List of bookstore chains
This is a list of bookstore chains with brick-and-mortar locations. In the United Kingdom, they are known as "bookshops" and "newsagents". In American English, they are called "bookstores", or sometimes "newsstands", as they also usually carry newspapers and magazines. This list includes both current and defunct businesses, and also includes large independent bookstores that have multiple locations, but that use a different business model than most business chains.
- Angus & Robertson
- Borders
- Collins Booksellers[1]
- The Co-op Bookshop[2]
- Dymocks Booksellers
- Golds World of Judaica
- Koorong
- Mcgills[3]
- Queensland Book Depot
- Word Bookstores
- Archambault
- Book City
- Chapters, Coles, and Indigo belong to the same corporation.
- Kobo eBookstore
- Librairie Raffin
- McNally Robinson
- Renaud-Bray
- Akateeminen Kirjakauppa ("The Academic Bookstore")[9]
- Suomalainen Kirjakauppa ("The Finnish Bookstore")[10]
- Flammarion
- Fnac (78 stores with book departments in France, 65 in 8 other countries)
- Hachette Distribution Services
- Hugendubel (34 book-department-stores)
- Thalia
- Verlagsgruppe Weltbild, Weltbild Plus, Weltbild, Weltbild best, Jokers, Wohlthat (circa 350-400 shops)
- Bookazine
- Commercial Press
- Joint Publishing
- Metrobooks (owned by NBS Hong Kong, a subsidiary of National Book Store)[12]
- Page One
- Popular
- World Book
- A. H. Wheeler
- Crossword Bookstores
- D. C. Books
- Higginbotham's
- Jyoti Book Depot
- Landmark Bookstores
- Odyssey
- Oxford Bookstore
- Pustakkosh Textbook Rentals[13]
- zarsara.com (Zarsara Bookstore: فروشگاه کتاب)[14]
- Eason & Son
- Hodges Figgis (part of the UK Waterstone's brand)
- Jongro Seojuk (bankrupt, and name changed to Bandi & Luni's when re-opened)
- Kyobo Book Centre
- LIBRO (different from LIBRO in Japan)
- Young Poong Books
- Fondo de Cultura Económica
- Librerias Gandhi (28 bookstores)[16]
- Sanborns
- AKO
- Bruna
- Libris collaboration of independent booksellers
- Polare (defunct - merger of Selexyz and De Slegte)
- Borders (ceased operation in 2011, but ownership changed to Popular Holdings in 2013)
- Kinokuniya
- MPH
- Page One
- Popular
- Times Bookstores
Current
Defunct
- Books Etc (now owned by Borders)
- Borders (went into Administration in November 2009)
- Dillons Booksellers (all stores were rebranded as Waterstone's)
- John Menzies
- Ottakar's (bought out by HMV, rebranded as Waterstone's)
Current
- Barnes & Noble
- Books-A-Million
- Books, Inc.
- Deseret Book, also operates Seagull Book
- Family Christian Stores
- Follett's
- Half Price Books
- Hudson News, chiefly located at airports and train stations
- Joseph-Beth Booksellers, also operates Davis-Kidd Booksellers in Nashville and Memphis
- LifeWay Christian Resources
- Powell's Books, which includes the world's largest independent new and used bookstore
- Schuler Books & Music
Defunct
- Atlantic Books, a discount chain on the East Coast, defunct as of 2012[24]
- B. Dalton
- Borders Books and Music, also operated Brentano's
- Coles...The Book People
- Crown Books
- Davis-Kidd Booksellers
- Encore Books
- Hastings Entertainment
- Kroch's and Brentano's
- Media Play
- Mr. Paperback (10 stores in Maine, defunct as of 2012)[25]
- Oxford Bookstore (an offline chain of bookstores in the U.S.)
- Waldenbooks
- Waverly Books (local Seattle store)
See also
References
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- ^ "The Co-op Online Bookshop | Textbook Specialist". Coop.com.au. 2016-02-07. Retrieved 2016-09-25.
- ^ "McGills Finance". Mcgills.com.au. Archived from the original on 2016-01-09. Retrieved 2016-09-25.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ "Librería nacional | compra tus libros en linea desde cualquier lugar". Librerianacional.com. Retrieved 2016-09-25.
- ^ "Panamericana Librería y Papelería - Página no encontrada". Panamericana.com.co. Retrieved 2016-09-25.
- ^ "Knihy Dobrovský | Dobré příběhy za dobré ceny". Knihydobrovsky.cz. Retrieved 2016-09-25.
- ^ "vaše internetové knihkupectví". Kosmas.Cz. Retrieved 2016-09-25.
- ^ "Knihkupectví Neoluxor – Největší výběr knih v ČR". Neoluxor.cz. Retrieved 2016-09-25.
- ^ "Akateeminen Kirjakauppa". Akateeminen.com. Retrieved 2016-09-25.
- ^ "nettikirjakauppa". Suomalainen.com (in Template:Fi icon). Retrieved 2016-09-25.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link) - ^ "PothitosBooks - Βιβλιοπωλείο - Βιβλία σε Προσφορές - Περιστέρι". Pothitosbooks.gr. Retrieved 2016-09-25.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-10-31. Retrieved 2014-08-25.
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- ^ "Zar Sara — Coming Soon". Zarsara.com. Archived from the original on 2011-03-03. Retrieved 2016-09-25.
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{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link) - ^ "Librerías Gandhi - Busca entre miles de Libros y Encuentra el Tuyo". Gandhi.com.mx. Retrieved 2016-09-25.
- ^ "ARK.NO, nettbokhandel - din bokhandel på nett. » ARK bokhandel". Ark.no (in Template:No icon). Retrieved 2016-09-25.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link) - ^ "Norli". Norli.no (in Template:No icon). Retrieved 2016-09-25.
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{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link) - ^ "Knihy pre vás (Internetové kníhkupectvo)". Martinus.sk. Retrieved 2016-09-25.
- ^ "Pantarhei.sk". Pantarhei.sk. Retrieved 2016-09-25.
- ^ "金石堂網路書店：中文書、英文書、雜誌、文具、服飾、禮品、百貨購物". Kingstone.com.tw. Retrieved 2016-09-25.
- ^ "D&R - Kültür, Sanat ve Eğlence Dünyası". Dr.com.tr. Retrieved 2016-09-25.
- ^ Rosen, Judith (2011-11-14). "Atlantic Books to Close". Publishersweekly.com. Retrieved 2016-09-25.
- ^ "Mr. Paperback stores to close, Magazines Inc. to be sold, 120 to lose jobs — Business — Bangor Daily News — BDN Maine". Bangordailynews.com. 2012-02-24. Retrieved 2016-09-25.