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. In 1989 Barnes & Noble acquired the company, at which point it became a subsidiary of Barnes & Noble. The chain also did business under the name Bookstar due to trademark conflicts in other states.

Bookstop
Company typePublic
FoundedTravis County, Texas (1982)
FounderGary Hoover and Steve Mathews
SuccessorBarnes & Noble
HeadquartersTravis County, Texas
Number of locations
(1989): 22
Key people
Patrick Spain
Revenue(1989): $65 million
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