A list of booksellers who predominantly sell new or used books online, although some may sell other items as well; some may also sell through brick and mortar stores. Incorporated is a list of online marketplaces to which numerous small independent booksellers belong.
Name Headquarters Type DescriptionAALBC.com Online only Launched in 1998, focuses on books written by, or about, people of African descent.AbeBooks Online only Online marketplace for used books, owned by Amazon.com since 2008.Adlibris Online only Large Swedish online bookseller.Adrian Harrington Rare Books Retail and online Rare and antiquarian books, based in the United Kingdom. Alibris Online only An online marketplace for used but also new booksAmazon Online only The "world's largest bookstore" began by selling books from its website in 1995, and is now the world's largest online retailer of consumer goods. It operates country-specific versions of its website for Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, France, Germany, India, Italy, Japan, Mexico, the Netherlands, Spain, Sweden, the United Arab Emirates, and the United Kingdom. It bought Bibliofind.com (Cambridge, Massachusetts) in 1999 and AbeBooks in 2008."Amazon Buys into Rare Books, Music", Publishers Weekly May 3, 1999 full textAngus & Robertson Online only An Australian bookstore founded in 1884.Barnes & Noble Retail and online The largest retail bookstore chain in the United States, operating more than 600 brick and mortar stores throughout the 50 states. It began experimenting with selling books online as early as the late 1980s.Better World Books Online only Based in the United States, selling used books, and also supporting literacy projects and the Internet Archive.Biblio.com Online only An online marketplace catering to the book collector.Blackwell's Retail and online A UK bookseller with both online and brick and mortar stores.Books-A-Million Retail and online The second largest bookstore chain in the United States.BookFinder.com 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. Bookshop.org Online only An online book marketplace founded in January 2020. Its stated mission is "to financially support local, independent bookstores."Booktopia Online only Australia's largest online bookstore. They have 128,000 in stock titles with 800,000 units ready to ship from their 100,000 sq ft distribution centre.Brotherhood Books Online only An Australian online bookstore.Chapters Retail and online Owned by Indigo after a takeover in 2001, Chapters is Canada's largest online and retail bookstore.Chegg.com Online only An online bookstore which rents and sells books in United States.Clarke's Bookshop Retail and online Independent bookstore known for selling new, used and rare books focused on Africa, specifically Southern Africa.Dymocks Retail and online The online presence of the Dymocks chain, established in Australia in 1879.eBay Online only Online seller known for selling used books.Half Price Books Retail and online Chain of new and used bookstores in the United States that also sells online.Jarir BookstoreRetail and onlineMaremagnum Online only An Italian meta-search site offering over 10 million titles.Matrubharti Online only An India-based publisher and portal for free self-published eBooks in English and Indian regional languages.Momox Online only Berlin-based recommerce site for used books (Medimops) and media. Momox is also selling via eBay and Amazon. Powell's Books Retail and online A chain of brick and mortar stores that also sells online, based out of Portland, Oregon.Rahva Raamat Retail and online The largest book retail and wholesale trade company in Estonia, which has a history of over hundred years.Rare Book Hub Online only San Francisco based bookseller of rare and antique books.RokomariOnline onlyOnline bookstore from BangladeshThe Second Shelf Online only London-based bookshop founded in 2018 focusing on rare Women's literature.ThriftBooks Online only Web-based used bookseller headquartered near Seattle, Washington.Waterstones Retail and onlineA UK bookseller with both online and brick and mortar stores.World of Books Online only Based in the United Kingdom, selling used books
Defunct online booksellers Name Headquarters Type Description Defunct as ofBook Depository Online only founded 2004, bought by Amazon.com 2011, offered free shipping for books to addresses worldwide Closed in April 2023Book People Retail and online 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. (Bankrupt) Borders Books and Music Retail and online a chain of brick and mortar stores that began selling books online relatively late, in 2008, after ending a marketing alliance with Amazon Defunct as of 2011Half.com Online only is an online bookstore which sells second hand or used books in United States Defunct as of 10/31/17.
See also List of independent bookstores List of bookstore chains
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