The first Borders Concept Store in the nation located at Waters Place shopping complex on Lohr Rd. in Ann Arbor, Mich.

Even the fixtures within the new Borders Concept Store in Ann Arbor, Mich. have been redesigned to encourage customer exploration. Curved tables in the front of the store allow customers to move easily through the selection of spotlighted books.

Within the Digital Center at the new Borders Concept Store in Ann Arbor, Mich., a customer researches her family history on “Borders Genealogy Services” provided by Ancestry.com.

In addition to enjoying a large selection of titles and merchandise, customers are inspired by cooking-related programming on a 32” LCD screen in the Cooking Destination at the new Borders Concept Store in Ann Arbor, Mich.

It’s easy to get absorbed in what you are listening to when you have millions of music titles to choose from to mix and make custom CDs within the Digital Center at the new Borders Concept Store in Ann Arbor, Mich.

Within the Digital Center at the new Borders Concept Store in Ann Arbor, Mich., customers can do everything from mix and make their own CDs and download books and music to publish their own books and create their own photobooks.

A customer researches travel destinations on an interactive kiosk, while others browse books and watch travel related programming on a 32” LCD screen within the Travel Destination at the new Borders Concept Store in Ann Arbor, Mich.

Children will enjoy storytime in the Children’s Destination at the new Borders Concept Store in Ann Arbor, Mich. The Destination features a colorful mural by Australian author and illustrator Colin Thompson as well as a large selection of children’s titles, toys, puzzles, games, CDs and DVDs, as well as other merchandise for kids ages 0-9.