Sentences with phrase «large number of independent bookstores»

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There are around 6,000 bookstores in Germany: large chains like Thalia, Weltbild, and Hugendubel (also members of the Tolino Alliance), but also a good number of independent bookstores.

The traditional publishers controlled the distribution completely and that just got worse with the advent of the large chains and the reduction in numbers of independent bookstores.

The American Booksellers Association reports that the number of independent bookstores grew dramatically from 1,651 in 2009 to 2,311 as of May 2016 — even as large chains like Borders and Barnes and Noble struggled.