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Top 25 Specialty book retailers worldwide
RevenueBase identified 684 company matches for specialty book retailers worldwide as of September 2026 and tracks 10,507 professional contacts across them, including 1,362 with verified work emails. The United States is the largest market and New York the largest hub.
This list covers company matches for specialty book retailers worldwide, found by RevenueBase SmartSearch using the meaning of business descriptions in its company graph at Exact. Ranked by professionals tracked, largest first. Rows show recorded descriptions where available, Exact search membership and the snapshot date. Data refreshed September 22, 2026. Country and city lists for specialty book retailers follow the table.
Published by RevenueBase, a B2B data infrastructure company. This list was built with RevenueBase SmartSearch, the natural-language company search RevenueBase customers use to build their own targeted lists and unlock verified emails and direct dials at the companies on them. How these lists are built and judged.
The 25 largest specialty book retailers worldwide
Ranked by team size| # | Company | Contacts | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2,011 contacts → | ||||
Exact match “Books-A-Million, Inc, is the second-largest book retailer in the nation, operating more than 200 stores in 32 states and online at Booksamillion.com.” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Sep 22, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase | |||||
| 2 | 1,371 contacts → | ||||
Exact match “Inaugurada em 1967 por Emidio Teles como Livraria Lê, tendo seu nome alterado em 1975 para Leitura, a rede foi uma das primeiras do Brasil no conceito megastore, que consiste em…” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Sep 22, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase | |||||
| 3 | 547 contacts → | ||||
Exact match “Exclusive Books has a rich history - a colourful past of peaceful protest, fascinating stories and a family of staff, all boasting eclectic and wide-ranging knowledge.” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Sep 22, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase | |||||
| 4 | 301 contacts → | ||||
Exact match “Founded in Queensland in the late 1800s, QBD Books is Australia's largest specialty book retailer, proudly Australian-owned and operated.” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Sep 22, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase | |||||
| 5 | 295 contacts → | ||||
Exact match “Powell's is an independent bookseller serving Portland, Oregon, since 1971, with four store locations.” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Sep 22, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase | |||||
| 6 | 264 contacts → | ||||
Exact match “De 25 ani, Cărturești redefinește așteptările pe care le avem de la o librărie.” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Sep 22, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase | |||||
| 7 | 229 contacts → | ||||
Exact match “Eine Welt, in der Inhalt zählt.” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Sep 22, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase | |||||
| 8 | 227 contacts → | ||||
Exact match “Nossa história começa em 1985, em São Paulo, na Vila Madalena.” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Sep 22, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase | |||||
| 9 | 220 contacts → | ||||
Exact match “I 2020 feiret Norli hele 130 år som bokhandelkjede.” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Sep 22, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase | |||||
| 10 | 197 contacts → | ||||
Exact match “Furet du Nord fait partie du Groupe NOSOLI regroupant les librairies Furet du Nord et Decitre.” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Sep 22, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase | |||||
| 11 | 174 contacts → | ||||
Exact match “Enseigne historique du quartier latin à Paris, Gibert Joseph est aujourd'hui la première librairie de France.” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Sep 22, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase | |||||
| 12 | 153 contacts → | ||||
Exact match “Suomalainen Kirjakauppa Oy on Suomen suurin ja asiakkaidensa arvostama kirjakauppaketju.” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Sep 22, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase | |||||
| 13 | 148 contacts → | ||||
Exact match “Vítejte v KNIHY DOBROVSKÝ.” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Sep 22, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase | |||||
| 14 | 144 contacts → | ||||
Exact match “Fondé en 1907 à lyon, notre enseigne est le 1er groupe-libraire indépendant multi-enseignes présent sur l'ensemble des canaux de distribution du livre, sous tous ses formats : 11…” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Sep 22, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase | |||||
| 15 | 134 contacts → | ||||
Exact match “Green Apple Books is a trio of independent bookstores in San Francisco.” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Sep 22, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase | |||||
| 16 | 129 contacts → | ||||
Exact match “86 Years and 18 Miles of Books and Counting: The History of Strand Books Where it all began: Bound by a Family The Strand was born in 1927 over on Fourth Avenue on what was then…” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Sep 22, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase | |||||
| 17 | 106 contacts → | ||||
Exact match Recorded description not available. Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Sep 22, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase | |||||
| 18 | 81 contacts → | ||||
Exact match “London's iconic independent bookshop.” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Sep 22, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase | |||||
| 19 | 73 contacts → | ||||
