Independent bookstores are small bookselling businesses, usually with one or a small number of locations in a limited geographic area. They contrast with corporate or chain bookstores, operated by a larger company, often with many stores across a large area.
Australia
[edit]Canada
[edit]- Aqua Books in Winnipeg, Manitoba (defunct)
- Attic Books in London, Ontario
- Bakka-Phoenix in Toronto, Ontario
- Bison Books in Winnipeg, Manitoba
- Book City in Toronto, Ontario
- The Book Room in Halifax, Nova Scotia was, at the time of its 2008 closing, the oldest bookstore in Canada (defunct)
- Camas Bookstore and Infoshop in Victoria, British Columbia
- Glad Day Bookshop in Toronto, Ontario
- Highway Book Shop near Cobalt, Ontario (defunct)
- Hyman's Book and Art Shoppe, independent Jewish bookstore in Toronto, Ontario (defunct)
- Little Sister's Book and Art Emporium in Vancouver, British Columbia
- McNally Robinson, small independently run chain of stores across Canada
- Mondragon Bookstore & Coffeehouse in Winnipeg, Manitoba (defunct)
- The Monkey's Paw in Toronto, Ontario
- Munro's Books in Victoria, British Columbia
- Spartacus Books in Vancouver, British Columbia
- This Ain't the Rosedale Library in Toronto, Ontario (defunct)
- Toronto Women's Bookstore in Toronto, Ontario (defunct)
- The Word Bookstore in Montreal
France
[edit]- José Corti in Paris
- Shakespeare and Company in Paris
Germany
[edit]Greenland
[edit]India
[edit]- Champaca Bookstore, Bangalore and Goa
Ireland
[edit]- An Ceathrú Póilí in Belfast
- No Alibis (bookshop) in Belfast[1]
- Kenny's Bookshop, in Liosban, Galway[2]
Israel
[edit]- Sefer ve Sefel, Jerusalem
Jordan
[edit]Norway
[edit]- Bokshop.no in Oslo
Philippines
[edit]- Solidaridad book shop in the Ermita district of Manila[3][4]
Singapore
[edit]South Africa
[edit]Taiwan
[edit]See List of independent bookstores in Taiwan
United Kingdom
[edit]- An Ceathrú Póilí in Belfast
- Arthur Probsthain in London
- Barter Books in Alnwick Station, Northumberland
- Compendium Books in London
- Daunt Books in London
- Grass Roots Books
- Housmans in London
- The Second Shelf in London[8]
- Stanfords in London
United States
[edit]See also
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References
[edit]- ^ "35 of the best independent bookshops in Ireland".
- ^ "35 of the best independent bookshops in Ireland".
- ^ "Review: A Different Bookstore, Dymocks, La Solidaridad, Filipino Bookstore". The Philippine Inquirer. October 13, 2001.
- ^ "Solidaridad: A Gem of a Bookstore". wheninmanila.com. March 18, 2014.
- ^ "Singapore's best independent bookstores". Travelfish.
- ^ "BooksActually twists plot to create success". The Straits Times. March 14, 2012. Archived from the original on February 16, 2015 – via stclassifieds.sg.
- ^ "Book chain closes doors: Fin24: Companies". 2011-07-11. Archived from the original on 2011-07-11. Retrieved 2017-08-31.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ Kelly, Hillary (1 March 2019). "The Bookstore That Became the Face of a Movement". Vulture. Retrieved 3 September 2022.
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