davidson/PotomacLocal.com)

Woodbridge, Va. -- A plan to save the Borders bookstore in Woodbridge has fallen flat on its face.

Books-A-Million aimed to purchase 30 of the company’s remaining stores all going out of business after the company declared bankruptcy earlier this year.

The bid to buy the store ­­on Prince William Parkway -- one of the three Borders in the Washington area and the only location in Virginia Books-A-Million was interested in – collapsed when the two companies could not agree on terms, reports the Washington Business Journal.

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