List of bookstore chains

This is a list of bookstore chains with brick-and-mortar locations. In the United Kingdom, 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^[1]
• Dymocks Booksellers
• Koorong
• Mcgills^[2]
• Queensland Book Depot
• The Co-op Bookshop^[3]
• Word Bookstores
• Golds World of Judaica

Brazil

• Livraria Saraiva
• Livraria Cultura
• Technos Publicações
• Livraria leitura www.leitura.com.br - 53 bookstores in 2014 - 9 new bookstores will open in 2015

Bulgaria

• Helikon

Canada

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

China

• Xin Hua

Colombia

• Librería nacional^[4]
• Panamericana Librería^[5]

Finland

• Akateeminen Kirjakauppa ("The Academic Bookstore")^[6]
• Suomalainen Kirjakauppa ("The Finnish Bookstore")^[7]

France

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

Germany

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

Greece

• Eleutheroudakis
• Papasotiriou
• Public
• Pothitos^[8]

Hong Kong

• Chung Hwa
• Commercial Press
• Dymocks Booksellers
• Metrobooks (owned by NBS Hong Kong, a subsidiary of National Book Store)^[9]
• Joint Publishing
• Page One
• Popular
• World Book

India

• A. H. Wheeler
• Crossword Bookstores
• Oxford Bookstore
• D. C. Books
• Landmark Bookstores^[10]
• Bookshop in India^[11]
• vidya student corner
• Bucketbolt.com^[12]

Indonesia

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

Ireland

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

Iran

• zarsara.com ("Zarsara Bookstore:فروشگاه کتاب")^[13]

Israel

• Steimatzky

Italy

• Feltrinelli
• Mondadori

Japan

• Book Off
• Kinokuniya
• Yurindo
• LIBRO

Korea, South

• Kyobo Book Centre
• Jongro Seojuk (bankrupt)
• LIBRO

Latvia

• Valters un Rapa^[14]

Malta

• Bookends (Valletta, Fgura)

Malaysia

• Borders Malaysia
• Kinokuniya
• MPH Bookstores
• Page One
• Popular
• myNEWS.com
• Times Bookstores (East Malaysia)

Mexico

• Fondo de Cultura Económica
• Sanborns
• Librerias Ghandhi https://www.gandhi.com.mx 28 bookstores

Netherlands

• Polare (defunct - merger of Selexyz and De Slegte)

• Bruna

• Libris collaboration of independent booksellers.

• AKO

New Zealand

• Borders
• Dymocks Booksellers
• Paper Plus
• Whitcoulls

Norway

• Norli^[15]
• Ark Bookhandel^[16]
• Tanum^[17]

Pakistan

• Ferozsons

Philippines

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

Poland

• Matras
• Kolporter
• EMPIK

Portugal

• Fnac

Singapore

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

South Africa

• Exclusive Books

Taiwan

• Eslite Bookstore
• FNAC
• Kingstone^[18]
• Kinokuniya

Thailand

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

Turkey

• D&R^[19]
• NT^[20]

United Kingdom

Current

• Blackwell's
• Waterstone's
• W H Smith
• Foyles

Defunct

• Ottakar's (bought out by HMV, rebranded as Waterstone's)
• Dillons Booksellers (all stores were rebranded as Waterstone's)
• Books Etc (now owned by Borders)
• Borders (went into Administration in November 2009)
• John Menzies

United States

Current

• Barnes & Noble
• Book Off USA
• Books-A-Million
• Deseret Book, also operates Seagull Book
• Family Christian Stores
• Follett's
• Half Price Books
• Hastings Entertainment
• Hudson News, chiefly located at airports and train stations
• Joseph-Beth Booksellers, also operates Davis-Kidd Booksellers in Nashville and Memphis
• Powell's Books, which includes the world's largest independent new and used bookstore
• Schuler Books & Music
• Strand Book Store^[21]
• LifeWay Christian Resources

Defunct

• Borders Books and Music, also operated Waldenbooks and Brentano's
• Crown Books
• Davis-Kidd Booksellers
• B. Dalton
• Encore Books
• Kroch's and Brentano's
• Media Play
• Oxford Bookstore (an offline chain of bookstores in the U.S.)
• Atlantic Books, a discount chain on the East Coast, defunct as of 2012^[22]

See also

• List of independent bookstores

Notes

External links

• Links to Hong Kong bookstores - 12hk.com: The Unofficial Guide on Hong Kong

Major bookstore and book superstore chains International Book Off Dymocks Booksellers Books Kinokuniya Naiin Tsutaya Waterstones WHSmith Eslite Bookstore Nationwide (country) Barnes & Noble (US) Blackwell (UK) Books-A-Million (US) Dokya (TH) Eason (IRL) Gunung Agung (IND) Indigo Books and Music (CAN) Libro (JP) National Book Store (PH) Polare (BE) Steimatzky (IL) Suomalainen Kirjakauppa (FIN) Oxford Bookstore (IN) Thalia (DE) Defunct Borders Group (Int'l, US-based) B. Dalton (US) Dillons (UK) Ottakar's (UK) Polare (NL) Waldenbooks (US) See also List of bookstore chains (including local entities)

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