Exact match “An independent bookstore based in Miami, with nearly an author event everyday, with locations in Coral Gables, Miami Beach, The Bal Harbour Shops, Miami International Airport, and…” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Sep 22, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase | |||||
| 20 | 67 contacts → | ||||
Exact match “Filigranes – Librairie indépendante à Bruxelles Filigranes est un lieu de vie, de lien et de sens.” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Sep 22, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase | |||||
| 21 | 67 contacts → | ||||
Exact match “Established in 2003, Fully Booked opened its first bookstore branch in Rockwell and has grown to 30 branches nationwide.” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Sep 22, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase | |||||
| 22 | 63 contacts → | ||||
Exact match “BookPeople is Texas' largest independent bookstore, located in the heart of downtown Austin.” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Sep 22, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase | |||||
| 23 | 62 contacts → | ||||
Exact match “McNally Jackson Books is a publishing company based out of 52 PRINCE ST, New York, New York, United States.” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Sep 22, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase | |||||
| 24 | 60 contacts → | ||||
Exact match “OSIANDER ist ein erfolgreiches und modernes Familienunternehmen.” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Sep 22, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase | |||||
| 25 | 54 contacts → | ||||
Exact match “Readings is an independent bookseller with several branches located around Melbourne, plus an online shop.” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Sep 22, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase | |||||
RevenueBase SmartSearch
Describe a niche business in your own words. RevenueBase SmartSearch compares the meaning of your description with company business descriptions compiled in the RevenueBase company graph. Exact, Similar, Related and Broad control how closely companies must fit.
This list uses Exact for “specialty book retailers”. Each Exact match badge shows membership in that saved search; it is not an individual similarity score or a service-quality rating. Recorded descriptions are shown where available.
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Specialty book retailers worldwide at a glance
As of Sep 22, 2026Companies by employee count
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How this list was built
The recorded descriptions help you assess these company matches. Check a company’s website for its current services and locations.
- Source
- The RevenueBase company graph: 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts resolved from primary sources, queried with RevenueBase SmartSearch, the natural-language company search available to every RevenueBase user.
- Coverage
- Every country. Country and city lists for specialty book retailers are linked below.
- What qualifies
- Company records worldwide whose business descriptions match “specialty book retailers” by meaning at the Exact setting. Descriptions are compiled in the RevenueBase company graph from public websites, profiles and company information where available; they are not guaranteed quotations from the company's website.
- RevenueBase SmartSearch
- Describe a niche company in your own words to find businesses by meaning. Exact, Similar, Related and Broad control the breadth of RevenueBase SmartSearch. This saved list uses Exact. Each row's Exact match badge shows inclusion in that search, not an individual score or a service-quality judgment.
- Public preview
- The public preview omits records without a verified work email. Dataset totals and geographic summaries describe the full matched records before these preview filters.
- Match quality
- RevenueBase's August 25, 2026 study assessed 4,198 description/company pairs across matching settings. The publisher reports 86% good or better at Exact. This evaluates the method across queries; it does not audit this individual list. Recorded company descriptions, where available, help you judge each match yourself. Read the full methodology: how the lists are built and what the study measures.
- Ranking
- Team size, largest first: companies are ordered by the number of professionals RevenueBase tracks at each one. Employee ranges shown are reported bands, for context.
- Verification
- Every displayed company carries at least one verified work email. RevenueBase tracks 1,362 professional contacts with verified work emails across the full matched dataset. Contacts re-verify on a rolling cadence, and each contact's own verification date is shown inside RevenueBase.
- Refresh
- This page's figures were pulled from the company graph on September 22, 2026. Lists refresh periodically as the graph is re-checked.
- Record context
- Company records and descriptions can change. Check the company's website for its current services and locations.
Specialty book retailers by location
2 lists · largest firstEvery Specialty book retailers list RevenueBase publishes, by country and city. Counts are matching companies in each list as of its own refresh date.
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Frequently asked
What is RevenueBase SmartSearch?
RevenueBase SmartSearch finds niche companies by the meaning of their business descriptions in the RevenueBase company graph. Exact, Similar, Related and Broad control how closely companies must fit your description. This list uses Exact for “specialty book retailers”; each Exact match badge shows search membership, not an individual similarity or quality score.
How many specialty book retailers are there worldwide?
RevenueBase identified 684 company matches for specialty book retailers worldwide as of September 2026, using the meaning of business descriptions at Exact. This is the recorded matched set in the RevenueBase company graph.
What is the largest company on this list?
