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List of bookstore chains

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This is a list of bookstore chains with brick-and-mortar locations.

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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.

Australia

  • Angus & Robertson
  • Borders
  • Collins Booksellers
  • The Co-op Bookshop
  • Dymocks Booksellers
  • Golds World of Judaica
  • Koorong
  • Mcgills
  • Queensland Book Depot
  • Word Bookstores

    • Brazil

  • Fnac
  • Livraria Cultura
  • Livraria da Travessa
  • Livraria Leitura
  • Livraria Nobel
  • Livraria Saraiva

    • Bulgaria

  • Helikon

    • Canada

  • Archambault
  • Book City
  • Chapters, Coles, and Indigo belong to the same corporation.
  • Kobo eBookstore
  • Librairie Raffin
  • McNally Robinson
  • Renaud-Bray

    • China

  • Danxiangjie
  • Xin Hua

    • Colombia

  • Librería nacional
  • Panamericana Librería

    • Czech Republic

  • Knihy Dobrovský
  • Kosmas
  • Neoluxor

    • Finland

  • Akateeminen Kirjakauppa ("The Academic Bookstore")
  • Suomalainen Kirjakauppa ("The Finnish Bookstore")

    • France

  • Flammarion
  • Fnac (78 stores with book departments in France, 65 in 8 other countries)
  • Hachette Distribution Services

    • Germany

  • Hugendubel (34 book-department-stores)
  • Thalia
  • Verlagsgruppe Weltbild, Weltbild Plus, Weltbild, Weltbild best, Jokers, Wohlthat (circa 350-400 shops)

    • Greece

  • Eleutheroudakis
  • Ianos
  • Papasotiriou
  • Pothitos
  • Public

    • Hong Kong

  • Bookazine
  • Commercial Press
  • Joint Publishing
  • Metrobooks (owned by NBS Hong Kong, a subsidiary of National Book Store)
  • Page One
  • Popular
  • World Book

    • India

  • A. H. Wheeler
  • Crossword Bookstores
  • D. C. Books
  • Higginbotham's
  • Jyoti Book Depot
  • Landmark Bookstores
  • Odyssey
  • Oxford Bookstore
  • Pustakkosh Textbook Rentals
  • Sapna Book House

    • Indonesia

  • Books & Beyond
  • Gramedia
  • Gunung Agung
  • Kinokuniya
  • Periplus

    • Iran

  • zarsara.com (Zarsara Bookstore: فروشگاه کتاب)

    • Ireland

  • Eason & Son
  • Hodges Figgis (part of the UK Waterstone's brand)

    • Israel

  • Steimatzky
  • tzomet sfarim

    • Italy

  • Feltrinelli
  • Mondadori

    • Japan

  • Book Off
  • Kinokuniya
  • LIBRO
  • Yurindo

    • 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

    • Latvia

  • Valters un Rapa

    • Malaysia

  • Borders Malaysia
  • Kinokuniya
  • MPH Bookstores
  • myNEWS.com
  • Popular
  • Times Bookstores

    • Malta

  • Bookends (Valletta, Fgura)

    • Mexico

  • Fondo de Cultura Económica
  • Librerias Gandhi (28 bookstores)
  • Sanborns

    • Netherlands

  • AKO
  • Bruna
  • Libris collaboration of independent booksellers
  • Polare (defunct - merger of Selexyz and De Slegte)

    • New Zealand

  • Borders
  • Dymocks Booksellers
  • Paper Plus
  • Whitcoulls

    • Norway

  • Ark Bookhandel
  • Norli
  • Tanum

    • Pakistan

  • Ferozsons

    • Philippines

  • Fully Booked
  • National Bookstore
  • Pandayan Bookshop
  • Powerbooks
  • Rex Bookstore

    • Poland

  • EMPIK
  • Kolporter
  • Matras

    • Portugal

  • Fnac
  • Livraria Bertrand

    • Singapore

  • Borders (ceased operation in 2011, but ownership changed to Popular Holdings in 2013)
  • Kinokuniya
  • MPH
  • Page One
  • Popular
  • Times Bookstores

    • Slovakia

  • Martinus.sk
  • Panta Rhei

    • South Africa

  • Bargain Books
  • Exclusive Books

    • Taiwan

  • Eslite Bookstore
  • FNAC
  • Kinokuniya
  • Kingstone

    • Thailand

  • Asia Books
  • B2S
  • Dokya
  • Kinokuniya
  • Nai-in

    • Turkey

  • D&R

    • Current

  • Blackwell's
  • Foyles
  • W H Smith
  • Waterstone's
  • The Works
  • Daunt Books

    • 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

  • Amazon Books
  • Barnes & Noble
  • Bookmans
  • 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
  • Tattered Cover

    • Defunct

  • Atlantic Books, a discount chain on the East Coast, defunct as of 2012
  • 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)
  • Oxford Bookstore (an offline chain of bookstores in the U.S.)
  • Waldenbooks
  • Waverly Books (local Seattle store)

    • References

    List of bookstore chains Wikipedia
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