Bookstores Bookstores Abebooks (formerly the Advanced Book Exchange) is an online marketplace for books, most books listed are ordinary used books, many rare or out-of-print; and also a growing number of new books. The company, based in Victoria, Canada and having offices in Düsseldorf, Germany and Oviedo, Spain was incorporated in 1995 and launched their website in 1996. ...more on Wikipedia about "Abebooks"
Alibris is an on-line store that sells used books, out-of-print books, rare books, and other media articles through an on-line network of thousands of independent bookstores. Booksellers in many countries list their inventories on Alibris which in turn offers the books on its website, as well as other channels such as Barnes and Noble and Borders Books. In return, it receives a monthly fee and a percentage commission on sales. The business premise is that Alibris can save a small bookseller time and money by listing once with Alibris and then have Alibris list to other, well-known book retailers. These new-book retailers get access to older books that might be out of print or hard to find without having to integrate with each small seller individually. The consumer, in turn, only has to go to a few sources to get access to many booksellers. The company claims to offer more than 50 million books from a network of over 10,000 book sellers. ...more on Wikipedia about "Alibris"
Amazon.com, Inc. ( ) is an American electronic commerce company based in Seattle, Washington. It was one of the first major companies to sell goods over the Internet. Amazon also owns Alexa Internet, a9.com, and the Internet Movie Database (IMDb). ...more on Wikipedia about "Amazon.com"
Archambault is a chain of music and bookstores in Quebec. The chain is now owned by Quebecor, and sells books, music and DVDs. ...more on Wikipedia about "Archambault"
Barnes & Noble, Inc. is the largest specialty retailer in the world, chiefly through the operations of its Barnes & Noble Booksellers chain of bookstores based in the United States. Additionally, in some markets, the company operates the smaller Bookstar and B. Dalton Booksellers chains, with the latter's branches chiefly located in shopping malls. The company is known for large, upscale retail outlets, many of which contain a cafe serving Starbucks coffee, and for competitive discounting of bestsellers. Most stores also sell magazines, newspapers, DVDs, graphic novels, and music. Video games and related items were sold in the company's GameStop retail outlets until October 2004, when the division was spun-off into an independent company. ...more on Wikipedia about "Barnes & Noble"
A high end bookstore in Kansas City, Kansas founded in the mid 20th Century by Bennett Bernard Schneider the Third. There are also two other Bennett Bernard Schneiders, the Fourth and Fifth, in Mattapoisett, Massachusetts and Los Angeles, California respectively. ...more on Wikipedia about "Bennett Schneider"
BibliOZ "The Book Search Wizard" is an online portal for locating and purchasing out of print, used, rare and collectable books. ...more on Wikipedia about "BibliOZ"
Books Kinokuniya (紀伊國屋書店) is a Japanese bookstore company, founded in 1927, with its first store located in Shinjuku, Tokyo. ...more on Wikipedia about "Books Kinokuniya"
Books-A-Million Inc. or BAM! was founded in 1917 as a street corner newsstand in Florence, Alabama. Books-A-Million has become the third largest book retailer in the United States (after #1 Barnes & Noble and #2 Borders Books), and the premier book retailing chain in the Southeastern United States. Its corporate office is located in Birmingham, Alabama, the company currently has over 200 stores in 19 states and the District of Columbia, with about 4,900 employees as of 2005. ...more on Wikipedia about "Books-A-Million"
A bookstore ( North American English) or bookshop ( Commonwealth English) is a retailer that primarily sells books. Bookstores can range in size from local independent bookstores offering several hundred titles to large brick-and-mortar chains offering upwards of 200,000 titles. Online bookstores may offer many times more titles. Bookstores often sell items related to books such as newspapers and travel maps. Colleges and universities often have their own student bookstore on campus that focuses on providing course textbooks, although some on-campus bookstores are owned by large chains such as Barnes & Noble. ...more on Wikipedia about "Bookstore"
Borders Group (sometimes written BORDERS) ( ) is an international bookseller based in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Borders is a Fortune 500 company, and is (as of 2005) the second-largest bookstore chain in the United States (after Barnes & Noble), selling a wide variety of books, CDs, DVDs, periodicals, as well as gifts and stationery. Borders recently bought a majority stake in Paperchase Products Limited, a leading gifts and stationery retailer in the United Kingdom, and showcases their products in their stores. In 2004, Borders reached an agreement with Starbucks subsidiary Seattle's Best Coffee, and is converting all their in-store cafes to the new brand. Some Borders' in-store cafes in Australia have Gloria Jeans branded coffee houses in place of Starbucks. ...more on Wikipedia about "Borders Group"
