Bookstore Visit

There are many kinds of bookstores:The little bookstore near school, Small Small Bookshop, the big chain bookstores in the city, the second-hand bookstore by the university, online bookstores. The atmosphere at Small Small Bookshop led us to fall in love with searching for all kinds of bookstores. Now let us Yu-Tsai Bookworms introduce to you what a bookstore is!

Types of Bookstore

There are four main kinds of bookstores: Big chain Bookstores, Internet bookstores, independent bookstores and second-hand bookstores. Of course some stationary shops also sell a few books!

The Function of a Bookstore

Books are food for the mind, they get right inside of our minds and influence us. They can also influence the development of a society. And of course librarys are also another place that promotes books.

Wikipedia Says

Bookstores may be either part of a chain, or local independent bookstores. Bookstores can range in size offering from several hundred to several hundred thousands of titles. They may be brick-and-mortar stores or internet only stores or a combination of both. Sizes for the larger bookstores exceed half a million titles.
Bookstores often sell other printed matter besides books, such as newspapers,magazines and maps; additional product lines may vary enormously, particularly among independent bookstores.

Colleges and universities often have their own student bookstore on campus that focuses on providing course textbooks and scholarly books, although some on-campus bookstores are owned by large chains such as WHSmith or Waterstone's in the United Kingdom, or Barnes & Noble College Booksellers in the United States, which is a private firm controlled by thechair of Barnes & Noble.
Another common type of bookstore is the used bookstore or second-hand bookshop which buys and sells usedand out-of-print books in a variety ofconditions.[1][2] A range of titles are available in used bookstores, including in print and out of print books. Book collectors tend to frequent used book stores. Large online bookstores offer used books for sale, too.

Individuals wishing to sell their used books using online bookstores agree to terms outlined by the bookstore(s): for example, paying the online bookstore(s) a predetermined commission once the books have sold. In Paris, the Bouquinistes are antiquarian and used booksellers who have had outdoor stalls and boxes along both sides of the Seine for hundreds of years, regulated by law since the 1850s and contributing to the scenic ambience of the city.

Source : Wikipedia / Picture : Belle