Books A Million tops the displayed preview by professional contacts tracked in RevenueBase. Recorded headquarters appear in the company rows.
Which country has the most specialty book retailers?
The United States leads with 282 companies, followed by the United Kingdom (44). Every specialty book retailers list by country and city is linked on this page.
Which city has the most specialty book retailers?
New York leads with 16 company records, followed by London (8) and Los Angeles (8).
How do I get contact information for these companies?
A free RevenueBase account lets you run this exact search and work limited free results with 500 credits to start. Upgrading provides access to the 1,362 professional contacts with verified work emails tracked across these 684 companies; direct dials are available where recorded.
How current is this list?
The list refreshes periodically as the company graph is re-checked. This page's figures were pulled on September 22, 2026.
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RevenueBase is a B2B data infrastructure company. Its company graph covers 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts, with emails verified on a rolling cadence rather than scraped once and left to decay. These company lists are generated directly from that graph with RevenueBase SmartSearch, the same natural-language company search every RevenueBase user has: describe a market in plain words, get the companies that match, and add verified emails and direct dials for the people at them. It is the same data that powers RevenueBase's B2B data products, and a free account includes 500 credits to start. How these lists are built and judged.
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Top 25 specialty book retailers worldwide
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Describe the businesses you want in your own words. RevenueBase SmartSearch matches company descriptions by meaning.
RevenueBase records 684 matching company records for specialty book retailers worldwide, with 10,507 tracked contacts and 1,362 verified work emails.
This public preview shows 25 selected records ordered by tracked contacts. RevenueBase SmartSearch finds company descriptions that match by meaning at Exact. Snapshot: September 22, 2026.
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Top 25 specialty book retailers worldwide
The public list shows selected company records with contact and verified-email coverage. Reported employee bands provide separate company-size context.
| # | Company | Headquarters on record | Reported employees | RevenueBase SmartSearch | Tracked contacts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Books A Millionbooksamillion.com HQ: Birmingham, AL, United StatesReported employees: 5,001-10,000 | Birmingham, AL, United States | 5,001-10,000 | Exact match | 2,011 contacts → |
“Books-A-Million, Inc, is the second-largest book retailer in the nation, operating more than 200 stores in 32 states and online at Booksamillion.com.” Recorded description excerpt · September 22, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 2 | Livraria Leituraleitura.com.br HQ: Belo Horizonte, BrazilReported employees: 1,001-5,000 | Belo Horizonte, Brazil | 1,001-5,000 | Exact match | 1,371 contacts → |
“Inaugurada em 1967 por Emidio Teles como Livraria Lê, tendo seu nome alterado em 1975 para Leitura, a rede foi uma das primeiras do Brasil no conceito megastore, que consiste em…” Recorded description excerpt · September 22, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 3 | Exclusive Booksexclusivebooks.co.za HQ: Johannesburg, South AfricaReported employees: 501-1,000 | Johannesburg, South Africa | 501-1,000 | Exact match | 547 contacts → |
“Exclusive Books has a rich history - a colourful past of peaceful protest, fascinating stories and a family of staff, all boasting eclectic and wide-ranging knowledge.” Recorded description excerpt · September 22, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 4 | QBD Booksqbd.com.au HQ: Richlands, AustraliaReported employees: 501-1,000 | Richlands, Australia | 501-1,000 | Exact match | 301 contacts → |
“Founded in Queensland in the late 1800s, QBD Books is Australia's largest specialty book retailer, proudly Australian-owned and operated.” Recorded description excerpt · September 22, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 5 |  Powell's Bookspowells.comHQ: Portland, OR, United StatesReported employees: 501-1,000 | Portland, OR, United States | 501-1,000 | Exact match | 295 contacts → |
“Powell's is an independent bookseller serving Portland, Oregon, since 1971, with four store locations.” Recorded description excerpt · September 22, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 6 | Cărtureşticarturesti.ro HQ: Bucharest, RomaniaReported employees: 501-1,000 | Bucharest, Romania | 501-1,000 | Exact match | 264 contacts → |
“De 25 ani, Cărturești redefinește așteptările pe care le avem de la o librărie.” Recorded description excerpt · September 22, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 7 | Thalia Buch & Medien Gmbhthalia.at HQ: Linz, AustriaReported employees: 501-1,000 | Linz, Austria | 501-1,000 | Exact match | 229 contacts → |
