List of bookstore chains
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This is a list of (No such list!) bookstore chains with brick-and-mortar locations.
In the United Kingdom and many parts of the English speaking world, 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 - 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 UK Waterstone's brand
- 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 as Waterstones in 1999
- Foyles - owned by Waterstones since 2018
- Ottakar's - bought out by HMV, rebranded as Waterstones in 2006
- The Works
- WHSmith
- Waterstones
- Amazon Books - physical stores closed in 2022
- Barnes & Noble
- Barnes & Noble Education - former college division of B&N spun off in 2015
- B. Dalton - acquired by B&N in 1987; brand revived in 2022
- Bookmans - Arizona regional chain
- Books-A-Million - also operates Bookland and 2nd & Charles
- Borders Books and Music - defunct 2011
- Brentano's - acquired by Waldenbooks and merged with Borders; defunct 2011
- Cokesbury - physical stores closed in 2012; continued as online retailer
- Crown Books - defunct 2001
- Deseret Book - Utah regional chain; also operates Seagull Book
- Encore Books - defunct 1999
- Family Christian Stores - physical stores closed in 2017; online retailer since 2019
- Follett's
- Half Price Books - used book chain
- Hastings Entertainment - defunct 2016
- Hudson Group - chiefly located at airports and train stations
- Joseph-Beth Booksellers - regional chain in Kentucky and Ohio; formerly operated Davis-Kidd Booksellers
- Kroch's and Brentano's - Chicago regional chain; defunct 1995
- LifeWay Christian Resources - physical stores closed 2019; continued as online retailer
- Media Play - defunct 2006
- Powell's Books - Oregon regional chain
- Schuler Books & Music - Michigan regional chain
- Tattered Cover - Colorado regional chain; acquired by B&N in 2024
- Waldenbooks - acquired by Kmart and merged with Borders; defunct 2011
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Collins Booksellers Australian Bookshop - Buy Books, ebooks, Kobo eReaders online". Collinsbooks.com.au. Retrieved 2016-09-25.
- ^ "The Co-op Online Bookshop | Textbook Specialist". Coop.com.au. 2016-02-07. Retrieved 2016-09-25.
- ^ "Rahva Raamat". rahvaraamat.ee.
- ^ "Akateeminen Kirjakauppa". Akateeminen.com. Retrieved 2016-09-25.
- ^ "nettikirjakauppa". Suomalainen.com (in Finnish). Retrieved 2016-09-25.
- ^ "ストアリスト". T-SITE SHOPPING - 蔦屋書店. Retrieved 5 June 2020.
- ^ "Grāmatu nams "Valters un Rapa" - grāmatu un kancelejas preču mazumtirdzniecība". Valtersunrapa.lv (in Latvian). Retrieved 2016-09-25.
- ^ "Librerías Gandhi - Busca entre miles de Libros y Encuentra el Tuyo". Gandhi.com.mx. Retrieved 2016-09-25.
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