Private company

Amazon Books

Logo: Amazon.com, Inc., Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons3

Bookstore chain by Amazon.com

Amazon Books was a chain of retail bookstores owned by online retailer Amazon. The first store opened on November 2, 2015, in Seattle, Washington.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 20, 2026.

Overview

Nov 2015Founded1
Amazon Books at U Village, Seattle (22955160585)
Photo: SounderBruce from Seattle, United States, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons4

Amazon Books was a chain of retail bookstores owned by online retailer Amazon. The first store opened on November 2, 2015, in Seattle, Washington.2

Corporate structure

Amazon Books is part of a group headed by Amazon. 220 entities, 49 countries on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

Built from parent and subsidiary links from GLEIF, the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (CC0); subsidiaries listed in Exhibit 21 of annual reports filed with the SEC; subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0). Each entity in the chart links to its source.

Products and brands

  • book

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Subsidiaries and ownership

Parent company

Owners

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Timeline

  1. Nov 2015Founded Founded1

Sources

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