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Bookstop (company)
Bookstop Inc. was a Texas-based chain of bookstores that was at one time the fourth-largest bookselling chain in the United States.〔"(Hoover Joins McCombs School as Entrepreneur-in-Residence )" ((Archive )). University of Texas at Austin. September 9, 2009. Retrieved on April 7, 2014. "In 1982, Hoover founded Austin-based Bookstop, which grew to be the fourth largest bookstore chain in the nation before being acquired by Barnes & Noble in 1989."〕 In 1989 Barnes & Noble acquired the company, at which point it became a subsidiary of Barnes & Noble.〔Long, Elizabeth. ''Book Clubs: Women and the Uses of Reading in Everyday Life''. University of Chicago Press, August 1, 2003. ISBN 0226492621, 9780226492629. p. (76 ). "Now Bookstop (a Texas-based division of Barnes & Noble),()"〕 The chain also did business under the name Bookstar due to trademark conflicts in other states.
==Business model==
Laura J. Miller, author of ''Reluctant Capitalists: Bookselling and the Culture of Consumption'', wrote that the chain "combined discounting with very wide selection, careful attention to display, and a reliance on sophisticated information systems in order to build a chain that would appeal to affluent, educated readers."〔Miller, Laura. ''Reluctant Capitalists: Bookselling and the Culture of Consumption''. University of Chicago Press, September 15, 2008. ISBN 0226525929, 9780226525921. p. (50 ).〕 Jason Epstein, author of ''Book Business: Publishing Past, Present, and Future'', described the chain as being modeled on the supermarket concept.〔Epstein, Jason. ''Book Business: Publishing Past, Present, and Future''. W. W. Norton & Company, January 17, 2002. ISBN 0393322343, 9780393322347. p. (160 ).〕 Miller stated that the store format was "consciously" modeled after the format of the Toys "R" Us stores.〔 Laura Elder of the ''Houston Business Journal'' wrote that the chain "pioneered the superstore concept".〔 Hoover himself states that "While the execution of the idea was difficult and complex, the core idea was not. We simply took the retail business model of Toys R Us — giant single-category stores with large product selections and low prices — and applied it to books."〔Hoover, Gary. "Two key skills for entrepreneurial thinkers, leaders to have." ''Austin Business Journal''. September 14, 2012. p. (2 ). Retrieved on April 7, 2014.〕
Bookstop measured how well a title sold for 130 days after being placed on the shelves to decide whether to retain it in stores beyond that point. If the book was considered definitive in its field, it could remain even without strong sales.〔Bucholz, p. (157 ). "Books that don't do well within their first 130 days are kept on Bookstop's shelves if they are the definitive book on a subject. The chain measures the rate of return.()"〕
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