“Eine Welt, in der Inhalt zählt.” Recorded description excerpt · September 22, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 8 |  Livraria DA Vilalivrariadavila.com.brHQ: Sao Paulo, BrazilReported employees: 201-500 | Sao Paulo, Brazil | 201-500 | Exact match | 227 contacts → |
“Nossa história começa em 1985, em São Paulo, na Vila Madalena.” Recorded description excerpt · September 22, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 9 | Norli ASnorli.no HQ: NorwayReported employees: 1,001-5,000 | Norway | 1,001-5,000 | Exact match | 220 contacts → |
“I 2020 feiret Norli hele 130 år som bokhandelkjede.” Recorded description excerpt · September 22, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 10 |  Furet DU Nordfuret.comHQ: Tourcoing, FranceReported employees: 501-1,000 | Tourcoing, France | 501-1,000 | Exact match | 197 contacts → |
“Furet du Nord fait partie du Groupe NOSOLI regroupant les librairies Furet du Nord et Decitre.” Recorded description excerpt · September 22, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 11 |  Gibertgibert.comHQ: Paris, FranceReported employees: 501-1,000 | Paris, France | 501-1,000 | Exact match | 174 contacts → |
“Enseigne historique du quartier latin à Paris, Gibert Joseph est aujourd'hui la première librairie de France.” Recorded description excerpt · September 22, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 12 | Suomalainen Kirjakauppa OYsuomalainen.com HQ: Helsinki, FinlandReported employees: 201-500 | Helsinki, Finland | 201-500 | Exact match | 153 contacts → |
“Suomalainen Kirjakauppa Oy on Suomen suurin ja asiakkaidensa arvostama kirjakauppaketju.” Recorded description excerpt · September 22, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 13 | Knihy Dobrovskýknihydobrovsky.cz HQ: Praha, Czech RepublicReported employees: 501-1,000 | Praha, Czech Republic | 501-1,000 | Exact match | 148 contacts → |
“Vítejte v KNIHY DOBROVSKÝ.” Recorded description excerpt · September 22, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 14 | Decitredecitre.fr HQ: Lyon, FranceReported employees: 201-500 | Lyon, France | 201-500 | Exact match | 144 contacts → |
“Fondé en 1907 à lyon, notre enseigne est le 1er groupe-libraire indépendant multi-enseignes présent sur l'ensemble des canaux de distribution du livre, sous tous ses formats : 11…” Recorded description excerpt · September 22, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 15 | Green Applegreenapplebooks.com HQ: San Francisco, CA, United StatesReported employees: 11-50 | San Francisco, CA, United States | 11-50 | Exact match | 134 contacts → |
“Green Apple Books is a trio of independent bookstores in San Francisco.” Recorded description excerpt · September 22, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 16 | Strand Book Storestrandbooks.com HQ: New York, NY, United StatesReported employees: 201-500 | New York, NY, United States | 201-500 | Exact match | 129 contacts → |
“86 Years and 18 Miles of Books and Counting: The History of Strand Books Where it all began: Bound by a Family The Strand was born in 1927 over on Fourth Avenue on what was then…” Recorded description excerpt · September 22, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 17 | Cafebreria EL Pendulopendulo.com HQ: MexicoReported employees: 201-500 | Mexico | 201-500 | Exact match | 106 contacts → |
No recorded description excerpt is available for this public record. | |||||
| 18 | Foyles W&g Foyle LTDfoyles.co.uk HQ: London, United KingdomReported employees: 51-200 | London, United Kingdom | 51-200 | Exact match | 81 contacts → |
“London's iconic independent bookshop.” Recorded description excerpt · September 22, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 19 | Books & Booksbooksandbooks.com HQ: Coral Gables, FL, United StatesReported employees: 51-200 | Coral Gables, FL, United States | 51-200 | Exact match | 73 contacts → |
“An independent bookstore based in Miami, with nearly an author event everyday, with locations in Coral Gables, Miami Beach, The Bal Harbour Shops, Miami International Airport, and…” Recorded description excerpt · September 22, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 20 | Librairie Filigranesfiligranes.be HQ: Brussels, BelgiumReported employees: 51-200 | Brussels, Belgium | 51-200 | Exact match | 67 contacts → |
“Filigranes – Librairie indépendante à Bruxelles Filigranes est un lieu de vie, de lien et de sens.” Recorded description excerpt · September 22, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 21 | Fully Bookedfullybookedonline.com HQ: Taguig City, PhilippinesReported employees: 201-500 | Taguig City, Philippines | 201-500 | Exact match | 67 contacts → |
“Established in 2003, Fully Booked opened its first bookstore branch in Rockwell and has grown to 30 branches nationwide.” Recorded description excerpt · September 22, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 22 | Bookpeoplebookpeople.com HQ: Austin, TX, United StatesReported employees: 51-200 | Austin, TX, United States | 51-200 | Exact match | 63 contacts → |
“BookPeople is Texas' largest independent bookstore, located in the heart of downtown Austin.” Recorded description excerpt · September 22, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 23 | Mcnally Jackson Booksmcnallyjackson.com HQ: New York, NY, United StatesReported employees: 51-200 | New York, NY, United States | 51-200 | Exact match | 62 contacts → |
