List of bookstore chains
This is a list of 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.
Brazil
- Fnac
- Livraria Cultura
- Livraria da Travessa
- Livraria Leitura
- Livraria Nobel
- Livraria Saraiva
Bulgaria
- Helikon
- Orange center
- Ciela
- Hermes
- Booktrading
Canada
- Archambault
- Book City
- Chapters, Coles, and Indigo belong to the same corporation.
- Kobo eBookstore
- Librairie Raffin
- McNally Robinson
- Renaud-Bray
China
Hong Kong SAR
- Bookazine
- Commercial Press
- Joint Publishing
- Metrobooks (owned by NBS Hong Kong, a subsidiary of National Book Store)[4]
- Page One
- Popular
- World Book
Finland
- Akateeminen Kirjakauppa ("The Academic Bookstore")[11]
- Suomalainen Kirjakauppa ("The Finnish Bookstore")[12]
France
- Flammarion
- Fnac (78 stores with book departments in France, 65 in 8 other countries)
- Hachette Distribution Services
- Furet du Nord
Germany
- Hugendubel (34 book-department-stores)
- Thalia
- Verlagsgruppe Weltbild, Weltbild Plus, Weltbild, Weltbild best, Jokers, Wohlthat (circa 350-400 shops)
India
- AP Christian Online Store-Giddalurwww.apchristianonlinestore.com
- Books n Beyond
- A. H. Wheeler
- Crossword Bookstores
- Charotar Publishing House Pvt. Ltd.
- D. C. Books
- Higginbotham's
- Landmark Bookstores
- Odyssey
- Oxford Bookstore
- Sapna Book House
- Bahrison's
- adig.in
Indonesia
- Books & Beyond
- Gramedia
- Gunung Agung
- Togamas Bookstore
- Kinokuniya
- Periplus
Ireland
- Dubray Books
- Eason & Son
- Hodges Figgis (part of the UK Waterstone's brand)
Israel
- Comikaza - former chain, still exists as a stand-alone store
- Steimatzky
- Tzomet Sfarim
Korea, South
- 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
Kuwait
- Deira Bookstores
Mexico
- Fondo de Cultura Económica
- Librerias Gandhi (28 bookstores)[18]
- Sanborns
- Librerías el Sótano
- Porrúa
Netherlands
- AKO – owned by Audax Groep
- Bruna – owned by Audax Groep
- Libris – collaboration of independent booksellers
- Read Shop – owned by Audax Groep
- De Slegte – small independent chain
Philippines
- Fully Booked
- National Bookstore
- Pandayan Bookshop
- Powerbooks
- Rex Bookstore
- Booksale
Russia
- Chitai-Gorod
- Bookvoed
Saudi Arabia
- Jarir Bookstore
- Obeikan Bookstore
Singapore
- Borders (ceased operation in 2011, but ownership changed to Popular Holdings in 2013)
- Kinokuniya
- MPH
- Page One
- Popular
- Times Bookstores
South Africa
- Bargain Books
- Exclusive Books
Taiwan
- Eslite Bookstore
- Kingstone[24]
- Mollie Used Books
- Tien Chiao Shih[25]
- Tsutaya Bookstore[26]
- Kinokuniya
United Kingdom
Current
- Blackwell's
- Daunt Books
- Foyles (owned by Waterstones since 2018)
- John Smith & Son
- W H Smith
- Waterstones
- The Works
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)
United States
Current
- Amazon Books
- Anderson's Bookshops
- Barnes & Noble
- Bookmans
- Books-A-Million
- Books, Inc.
- Deseret Book, also operates Seagull Book
- 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
- Kinokuniya
- Mardel Christian Stores
- Powell's Books, which includes the world's largest independent new and used bookstore
- Schuler Books & Music
- Tattered Cover
Defunct
- Atlantic Books, discount chain on the East Coast, defunct as of 2012[28]
- B. Dalton
- Book World, Inc
- Borders Books and Music, also operated Brentano's
- Coles...The Book People
- Crown Books
- Davis-Kidd Booksellers
- Encore Books
- Family Christian Stores - closed all locations in 2017
- Hastings Entertainment
- Kroch's and Brentano's
- Media Play
- Mr. Paperback, 10 stores in Maine, defunct as of 2012[29]
- Oxford Bookstore, offline chain of bookstores in the U.S.
- Waldenbooks
See also
References
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- "Tecni - Ciencia Libros". www.tecniciencia.com. Retrieved 2021-01-12.
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