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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.
Books-A-Million, Inc., also known as BAM!, is a bookstore chain in the United States, operating 260 stores in 32 states. [2] Stores range in size from 4,000 to 30,000 square feet and sell books, magazines, manga, collectibles, toys, technology, and gifts. [2] Most Books-A-Million stores feature "Joe Muggs" cafés, a coffee and espresso bar. [2]
ThriftBooks is a large web-based used bookseller headquartered near Seattle, Washington. [3] ThriftBooks sells used books, DVDs, CDs, VHS tapes, video games, and audio cassettes. ThriftBooks' business model "is based on achieving economies of scale through automation." [4]
Half Price Books, Records, Magazines, Incorporated is a chain of new and used bookstores in the United States. The company's original motto is "We buy and sell anything printed or recorded except yesterday's newspaper", and many of the used books, music, and movies for sale in each location are purchased from local residents.
The City of Books location grew to its current size after an expansion that opened in 1999; it included a new entrance facing the Pearl District which featured the "Pillar of Books", a Tenino sandstone carving depicting a stack of eight of the world's great books, on a base with the inscription "Buy the book, read the book, enjoy the book, sell ...
Shelves on 1st floor. The Strand is a family-owned business with more than 230 employees. [5] Many notable New York City artists have worked at the store, including rock musicians of the 1970s: Patti Smith – who claimed not to have liked the experience because it "wasn't very friendly" [6] – and Tom Verlaine, [7] who was fond of the discount book carts sitting outside the store. [8]
Goodreads is an American social cataloging website and a subsidiary of Amazon [1] that allows individuals to search its database of books, annotations, quotes, and reviews. . Users can sign up and register books to generate library catalogs and reading li
A UK bookseller with both online and brick and mortar stores. Books A Million United States: Retail and online: The second largest bookstore chain in the United States. BookFinder.com United States: Online only: A meta-search site (online marketplace) for books, acquired by AbeBooks in 2005, which in turn was acquired by Amazon.com in 2008 ...