List of bookstore chains
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This is alist ofbookstorechainswithbrick-and-mortarlocations.
In theUnited Kingdomand many parts of the English speaking world, they are known as "Bookshops" and "newsagents".
InAmerican 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 largeindependent bookstoresthat have multiple locations, but that use a different business model than mostbusiness chains.
- Angus & Robertson
- Borders- defunct
- Collins Booksellers[1]
- Dymocks Booksellers
- Koorong
- Queensland Book Depot
- The Co-op Bookshop- defunct[2]
- WHSmith
- Archambault
- Book City
- Chapters
- Coles
- Indigo Books and Music
- Kobo eBookstore
- McNally Robinson
- Renaud-Bray
- Academic Bookstore(Finnish:Akateeminen Kirjakauppa,Swedish:Akademiska bokhandeln)[4]
- Suomalainen Kirjakauppa( "The Finnish Bookstore" )[5]
- Fnac- 78 stores with book departments in France, 65 in 8 other countries
- Hachette Distribution Services
- Furet du Nord
- Hugendubel- 34 book-department-stores
- Thalia
- Weltbild- includes Weltbild Plus, Weltbild, Weltbild best, Jokers, Wohlthat (circa 350-400 shops)
- A. H. Wheeler
- Crossword Bookstores
- DC Books
- Higginbotham's
- Landmark Bookstores
- Odyssey
- Oxford Bookstore
- Sapna Book House
- Eason & Son
- Hodges Figgis- part of the UKWaterstone'sbrand
- Comikaza- former chain, still exists as a stand-alone store
- Steimatzky
- Tzomet Sfarim
- Book Off
- Books Kinokuniya
- Culture Convenience Club- operates Tsutaya Bookstores[6]
- Libro
- Yurindo
- Jongno Seojeok- bankrupt, and name changed to Bandi & Luni's when re-opened
- Kyobo Book Centre
- Young Poong Books
- MPH Group- operates MPH Bookstores
- myNEWS.com
- Popular
- Times Bookstores
- Fondo de Cultura Económica
- Librerias Gandhi- 28 bookstores[8]
- Librería Porrúa
- Audax Groep- Operates Amsterdamsche Kiosk Onderneming (AKO), Bruna, and Read Shop
- De Slegte– small independent chain
- Blackwell's- owned by Waterstones since 2022
- Borders UK- defunct in December 2009
- Daunt Books
- Dillons the Bookstore- all stores were rebranded asWaterstonesin 1999
- Foyles- owned by Waterstones since 2018
- Ottakar's- bought out byHMV,rebranded asWaterstonesin 2006
- The Works
- WHSmith
- Waterstones
- Amazon Books- defunct 2022
- Barnes & Noble
- B. Dalton- defunct 2013
- Bookmans
- Books-A-Million- 2nd & Charles
- Borders Books and Music- closed all locations in 2011
- Brentano's- closed all locations in 2011
- Crown Books- closed all locations in 2001
- Deseret Book- also operatesSeagull Book
- Encore Books- defunct 1999
- Family Christian Stores- closed all locations in 2017
- Follett's
- Half Price Books
- Hastings Entertainment- closed all locations in 2016
- Hudson Group- chiefly located at airports and train stations
- Joseph-Beth Booksellers- also operatesDavis-Kidd Booksellersin Nashville and Memphis
- Kroch's and Brentano's- defunct 1995
- Media Play- defunct 2006
- Powell's Books- world's largest independent new and used bookstore[citation needed]
- Schuler Books & Music
- Tattered Cover
- Waldenbooks- defunct 2011
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^"Collins Booksellers Australian Bookshop - Buy Books, ebooks, Kobo eReaders online".Collinsbooks.com.au.Retrieved2016-09-25.
- ^"The Co-op Online Bookshop | Textbook Specialist".Coop.com.au.2016-02-07.Retrieved2016-09-25.
- ^"Rahva Raamat".rahvaraamat.ee.
- ^"Akateeminen Kirjakauppa".Akateeminen.com.Retrieved2016-09-25.
- ^"nettikirjakauppa".Suomalainen.com(in Finnish).Retrieved2016-09-25.
- ^"ストアリスト".T-SITE SHOPPING - điểu ốc thư điếm.Retrieved5 June2020.
- ^"Grāmatu nams" Valters un Rapa "- grāmatu un kancelejas preču mazumtirdzniecība".Valtersunrapa.lv(in Latvian).Retrieved2016-09-25.
- ^"Librerías Gandhi - Busca entre miles de Libros y Encuentra el Tuyo".Gandhi.com.mx.Retrieved2016-09-25.