“McNally Jackson Books is a publishing company based out of 52 PRINCE ST, New York, New York, United States.” Recorded description excerpt · September 22, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 24 | Osiander Buchhandlungenosiander.de HQ: Tübingen (innenstadt), GermanyReported employees: 501-1,000 | Tübingen (innenstadt), Germany | 501-1,000 | Exact match | 60 contacts → |
“OSIANDER ist ein erfolgreiches und modernes Familienunternehmen.” Recorded description excerpt · September 22, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 25 | Readingsreadings.com.au HQ: Carlton, AustraliaReported employees: 51-200 | Carlton, Australia | 51-200 | Exact match | 54 contacts → |
“Readings is an independent bookseller with several branches located around Melbourne, plus an online shop.” Recorded description excerpt · September 22, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
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Specialty book retailers: dataset insights
September 22, 2026These summaries describe recorded coverage in this saved dataset. This page is derived from saved source records; per-contact mobile coverage and email-recency results are not established by this snapshot.
Reported company sizes
669 records in the displayed employee bands.
15 matching records are outside the displayed bands or do not have a displayed size. Bars show shares of the displayed bands.
Email recency for this list is measured across the whole country list rather than for Worldwide, so it is reported there. Company counts and contact totals on this page are exact for Worldwide, over 684 companies.
How this company list was built
Describe a niche in your own words: companies installing commercial solar, or manufacturers of sustainable packaging. RevenueBase SmartSearch finds companies whose compiled business descriptions match by meaning. This list is one saved example to adapt.
Where the company descriptions come from
RevenueBase compiles company information from public sources, including company websites and public professional profiles such as LinkedIn, alongside information supplied by companies. The short recorded excerpt shown here is separate from the complete business description used for matching; individual source URLs and collection dates are not provided in this public snapshot.
RevenueBase SmartSearch matching settings
- Exact
- Closest fits to the business described.
- Similar
- Similar businesses with a wider range of fits.
- Related
- Related businesses in and around the category.
- Broad
- A broader set of businesses connected to the description.
RevenueBase SmartSearch · Exact match identifies inclusion in this search's closest semantic matching setting. It is not a per-company confidence score, a literal keyword match, or a quality endorsement.
Selection, ordering and scope
The public list shows selected company records with contact and verified-email coverage. Reported employee bands provide separate company-size context.
This page is derived from saved source records; per-contact mobile coverage and email-recency results are not established by this snapshot.
Recorded company descriptions support research; check company websites for current services. The selected preview is ordered by tracked contacts and is not a list of the best service providers.
Snapshot: September 22, 2026.
RevenueBase is a B2B data infrastructure company. Its September 3, 2026 published methodology describes a graph of 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts; these platform figures differ from this page's totals. Published methodology ↗
Specialty book retailers by location
2 lists · largest firstEvery Specialty book retailers list RevenueBase publishes, by country and city. Counts are matching companies in each list as of its own refresh date.
Countries
Questions about this company list
What does Exact match mean for specialty book retailers?
The separate RevenueBase SmartSearch column identifies inclusion at the closest semantic matching preset. It is not a literal keyword match, a per-company confidence score or a quality endorsement. Changing the search form opens a new search in RevenueBase; it does not reclassify these saved rows.
How many specialty book retailers did RevenueBase find worldwide?
The saved snapshot records 684 matching company records, 10,507 tracked contacts and 1,362 verified emails. The public preview displays 25 selected records.
Where do the company descriptions come from?
RevenueBase compiles company information from public sources, including company websites and public professional profiles such as LinkedIn, alongside information supplied by companies. The short recorded excerpt shown here is separate from the complete business description used for matching; individual source URLs and collection dates are not provided in this public snapshot.
How are the public companies ordered?
The selected public records are ordered by contacts tracked in RevenueBase, highest first. Contact coverage is a prospecting measure, not an assessment of the company's services or quality.
How can I get contact information?
