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Template:Short description Script error: No such module "Unsubst". 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.
Current
| Name | Country | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Collins Booksellers[1] | Script error: No such module "flag". | |
| Dymocks Booksellers | Script error: No such module "flag". | |
| Koorong | Script error: No such module "flag". | |
| Queensland Book Depot | Script error: No such module "flag". | |
| WHSmith | Script error: No such module "flag". | |
| Livraria Cultura | Script error: No such module "flag". | |
| Archambault | Script error: No such module "flag". | |
| Book City | Script error: No such module "flag". | |
| Chapters | Script error: No such module "flag". | |
| Coles | Script error: No such module "flag". | |
| Indigo Books and Music | Script error: No such module "flag". | |
| Kobo eBookstore | Script error: No such module "flag". | |
| McNally Robinson | Script error: No such module "flag". | |
| Renaud-Bray | Script error: No such module "flag". | |
| Joint Publishing | Script error: No such module "flag". | |
| Page One | Script error: No such module "flag". | |
| Popular | Script error: No such module "flag". | |
| The Commercial Press | Script error: No such module "flag". | |
| Rahva Raamat[2] | Script error: No such module "flag". | |
| Academic Bookstore | Script error: No such module "flag". | (Template:Langx, Template:Langx)[3] |
| Suomalainen Kirjakauppa | Script error: No such module "flag". | ("The Finnish Bookstore")[4] |
| Fnac | Script error: No such module "flag". | 78 stores with book departments in France, 65 in 8 other countries |
| Hachette Distribution Services | Script error: No such module "flag". | |
| Furet du Nord | Script error: No such module "flag". | |
| Hugendubel | Script error: No such module "flag". | 34 book-department-stores |
| Thalia | Script error: No such module "flag". | |
| Weltbild | Script error: No such module "flag". | includes Weltbild Plus, Weltbild, Weltbild best, Jokers, Wohlthat (circa 350-400 shops) |
| Ianos | Script error: No such module "flag". | |
| Eymundsson | Script error: No such module "flag". | |
| A. H. Wheeler | Script error: No such module "flag". | |
| Crossword Bookstores | Script error: No such module "flag". | |
| DC Books | Script error: No such module "flag". | |
| Higginbotham's | Script error: No such module "flag". | |
| Landmark Bookstores | Script error: No such module "flag". | |
| Odyssey | Script error: No such module "flag". | |
| Oxford Bookstore | Script error: No such module "flag". | |
| Sapna Book House | Script error: No such module "flag". | |
| Gramedia | Script error: No such module "flag". | |
| Gunung Agung | Script error: No such module "flag". | |
| Eason & Son | Script error: No such module "flag". | |
| Hodges Figgis | Script error: No such module "flag". | part of the UK Waterstone's brand |
| Comikaza | Script error: No such module "flag". | former chain, still exists as a stand-alone store |
| Steimatzky | Script error: No such module "flag". | |
| Tzomet Sfarim | Script error: No such module "flag". | |
| Feltrinelli | Script error: No such module "flag". | |
| Arnoldo Mondadori Editore | Script error: No such module "flag". | |
| Book Off | Script error: No such module "flag". | |
| Books Kinokuniya | Script error: No such module "flag". | |
| Culture Convenience Club | Script error: No such module "flag". | operates Tsutaya Bookstores[5] |
| Libro | Script error: No such module "flag". | |
| Yurindo | Script error: No such module "flag". | |
| Kyobo Book Centre | Script error: No such module "flag". | |
| Young Poong Books | Script error: No such module "flag". | |
| Valters un Rapa[6] | Script error: No such module "flag". | |
| MPH Group | Script error: No such module "flag". | operates MPH Bookstores |
| myNEWS.com | Script error: No such module "flag". | |
| Popular | Script error: No such module "flag". | |
| Times Bookstores | Script error: No such module "flag". | |
| Fondo de Cultura Económica | Script error: No such module "flag". | |
| Librerias Gandhi | Script error: No such module "flag". | 28 bookstores[7] |
| Librería Porrúa | Script error: No such module "flag". | |
| Audax Groep | Script error: No such module "flag". | Operates Amsterdamsche Kiosk Onderneming (AKO), Bruna, and Read Shop |
| De Slegte | Script error: No such module "flag". | small independent chain |
| Paper Plus | Script error: No such module "flag". | |
| Whitcoulls | Script error: No such module "flag". | |
| Ferozsons | Script error: No such module "flag". | |
| National Book Store | Script error: No such module "flag". | |
| Rex Book Store | Script error: No such module "flag". | |
