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2. List of bookstore chains - Wikipedia

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   Blackwell's - owned by Waterstones since 2022. Borders UK - defunct in December 2009. Daunt Books. Dillons the Bookstore - all stores were rebranded as Waterstones in 1999. Foyles - owned by Waterstones since 2018. Ottakar's - bought out by HMV, rebranded as Waterstones in 2006. The Works.

3. List of online booksellers - Wikipedia

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   Book Depository (Closed in April 2023) founded 2004, bought by Amazon.com 2011, offered free shipping for books to addresses worldwide; Book People was a discount bookseller based in Godalming, Surrey, United Kingdom. It also sold in workplaces and schools via a nationwide network of Book People Local distributors. (defunct)

4. The Works (retailer) - Wikipedia

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   Revenue. £264.6 million (2022) [4] Owner. Dean Hoyle (15%) Website. theworks.co.uk. TheWorks.co.uk PLC, trading as The Works, is a discount retailer based in the United Kingdom selling books, art and craft materials, gifts, toys, games and stationery. It has more than 500 stores across the UK and Ireland as of September 2024.

5. Half Price Books - Wikipedia

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   Entrance to the Half Price Books Northwest Highway, the corporate headquarters, on E. Northwest Highway in Dallas, Texas Half Price Books in Berkeley, California. Founders Ken Gjemre (1921-2002) and Pat Anderson opened the first store in 1972 in a former laundromat in Dallas, Texas, filling the shelves with 2,000 books out of their personal libraries. [5]

6. The Works Discount Bookstores - Wikipedia

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   The administrators, Kroll, closed 85 loss-making stores from a total of 317 and cut over 25% of the 1,600 strong workforce. The Works was rescued from administration in June 2008 by Anthony Solomon and private equity firm Endless, based in Leeds for £15m. At this point the chain had contracted to 226 stores with a turnover of £100m.

7. Book Depository - Wikipedia

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   In 2009 and 2010, it won Direct Bookselling Company of the Year at the Bookseller Industry Awards, [7] and the Queen's Award For Enterprise. [citation needed]In 2012, Book Depository was a finalist for the Fast Growth Business Awards' Retail/Leisure Business of the Year award, and won two UK Startup Awards, Online Business of the Year and Retailer of the Year.