Bokia Bookstore - Uddevala, Sweden - Kunsgatan 8, one of the oldest buildings of the town

Bokia Bookstore interior - Uddevala, Sweden

Bokia Bookstore interior - Uddevala, Sweden 

Kleynes Antikvariat - Karlstad, Sweden - www.kleynes.se

Kleynes Antikvariat - Karlstad, Sweden - www.kleynes.se

Librairie La Clef de Sol - Vevey, Switzerland - www.clefdesol.ch

Corran Books - Antiquarian Bookshop - Laugharne, Wales UK - photography by Andy Szybalski

Bookstore Bider & Tanner - Basel, Switzerland - www.biderundtanner.ch

The bookstore and media house Bider & Tanner is the largest independent bookstore in Basel and specializes in travel books and books in English language.

Bookstore Bider & Tanner - interior - Basel, Switzerland - www.biderundtanner.ch

Bookstore Bider & Tanner - second floor interior - Basel, Switzerland - www.biderundtanner.ch

Librairie Au Poivre d'âne - Manosque, France

Librairie Au Poivre d'âne interior - Manosque, France

Bookstore of the Goteborg Museum of Art - Goteborg, Sweden 

The Floating Bookstore - Leicestershire UK - photography by George Terezakis

New Words Bookstore - Cambridge, MA - advertising bookmark

"As of October 6, 2002, New Words Bookstore, a 28-year-old feminist institution in Cambridge, Massachusetts, , is closed, but its legacy is assured for the future. All of the store's papers and records have been acquired by the Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard University, for its permanent collection." - Bookselling This Week, October 9, 2002  

Librairie Papeterie Roesch interior - Sisteron, France

Librairie Papeterie Roesch - Sisteron, France

Hedegrens Bookstore interior - Stockholm, Sweden - www.hedengrens.se

Livraria Cultura - Avenida Paulista - São Paulo, Brazil - largest bookstore in Brazil - photography by Rubens Guelman

Acqua Alta Bookstore - Venice, Italy - photography by Shimahitotsu

Buch Kaiser Bookstore - Karlsruhe, Germany - advertising bookmarks

Buch Kaiser, the traditional bookstore in Karlsruhe, was meanwhile also a victim of the concentration process in the book trading branch in Europe and may now act as one of the numerous branches of the book chain giant Thalia. Why is this bad? It's simple, because wherever you go you'll see the same shops, the same assortment of books and merchandise. Like the global species extinction, it makes our life poorer eliminating all the specialized bookstores with their different appearance, choice and communication. What a pity! 

Museumsshop Bookstore Albertina - Vienna, Austria - view from left corner

Museumsshop Bookstore Albertina - Vienna, Austria - view from right corner

Akademibokhandeln Nordstan Goteborg - Sweden

Nordstan is a shopping center in Goteborg and one of the largest shopping centers in Scandinavia with approx. 180 shops, 150 offices and 6000 employees.

Thalia Bookstore Mariahilferstrasse 99 - Vienna, Austria

Pra Antikvariat - Birger Jarlsgatan 44, Stockholm -  www.pra-antikvariat.se

Galerie Librairie Daniel Maghen - Paris, France - advertising bookmark -  www.danielmaghen.com

Galerie Librairie Daniel Maghen trades with comic books and original artworks of comic book illustrators. The bookmark is printed with an illustration of the renowned comic artist André Juillard from the comic Plume aux Vents

John W. Doull Bookstore - Halifax, NS, Canada - a few days before moving to Dartmouth - photos by Celia Moase

The photographer Celia Moase ( www.celiasphotography.com ) documented the last three months of the bookstore's moving process with impressing photographs in her blog:  jwdbookstoreseries.tumblr.com .

Bokmalen Antikvariat - Antiquarian Bookstore Bookworm - Goteborg, Sweden

Museumsshop Bookstore Belvedere Museum, Vienna

Museumsshop Bookstore Belvedere Museum, Vienna

Antiquarian bookstore Laarmans - Goes, Holland - advertising bookmarks - http://laarmans.home.xs4all.nl/

Librairie Vents du Sud - Aix-en-Provence, France -  www.ventsdusud.fr

Vaxholms Bok O Pappershandel - Vaxholm, Sweden

Hedengrens Bookstore Stockholm, Sweden  -  www.hedengrens.se

Hedengrens is the largest independent bookstore in Stockholm.

Archicenter Bookstore - Chicago, IL - advertising bookmark (front & back)

The Chicago Architecture Foundation is a nonprofit organization dedicated advancing public interest and education in architecture and design.   www.architecture.org

Akademibokhandeln Kungsgatan Goteborg, Sweden - goteborg.kungsgatan@akademibokhandeln.se

Akademibokhandeln is the leading bookstore chain in Sweden with 66 stores spread across the country.

Libreria Cartoleria Locarnese - Locarno, Switzerland - www.libreria-locarnese.ch

Libreria Cartoleria Locarnese - Locarno, Switzerland - www.libreria-locarnese.ch

Antiquarian Bookstore Annemarie Pfister - Basel, Switzerland - advertising bookmark - buecher-pfister@bluewin.ch

Librairie Les Vraies Richesses - antiquarian bookstore - Grasse, France

Böcker Second-hand Bookshop and Curiousa - Stockholm, Sweden - we miss the website - 

Librairie Jaubert - Riez, France - librairiejaubert.canalblog.com

Bookstore Bider & Tanner - Basel, Switzerland - advertising bookmarks

Bider & Tanner is the largest independent bookstore in  Basel and concentrates besides the general selection of books and music media on books in English and travel books.

Librairie Le Petit Pois - Manosque, France

Nestled between the church and the fountain in the Place Saint Sauveur, the center of the historical old town of Manosque, the library "Pea" (small in size but big in heart) offers a reasoned choice of books in all areas. Literature, comics and youth have the spotlight in this space on a human scale. Besides our friendliness, eclectic counseling, sometimes even chat sessions are organized by appointment.  

Librairie Le Petit Pois - inside - Manosque, France - petitpois04 'at' hotmail.fr 

Why "petit Pois"? Parce qu'on a toujours besoin d'un "petit pois" chez soi. Parce que "les petit poissons rouges".Parce que "swee pee" c'est le fils de Popeye. Parce "le petit pois" de Mendel. Mais surtout parce que la princesse au "petit pois"

Librairie Champollion - Figeac, France - advertising bookmark

Jean-François Champollion (1790-1832) was a French orientalist who dechiphered the Egyptian hieroglyphs in 1820s.

Bookstore Weiland Greifswald - Germany

Kinokuniya Bookstores - advertising bookmarks

Bookstore Das Labyrinth - Basel, Switzerland