Select a company's contact count to open its filtered contacts in RevenueBase. Free signup is required and includes 500 credits and limited free results. Verified emails, direct dials and mobile numbers depend on available coverage.
How current is this list?
Snapshot: September 22, 2026. Review each company's website for current services and locations. A recorded business description does not establish that every company offers every service named in the search.
What do headquarters and employee bands mean?
These are recorded company-level fields, rather than a map of every branch or a count of specialists. Missing headquarters or employee bands are labeled; older records may show a location separately from recorded headquarters.
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RevenueBase Data Team. Top 25 specialty book retailers worldwide. Snapshot: September 22, 2026. https://revenuebase.ai/companies/browse/specialty-book-retailers.
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Top 25 specialty book retailers worldwide
RevenueBase records 684 matching company records for specialty book retailers worldwide, with 10,507 tracked contacts and 1,362 verified work emails.
This public preview shows 25 selected records ordered by tracked contacts. RevenueBase SmartSearch finds company descriptions that match by meaning at Exact. Snapshot: September 22, 2026.
RevenueBase compiles business descriptions for niche-company discovery; each row shows a recorded excerpt where available. Adapt this search to find the companies and contacts you want.
Top 25 specialty book retailers worldwide
The public list shows selected company records with contact and verified-email coverage. Reported employee bands provide separate company-size context.
| # | Company | Headquarters on record | Reported employees | RevenueBase SmartSearch | Tracked contacts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Books A Millionbooksamillion.com HQ: Birmingham, AL, United StatesReported employees: 5,001-10,000 | Birmingham, AL, United States | 5,001-10,000 | Exact match | 2,011 contacts → |
“Books-A-Million, Inc, is the second-largest book retailer in the nation, operating more than 200 stores in 32 states and online at Booksamillion.com.” Recorded description excerpt · September 22, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 2 | Livraria Leituraleitura.com.br HQ: Belo Horizonte, BrazilReported employees: 1,001-5,000 | Belo Horizonte, Brazil | 1,001-5,000 | Exact match | 1,371 contacts → |
“Inaugurada em 1967 por Emidio Teles como Livraria Lê, tendo seu nome alterado em 1975 para Leitura, a rede foi uma das primeiras do Brasil no conceito megastore, que consiste em…” Recorded description excerpt · September 22, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 3 | Exclusive Booksexclusivebooks.co.za HQ: Johannesburg, South AfricaReported employees: 501-1,000 | Johannesburg, South Africa | 501-1,000 | Exact match | 547 contacts → |
“Exclusive Books has a rich history - a colourful past of peaceful protest, fascinating stories and a family of staff, all boasting eclectic and wide-ranging knowledge.” Recorded description excerpt · September 22, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 4 | QBD Booksqbd.com.au HQ: Richlands, AustraliaReported employees: 501-1,000 | Richlands, Australia | 501-1,000 | Exact match | 301 contacts → |
“Founded in Queensland in the late 1800s, QBD Books is Australia's largest specialty book retailer, proudly Australian-owned and operated.” Recorded description excerpt · September 22, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 5 | Powell's Bookspowells.com HQ: Portland, OR, United StatesReported employees: 501-1,000 | Portland, OR, United States | 501-1,000 | Exact match | 295 contacts → |
“Powell's is an independent bookseller serving Portland, Oregon, since 1971, with four store locations.” Recorded description excerpt · September 22, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 6 | Cărtureşticarturesti.ro HQ: Bucharest, RomaniaReported employees: 501-1,000 | Bucharest, Romania | 501-1,000 | Exact match | 264 contacts → |
“De 25 ani, Cărturești redefinește așteptările pe care le avem de la o librărie.” Recorded description excerpt · September 22, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 7 | Thalia Buch & Medien Gmbhthalia.at HQ: Linz, AustriaReported employees: 501-1,000 | Linz, Austria | 501-1,000 | Exact match | 229 contacts → |
“Eine Welt, in der Inhalt zählt.” Recorded description excerpt · September 22, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 8 | Livraria DA Vilalivrariadavila.com.br HQ: Sao Paulo, BrazilReported employees: 201-500 | Sao Paulo, Brazil | 201-500 | Exact match | 227 contacts → |
“Nossa história começa em 1985, em São Paulo, na Vila Madalena.” Recorded description excerpt · September 22, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 9 | Norli ASnorli.no HQ: NorwayReported employees: 1,001-5,000 | Norway | 1,001-5,000 | Exact match | 220 contacts → |
“I 2020 feiret Norli hele 130 år som bokhandelkjede.” Recorded description excerpt · September 22, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 10 | Furet DU Nordfuret.com HQ: Tourcoing, FranceReported employees: 501-1,000 | Tourcoing, France | 501-1,000 | Exact match | 197 contacts → |
“Furet du Nord fait partie du Groupe NOSOLI regroupant les librairies Furet du Nord et Decitre.” Recorded description excerpt · September 22, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 11 | Gibertgibert.com HQ: Paris, FranceReported employees: 501-1,000 | Paris, France | 501-1,000 | Exact match | 174 contacts → |
