***We encourage all consumers and independent booksellers to support the book co-operatives below by, wherever possible, making your purchases through their member stores.***

 

TomFolio

http://www.tomfolio.com

An international co-op of used and antiquarian booksellers formed to protect their livelihood from the ravages of the free market, where the profit motive has resulted in usurous fees, commissions, mergers, bankruptcies, and general instability in the booktrade.

 

People's Co-op Bookstore

http://www.peoplescoopbookstore.com

Established in 1945, People's Co-op Bookstore may be the oldest co-op bookstore still in existence in North America. They sell new books only, and you can order online from the link above.

 

People's Co-op Bookstore, 1391 Commercial Drive, Vancouver, BC, Canada, V5L 3X5 Phone: (toll free) 1-888-511-5556 or (local) 604-253-6442 Email: coopbks@telus.net

 

The Seminary Co-op Bookstores, Inc.

http://semcoop.booksense.com/NASApp/store/IndexJsp

A consumer-owned bookstore with three Chicago locations.

 

New Mexico Book Co-op

http://www.nmbookcoop.com/

A collective of publishers and authors selling new books specifically about New Mexico and the Southwest

 

October Books

http://www.octoberbooks.org/

An independent community bookshop based in the Portswood area of Southampton, United Kingdom.

Address: 243 Portswood Road, Southampton SO17 2NG

Open Mon-Sat, 9am-6pm

Email info@octoberbooks.org

Tel 023 8058 1030 Fax 023 8058 1040

 

Rainbow Bookstore Cooperative

http://www.rainbowbookstore.org

Founded in 1989, Rainbow Bookstore Cooperative is cooperatively owned and collectively managed by more than 400 consumer members, and staffed by 30 volunteers and four paid staff in Madison, Wisconsin. Members receive a 10% discount on all purchases.

Address: 426 West Gilman Street Madison, Wisconsin 53703

Phone: 608-257-6050

Fax: 608-268-0445

Email: info@rainbowbookstore.org

 

GIAQ

http://www.prolibri.de/

Genossenschaft der Internet-Antiquare e.G.

Ein Zusammenschluß von Antiquariaten , die über das Internet anbieten

 

A collective of antiquarian booksellers based almost exclusively in Germany, with a handful of stores from Switzerland.

 

GIAQ's main search page with full menu is at: http://www.prolibri.de/

 

ibooknet

http://www.ibooknet.org/

A collective of independent used and antiquarian booksellers in the British Isles

 

Uniliber

http://www.uniliber.com

A collective of over 100 Spanish bookdealers concerned about private control of the Spanish booktrade and the introduction of commissions on sales. They formally came together in October of 2005.

 

From their website:

 

 

UNILIBER es una Asociación Nacional española de profesionales del Libro antiguo, viejo, usado y agotado, así como de profesionales del Coleccionismo, constituida el 26 de octubre de 2005, de la mano de un grupo de personas procedentes de la práctica totalidad de las Comunidades Autónomas que conforman la geografía nacional.

 

Se trata de una Asociación abierta a todo profesional de los ramos citados, de cualquier nacionalidad, que desee integrarse y solicite su ingreso, en donde todos los asociados disfrutan de igualdad de derechos y obligaciones.

 

UNILIBER ha sido creada con el objetivo prioritario de potenciar y favorecer el comercio a través de Internet de libros y objetos de coleccionismo antiguos, a través de la puesta en marcha de un Portal en Internet que responde a www.uniliber.com

 

Al tratarse esencialmente de una asociación sin ánimo de lucro y propiedad compartida entre todos sus asociados, los recursos que puedan obtenerse serán íntegramente destinados al desarrollo de actividades propias de su razón de ser y los costes serán asumidos a partes iguales por todos los asociados..

 

UNILIBER pretende, exclusivamente, poner a disposición de sus asociados y usuarios los medios tecnológicos y publicitarios precisos para poder disfrutar de un Portal ágil y dinámico, en donde puedan ser ofertados y adquiridos artículos de calidad, contribuyendo así al óptimo de satisfacción para ambas partes.


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