Every effort is made to offer positions to current staff.

Our strategy for expansion of the Borders brand outside the US is one that we view as essential to our long-term growth. As such, we are always assessing potential new markets beyond those where we currently operate.

Borders absolutely supports the customers' right to choose what to read and what to buy, and Free Inquiry has the right to publish the cartoons. We made the decision not to carry this particular issue of Free Inquiry because of the fact that we place a priority on customer and employee safety and security.

When you have good people, you want to do what you can to retain them. If part of that is helping them connect with the opportunity at two or more store locations, we're happy to do that.

We do often attract former teachers and other professionals who spend their lives around books and education. There is something very familiar to these employees about being surrounded by books, and their great life experiences often come into play when serving customers.

If it's a good tourism season, there'll be some hiring done at our stores. Tourism drives (hiring) to a larger degree, so yes, we will be doing some hiring for the summer.