| Empik | Script error: No such module "flag". | |
| Kolporter | Script error: No such module "flag". | |
| Livraria Bertrand | Script error: No such module "flag". | |
| Jarir Bookstore | Script error: No such module "flag". | |
| Page One | Script error: No such module "flag". | |
| Popular | Script error: No such module "flag". | |
| Times Bookstores | Script error: No such module "flag". | |
| Exclusive Books | Script error: No such module "flag". | |
| Orell Füssli | Script error: No such module "flag". | |
| Eslite Bookstore | Script error: No such module "flag". | |
| Asia Books | Script error: No such module "flag". | |
| Dokya | Script error: No such module "flag". | |
| Naiin | Script error: No such module "flag". | |
| Blackwell's | Script error: No such module "flag". | owned by Waterstones since 2022 |
| Daunt Books | Script error: No such module "flag". | |
| Foyles | Script error: No such module "flag". | owned by Waterstones since 2018 |
| The Works | Script error: No such module "flag". | |
| WHSmith | Script error: No such module "flag". | |
| Waterstones | Script error: No such module "flag". | |
| Barnes & Noble | Script error: No such module "flag". | Locations across all 50 US states (614 stores). |
| Barnes & Noble Education | Script error: No such module "flag". | former college division of B&N spun off in 2015 (760 stores). |
| B. Dalton | Script error: No such module "flag". | Former large chain acquired by B&N in 1987; location now in Florida (1 store). |
| Bookmans | Script error: No such module "flag". | Located in Arizona (5 stores). |
| Books-A-Million | Script error: No such module "flag". | Locations across 32 US states (260 stores). Also operates Bookland and 2nd & Charles. |
| Busboys and Poets | Script error: No such module "flag". | Located in the Washington metropolitan area (8 locations) |
| Deseret Book | Script error: No such module "flag". | Utah regional chain; also operates Seagull Book. |
| Follett's | Script error: No such module "flag". | |
| Half Price Books | Script error: No such module "flag". | Locations across 19 US states (116 stores). |
| Hudson Group | Script error: No such module "flag". | Located at airports and train stations in the United States and Canada (970 stores). |
| Powell's Books | Script error: No such module "flag". | Located in Oregon (4 stores). |
| Sherman's Maine Coast Book Shops | Script error: No such module "flag". | Located in Maine (9 stores) |
| Schuler Books & Music | Script error: No such module "flag". | Located in Michigan (4 stores). |
| Tattered Cover | Script error: No such module "flag". | Located in Colorado (4 stores); acquired by B&N in 2024. |
Historical
The following chains no longer operate any physical retail locations.
| Name | Country | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Angus & Robertson | Script error: No such module "flag". | Closed physical stores in 2011. |
| Borders | Script error: No such module "flag". | defunct |
| The Co-op Bookshop | Script error: No such module "flag". | defunct[8] |
| Jongno Seojeok | Script error: No such module "flag". | bankrupt, and name changed to Bandi & Luni's when re-opened |
| Fascination Books[9] | Template:Country data South Africa | applied for liquidation in 2008. |
| Borders UK | Script error: No such module "flag". | defunct in December 2009 |
| Dillons the Bookstore | Script error: No such module "flag". | all stores were rebranded as Waterstones in 1999 |
| Ottakar's | Script error: No such module "flag". | bought out by HMV, rebranded as Waterstones in 2006 |
| Amazon Books | Script error: No such module "flag". | physical stores closed in 2022 |
| Borders | Script error: No such module "flag". | defunct 2011 |
| Cokesbury | Script error: No such module "flag". | physical stores closed in 2012; continued as online retailer |
| Brentano's | Script error: No such module "flag". | acquired by Waldenbooks and merged with Borders; defunct 2011 |
| Crown Books | Script error: No such module "flag". | defunct 2001 |
| Encore Books | Script error: No such module "flag". | defunct 1999 |
| Family Christian Stores | Script error: No such module "flag". | physical stores closed in 2017; online retailer since 2019 |
| Hastings Entertainment | Script error: No such module "flag". | defunct 2016 |
| Kroch's and Brentano's | Script error: No such module "flag". | Chicago regional chain; defunct 1995 |
| LifeWay Christian Resources | Script error: No such module "flag". | physical stores closed 2019; continued as online retailer |
| Media Play | Script error: No such module "flag". | defunct 2006 |
| Waldenbooks | Script error: No such module "flag". | acquired by Kmart and merged with Borders; defunct 2011 |
See also
References
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