ThriftBooks Canada / AbeBooks
AbeBooks (now owned by Amazon but founded in Victoria, BC) connects buyers with independent used and rare booksellers including thousands of Canadian book dealers. When buying used books, choosing Canadian sellers on AbeBooks or local Canadian used bookshops keeps money in Canadian hands.
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Founded in Victoria, BC in 1996. Supports thousands of Canadian independent used booksellers through its marketplace.
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Canada's largest book retailer, Canadian-owned since 1996.
Replaces: Amazon (books), Barnes & Noble, Books-A-Million
Toronto-based independent Canadian publisher since 1967.
Replaces: Random House, Penguin Books, HarperCollins, Simon & Schuster
Canada's storied publisher — home to Margaret Atwood and Alice Munro.
Replaces: Doubleday, Knopf, Random House US, Scribner