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Women & Children First is an independent bookstore located at 5233 North Clark Street in the Andersonville neighborhood in Chicago.The store was founded in 1979 by Ann Christophersen and Linda Bubon as a feminist bookstore and place to celebrate and support women authors and members of the Chicago community.
Kroch's and Brentano's was the largest bookstore in Chicago, and at one time it was the largest privately owned bookstore chain in the United States.The store and the chain were formed in 1954 through the merger of the separate Kroch's bookstore with the former Chicago branch of the New York-based Brentano's bookstore. [1]
Unabridged Bookstore is an independent bookstore started in 1980 by Edward Devereux. [1] Unabridged Bookstore opened on November 1, 1980, [ 2 ] with two business partners and $18,000. [ 3 ] Unabridged Bookstore is known for its dedicated and knowledgeable staff.
The Seminary Co-op in September 2014 57th Street Books. Seminary Cooperative Bookstores, Inc., founded in 1961, [1] is a not-for-profit bookstore with two branches in Chicago. Its flagship, known colloquially as the Seminary Co-op or simply the Sem Co-op, is located at 5751 S. Woodlawn Avenue.
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.
Kroch's and Brentano's – Chicago-based bookstore chain; filed for bankruptcy in 1995 [134] Licorice Pizza – Southern California chain that was started in Long Beach by James Greenwood in 1969, [135] acquired by Record Bar in 1985, acquired by Musicland in 1986, [136] and rebranded Sam Goody. [137]