“Enseigne historique du quartier latin à Paris, Gibert Joseph est aujourd'hui la première librairie de France.” Recorded description excerpt · September 22, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 12 | Suomalainen Kirjakauppa OYsuomalainen.com HQ: Helsinki, FinlandReported employees: 201-500 | Helsinki, Finland | 201-500 | Exact match | 153 contacts → |
“Suomalainen Kirjakauppa Oy on Suomen suurin ja asiakkaidensa arvostama kirjakauppaketju.” Recorded description excerpt · September 22, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 13 | Knihy Dobrovskýknihydobrovsky.cz HQ: Praha, Czech RepublicReported employees: 501-1,000 | Praha, Czech Republic | 501-1,000 | Exact match | 148 contacts → |
“Vítejte v KNIHY DOBROVSKÝ.” Recorded description excerpt · September 22, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 14 | Decitredecitre.fr HQ: Lyon, FranceReported employees: 201-500 | Lyon, France | 201-500 | Exact match | 144 contacts → |
“Fondé en 1907 à lyon, notre enseigne est le 1er groupe-libraire indépendant multi-enseignes présent sur l'ensemble des canaux de distribution du livre, sous tous ses formats : 11…” Recorded description excerpt · September 22, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 15 | Green Applegreenapplebooks.com HQ: San Francisco, CA, United StatesReported employees: 11-50 | San Francisco, CA, United States | 11-50 | Exact match | 134 contacts → |
“Green Apple Books is a trio of independent bookstores in San Francisco.” Recorded description excerpt · September 22, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 16 | Strand Book Storestrandbooks.com HQ: New York, NY, United StatesReported employees: 201-500 | New York, NY, United States | 201-500 | Exact match | 129 contacts → |
“86 Years and 18 Miles of Books and Counting: The History of Strand Books Where it all began: Bound by a Family The Strand was born in 1927 over on Fourth Avenue on what was then…” Recorded description excerpt · September 22, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 17 | Cafebreria EL Pendulopendulo.com HQ: MexicoReported employees: 201-500 | Mexico | 201-500 | Exact match | 106 contacts → |
No recorded description excerpt is available for this public record. | |||||
| 18 | Foyles W&g Foyle LTDfoyles.co.uk HQ: London, United KingdomReported employees: 51-200 | London, United Kingdom | 51-200 | Exact match | 81 contacts → |
“London's iconic independent bookshop.” Recorded description excerpt · September 22, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 19 | Books & Booksbooksandbooks.com HQ: Coral Gables, FL, United StatesReported employees: 51-200 | Coral Gables, FL, United States | 51-200 | Exact match | 73 contacts → |
“An independent bookstore based in Miami, with nearly an author event everyday, with locations in Coral Gables, Miami Beach, The Bal Harbour Shops, Miami International Airport, and…” Recorded description excerpt · September 22, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 20 | Librairie Filigranesfiligranes.be HQ: Brussels, BelgiumReported employees: 51-200 | Brussels, Belgium | 51-200 | Exact match | 67 contacts → |
“Filigranes – Librairie indépendante à Bruxelles Filigranes est un lieu de vie, de lien et de sens.” Recorded description excerpt · September 22, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 21 | Fully Bookedfullybookedonline.com HQ: Taguig City, PhilippinesReported employees: 201-500 | Taguig City, Philippines | 201-500 | Exact match | 67 contacts → |
“Established in 2003, Fully Booked opened its first bookstore branch in Rockwell and has grown to 30 branches nationwide.” Recorded description excerpt · September 22, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 22 | Bookpeoplebookpeople.com HQ: Austin, TX, United StatesReported employees: 51-200 | Austin, TX, United States | 51-200 | Exact match | 63 contacts → |
“BookPeople is Texas' largest independent bookstore, located in the heart of downtown Austin.” Recorded description excerpt · September 22, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 23 | Mcnally Jackson Booksmcnallyjackson.com HQ: New York, NY, United StatesReported employees: 51-200 | New York, NY, United States | 51-200 | Exact match | 62 contacts → |
“McNally Jackson Books is a publishing company based out of 52 PRINCE ST, New York, New York, United States.” Recorded description excerpt · September 22, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 24 | Osiander Buchhandlungenosiander.de HQ: Tübingen (innenstadt), GermanyReported employees: 501-1,000 | Tübingen (innenstadt), Germany | 501-1,000 | Exact match | 60 contacts → |
“OSIANDER ist ein erfolgreiches und modernes Familienunternehmen.” Recorded description excerpt · September 22, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
| 25 | Readingsreadings.com.au HQ: Carlton, AustraliaReported employees: 51-200 | Carlton, Australia | 51-200 | Exact match | 54 contacts → |
“Readings is an independent bookseller with several branches located around Melbourne, plus an online shop.” Recorded description excerpt · September 22, 2026Open company data in RevenueBase ↗Free signup required. | |||||
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Specialty book retailers: dataset insights
September 22, 2026These summaries describe recorded coverage in this saved dataset. This page is derived from saved source records; per-contact mobile coverage and email-recency results are not established by this snapshot.
