Borders will close 200 of its Waldenbooks stores nationwide, including four in South Carolina, as part of an initiative to bolster the embattled bookseller.

The S.C. stores that are slated to close: Columbiana Centre in Columbia; Haywood Mall in Greenville; Greenwood Mall in Greenwood; and Mall At Shelter Cove in Hilton Head Island.

The stores will remain open through the holidays, closing by the end of January. read more