Chapters Inc. was formed following the merger of Coles and SmithBooks, then Canada’s two largest bookstore chains. In 1994, Canadian General Capital and Pathfinder Capital purchased SmithBooks from Federal Industries, and later that year acquired Coles from Southam Inc. The strategy was to build a strong base company and use its financial strength to invest in the development of large format book superstores.
In April 1995, the merger of SmithBooks and Coles was finalized, and in November 1995, the new company,
Chapters Inc. opened its first two book superstores and from there grew to become the largest book retailer in Canada, operating bookstores in all provinces, under the names Chapters, Coles, SmithBooks, and World's Biggest Bookstore.
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Besides buying new or used books at
Chapters Canada, you can also find an enormous selection of DVD's and music CD's. You'll find both hard to find DVD's and music CD's as well as top-sellers such as August and Everything After (Counting Crows), Dvorák Symphony No. 9, Tremulant (Mars Volta), King of the Delta Blues (Robert Johnson) and many, many more! Not all online bookstores are the same ~ come to
Chapters Canada and experience the difference.
One of the things
Chapters Canada is most well known for is the huge range of well-priced books it stocks. It should therefore be no surprise, with the millions of books it sells, that prices are excellent, and
Chapters Canada passes on big savings from its ability to negotiate bulk-order discounts from publishers. Here are just some of the subjects that you'll find in the Chapters Canada book section: Art, Audiobooks, Biographies, Business, Children's, Computer, Cooking, Entertainment, Family, Fiction, History, Home/Garden, Horror/Suspense, Mystery, Nonfiction, Reference, Religion, Romance, Sci-Fi, Science, Self-Help/Health, Sports, Travel, Young Adult and lots more! You can also peruse the customer reviews and editorial reviews for almost every single book title available. Search for books by ISBN, by author, by publisher or by keyword. Buying books at Chapters Canada has never been so easy.