Reported company sizes
669 records in the displayed employee bands.
15 matching records are outside the displayed bands or do not have a displayed size. Bars show shares of the displayed bands.
Email recency for this list is measured across the whole country list rather than for Worldwide, so it is reported there. Company counts and contact totals on this page are exact for Worldwide, over 684 companies.
How this company list was built
Describe a niche in your own words: companies installing commercial solar, or manufacturers of sustainable packaging. RevenueBase SmartSearch finds companies whose compiled business descriptions match by meaning. This list is one saved example to adapt.
Where the company descriptions come from
RevenueBase compiles company information from public sources, including company websites and public professional profiles such as LinkedIn, alongside information supplied by companies. The short recorded excerpt shown here is separate from the complete business description used for matching; individual source URLs and collection dates are not provided in this public snapshot.
RevenueBase SmartSearch matching settings
- Exact
- Closest fits to the business described.
- Similar
- Similar businesses with a wider range of fits.
- Related
- Related businesses in and around the category.
- Broad
- A broader set of businesses connected to the description.
RevenueBase SmartSearch · Exact match identifies inclusion in this search's closest semantic matching setting. It is not a per-company confidence score, a literal keyword match, or a quality endorsement.
Selection, ordering and scope
The public list shows selected company records with contact and verified-email coverage. Reported employee bands provide separate company-size context.
This page is derived from saved source records; per-contact mobile coverage and email-recency results are not established by this snapshot.
Recorded company descriptions support research; check company websites for current services. The selected preview is ordered by tracked contacts and is not a list of the best service providers.
Snapshot: September 22, 2026.
RevenueBase is a B2B data infrastructure company. Its September 3, 2026 published methodology describes a graph of 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts; these platform figures differ from this page's totals. Published methodology ↗
Specialty book retailers by location
2 lists · largest firstEvery Specialty book retailers list RevenueBase publishes, by country and city. Counts are matching companies in each list as of its own refresh date.
Countries
Questions about this company list
What does Exact match mean for specialty book retailers?
The separate RevenueBase SmartSearch column identifies inclusion at the closest semantic matching preset. It is not a literal keyword match, a per-company confidence score or a quality endorsement. Changing the search form opens a new search in RevenueBase; it does not reclassify these saved rows.
How many specialty book retailers did RevenueBase find worldwide?
The saved snapshot records 684 matching company records, 10,507 tracked contacts and 1,362 verified emails. The public preview displays 25 selected records.
Where do the company descriptions come from?
RevenueBase compiles company information from public sources, including company websites and public professional profiles such as LinkedIn, alongside information supplied by companies. The short recorded excerpt shown here is separate from the complete business description used for matching; individual source URLs and collection dates are not provided in this public snapshot.
How are the public companies ordered?
The selected public records are ordered by contacts tracked in RevenueBase, highest first. Contact coverage is a prospecting measure, not an assessment of the company's services or quality.
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How current is this list?
Snapshot: September 22, 2026. Review each company's website for current services and locations. A recorded business description does not establish that every company offers every service named in the search.
What do headquarters and employee bands mean?
These are recorded company-level fields, rather than a map of every branch or a count of specialists. Missing headquarters or employee bands are labeled; older records may show a location separately from recorded headquarters.
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RevenueBase Data Team. Top 25 specialty book retailers worldwide. Snapshot: September 22, 2026. https://revenuebase.ai/companies/browse/specialty-book-retailers.
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