Brentano's is a part of the Waldenbooks subsidiary of Borders Group, Inc., an Ann Arbor, Michigan-based book and music retailer. Like many Waldenbooks locations, the Brentano's stores are primarily located in shopping malls and other shopping centers. ...more on Wikipedia about "Brentano's"
The Central News Agency or CNA in short, is a famous bookstore/stationery/periodical chain in South Africa. ...more on Wikipedia about "Central News Agency (bookstore)"
Chapters is a bookstore chain throughout Canada. In 2001, it was acquired by Indigo Books, Music & More. ...more on Wikipedia about "Chapters"
Cokesbury is the retail division of the United Methodist Publishing House. While it is an agency of the United Methodist Church, Cokesbury serves Christians of all denominations. It is the offical retail outlet of both the Presbyterian Church (USA) and the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ). ...more on Wikipedia about "Cokesbury"
Coles is a Canadian bookstore chain. ...more on Wikipedia about "Coles (bookstore)"
The conger was a system common in bookselling in 18th and early 19th century England, for financing the printing of a book. The term referred to a syndicate of booksellers, mostly in London, who bought shares to finance the book's printing. Each member agreed to take so many copies for sale themselves, and the final profit was split in proportion to the members' initial financial input. Their names all appeared on the title pages as co- publishers, though one of the major publishing houses usually took the lead in setting the deal up. ...more on Wikipedia about "Conger (syndicate)"
Deseret Book is the largest Latter-day Saint book publisher and also owns a chain of LDS bookstores in the western United States. Over 150 people work in its Salt Lake City headquarters. During holidays, over 1000 employees work at over 30 Deseret Book store locations. ...more on Wikipedia about "Deseret Book"
Dymocks booksellers is a bookstore chain in Australia. Its first bookstore was opened in Sydney by William Dymock in 1879. In 1986 the bookstore chain was established as a franchise chain, and has since opened stores in every mainland state, and also internationally. The Dymocks website provides facilities for purchasing books online. ...more on Wikipedia about "Dymocks Booksellers"
Eason & Son is a major chain of bookstores in Ireland. Eason is also a major Irish distributor of newspapers and magazines, both in the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. The chain is headquartered in Dublin and employees 1,784 staff. The company, which is privately held, had a profit of €9.7m in 2003 on a turnover of €372m. ...more on Wikipedia about "Eason & Son"
Besides the main subject of this article, FNAC can also stand for fine needle aspiration cytology, a technique used in medical diagnosis. ...more on Wikipedia about "FNAC"
Independent bookstore is a term used in Canada and the United States to identify bookstores that are primarily owned and operated by local business people with ties to the community, as opposed to bookstores owned by large corporations, or those that are based online. Independent, or "indie," bookstores are often very small or highly specialized, e.g. mystery bookshops or antiquarian booksellers. Independent bookstores can carry new or used books, and sometimes both. ...more on Wikipedia about "Independent bookstore"
Indigo Books & Music, Inc. is the largest bookstore chain in Canada. It was created in 1996, and their first store, called Indigo Books, Music & More, was opened in Burlington, Ontario on September 4, 1997. Indigo merged with Chapters Inc., their largest competitor, on August 14, 2001. The founder and CEO of Indigo is Heather Reisman. ...more on Wikipedia about "Indigo Books and Music"
Jongro Seojuk, or less known as Jongro Book Center, was the mecca of book shopping in Seoul, Korea for many book fanatics over the decades. It opened its door in 1907, with a 95 year old history, it was the place for university students, highschool students, anyone, looking for a opening of the mind came to Jongro Seojuk for solace. Jongro Seojuk became a famous rendezvous place for many people, where by the term "meet in front of Jongro Seojuk" became as commonplace as "meet in front of Seoul Station" It became the center of the literate and intellectually minded young people. It was even a famous meeting point among the non-literate. ...more on Wikipedia about "Jongro Seojuk"
The Kyobo Book Centre or Kyobo Bookstore, Kyobo Bookcenter, Kyobo Moongo (In Korean), is the largest and most famous book store in South Korea. It boasts ten stores in seven cities, the most famous one being its Main Store, or Gwanghwamun-jum in Seoul, which is located right under the Kyobo Life Insurance Building, situated at Number 1, Jong-ro 1 Street. (Center of Seoul) ...more on Wikipedia about "Kyobo Book Centre"
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