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 | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Online only | Launched in 1998, focuses on books written by, or about, people of African descent. | |||
| Online only | Online marketplace for used books, owned by Amazon.com since 2008. | |||
| Online only | Large Swedish online bookseller. | |||
| Retail and online | Rare and antiquarian books, based in the United Kingdom. | |||
| Online only | An online marketplace for used but also new books | |||
| Online only[1] | 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.[2] | |||
| Online only | An Australian bookstore founded in 1884. | |||
| 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. | |||
| Online only[3] | Based in the United States, selling used books, and also supporting literacy projects and the Internet Archive. | |||
| Online only | An online marketplace catering to the book collector. | |||
| Retail and online | A UK bookseller with both online and brick and mortar stores. | |||
| Retail and online | The second largest bookstore chain in the 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. | |||
| Online only | An online bookseller based in New York City. | |||
| Online only | An online book marketplace founded in January 2020. Its stated mission is "to financially support local, independent bookstores." | |||
| 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. | |||
| Online only | An Australian online bookstore. | |||
| Retail and online | Owned by Indigo after a takeover in 2001, Chapters is Canada's largest online and retail bookstore. | |||
| Online only | An online bookstore which rents and sells books in United States. | |||
| Retail and online | The online presence of the Dymocks chain, established in Australia in 1879. | |||
| Online only | Online seller known for selling used books.[4] | |||
| Retail and online | Chain of new and used bookstores in the United States that also sells online. | |||
| Online only | An Italian meta-search site offering over 10 million titles. | |||
| Online only | An India-based publisher and portal for free self-published eBooks in English and Indian regional languages. | |||
| Retail and online | A chain of brick and mortar stores that also sells online, based out of Portland, Oregon. | |||
| Retail and online | The largest book retail and wholesale trade company in Estonia, which has a history of over hundred years. | |||
| Online only | San Francisco based bookseller of rare and antique books. | |||
| The Second Shelf | Online only | London-based bookshop founded in 2018 focusing on rare Women's literature. | ||
| Online only | Web-based used bookseller headquartered near Seattle, Washington. | |||
| Retail and online | A UK bookseller with both online and brick and mortar stores. | |||
| Online only | Based in the United Kingdom, selling used books |
Defunct online booksellers
| Name | Headquarters | Type | Description | Defunct as of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Online only | founded 2004, bought by Amazon.com 2011, offered free shipping for books to addresses worldwide | Closed in April 2023 | ||
| 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) | |||
| 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 2011 | ||
| Online only | is an online bookstore which sells second hand or used books in United States | Defunct as of 10/31/17. | ||