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This is a '''list of [[bookstore]] chains''' with [[brick-and-mortar]] locations.

In the [[United Kingdom]] and many parts of the English speaking world, they are known as "Bookshops" and "newsagents".

In [[American English]], they are called "bookstores", or sometimes "newsstands", as they also usually carry newspapers and magazines.  This list includes both current and defunct businesses, and also includes large [[independent bookstore]]s that have multiple locations, but that use a different business model than most [[business chain]]s.

For these lists, a chain is a bookstore with at least 4 locations.

==Current==

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{| class="wikitable sortable"
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! Name
! Country
! Notes
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|[[Collins Booksellers]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.collinsbooks.com.au/ |title=Collins Booksellers Australian Bookshop - Buy Books, ebooks, Kobo eReaders online |website=Collinsbooks.com.au |access-date=2016-09-25}}</ref> ||{{AUS}} ||
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|[[Dymocks|Dymocks Booksellers]] ||{{AUS}} ||
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|[[Koorong]] ||{{AUS}} ||
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|[[Queensland Book Depot]] ||{{AUS}} ||
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|[[WHSmith]] ||{{AUS}} ||
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|[[Livraria Cultura]] ||{{BRA}} ||
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|[[Archambault]] ||{{CAN}} || 13 (owned by [[Renaud-Bray]])
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|[[Book City (Canada)|Book City]] ||{{CAN}} || 4
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|[[Chapters (bookstore)|Chapters]] ||{{CAN}} || 20 (owned by [[Indigo Books and Music]])
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|[[Coles (bookstore)|Coles]] ||{{CAN}} || 56 (owned by [[Indigo Books and Music]])
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|[[Indigo Books and Music]] ||{{CAN}} || 156 (including all [[Coles (bookstore)|Coles]] and [[Chapters (bookstore)|Chapters]] locations)
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|[[Kobo Inc.|Kobo eBookstore]] ||{{CAN}} ||
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|[[McNally Robinson]] ||{{CAN}} || 3
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|[[Renaud-Bray]] ||{{CAN}} || 31 (including all [[Archambault]] locations)
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|[[Joint Publishing]] ||{{CHN}} ||
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|[[Page One (bookstore)|Page One]] ||{{CHN}} ||
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|[[Popular Holdings|Popular]] ||{{CHN}} ||
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|[[The Commercial Press]] ||{{CHN}} ||
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|[[Rahva Raamat]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rahvaraamat.ee/|title=Rahva Raamat|website=rahvaraamat.ee}}</ref> ||{{EST}} ||
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|[[Academic Bookstore]] ||{{FIN}} || ({{Langx|fi|Akateeminen Kirjakauppa}}, {{Langx|sv|Akademiska bokhandeln}})<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.akateeminen.com/ |title=Akateeminen Kirjakauppa |website=Akateeminen.com |access-date=2016-09-25}}</ref>
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|[[Suomalainen Kirjakauppa]] ||{{FIN}} || ("The Finnish Bookstore")<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.suomalainen.com/ |title=nettikirjakauppa |language=fi |website=Suomalainen.com |access-date=2016-09-25}}</ref>
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|[[Fnac]] ||{{FRA}} ||78 stores with book departments in France, 65 in 8 other countries
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|[[Hachette Distribution Services]] ||{{FRA}} ||
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|[[Furet du Nord]] ||{{FRA}} ||
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|[[Hugendubel]] ||{{DEU}} ||34 book-department-stores
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|[[Thalia (bookstore)|Thalia]] ||{{DEU}} ||
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|[[Weltbild]] ||{{DEU}} || includes Weltbild Plus, Weltbild, Weltbild best, Jokers, Wohlthat (circa 350-400 shops)
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|[[IANOS|Ianos]] ||{{GRC}} ||
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|[[Eymundsson]] ||{{ISL}} ||
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|[[A. H. Wheeler]] ||{{IND}} ||
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|[[Crossword Bookstores]] ||{{IND}} ||
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|[[DC Books]] ||{{IND}} ||
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|[[Higginbotham's]] ||{{IND}} ||
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|[[Landmark Bookstores]] ||{{IND}} ||
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|[[Odyssey (bookstore)|Odyssey]] ||{{IND}} ||
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|[[Oxford Bookstore]] ||{{IND}} ||
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|[[Sapna Book House]] ||{{IND}} ||
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|[[Gramedia]] ||{{IDN}} ||
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|[[Gunung Agung (bookstore)|Gunung Agung]] ||{{IDN}} ||
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|[[Eason & Son]] ||{{IRL}} ||
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|[[Hodges Figgis]] ||{{IRL}} || part of the UK [[Waterstone's]] brand
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| [[Comikaza]] ||{{ISR}} || former chain, still exists as a stand-alone store
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|[[Steimatzky]] ||{{ISR}} ||
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|[[Tzomet Sfarim]] ||{{ISR}} ||
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|[[Feltrinelli (publisher)|Feltrinelli]] ||{{ITA}} ||
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|[[Arnoldo Mondadori Editore]] ||{{ITA}} ||
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|[[Giunti Editore]] ||{{ITA}} ||
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|[[Book Off]] ||{{JPN}} ||
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|[[Books Kinokuniya]] ||{{JPN}} ||
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|[[Culture Convenience Club]] ||{{JPN}} ||operates Tsutaya Bookstores<ref>{{cite web |title=ストアリスト |url=https://store.tsite.jp/#shoplist |website=T-SITE SHOPPING - 蔦屋書店 |access-date=5 June 2020}}</ref>
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|[[Libro]] ||{{JPN}} ||
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|[[Yurindo]] ||{{JPN}} ||
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|[[Kyobo Book Centre]] ||{{KOR}} ||
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|[[Young Poong Books]] ||{{KOR}} ||
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|[[Valters un Rapa]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.valtersunrapa.lv/ |title=Grāmatu nams "Valters un Rapa" - grāmatu un kancelejas preču mazumtirdzniecība |language=lv |website=Valtersunrapa.lv |access-date=2016-09-25}}</ref> ||{{LVA}} ||
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|[[MPH Group]] ||{{MYS}} ||operates MPH Bookstores
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|[[Mynews.com|myNEWS.com]] ||{{MYS}} ||
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|[[Popular Holdings|Popular]] ||{{MYS}} ||
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|[[Times Bookstores]] ||{{MYS}} ||
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|[[Fondo de Cultura Económica]] ||{{MEX}} ||
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|[[Gandhi (bookstore)|Librerias Gandhi]] ||{{MEX}} ||28 bookstores<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gandhi.com.mx |title=Librerías Gandhi - Busca entre miles de Libros y Encuentra el Tuyo |website=Gandhi.com.mx |access-date=2016-09-25}}</ref>
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|[[Librería Porrúa]] ||{{MEX}} ||
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|[[Audax Groep]] ||{{NLD}} ||Operates Amsterdamsche Kiosk Onderneming (AKO), Bruna, and Read Shop
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|[[De Slegte]] ||{{NLD}} ||small independent chain
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|[[Paper Plus Group|Paper Plus]] ||{{NZL}} ||
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|[[Whitcoulls]] ||{{NZL}} ||
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|[[Ferozsons]] ||{{PAK}} ||
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|[[National Book Store]] ||{{PHL}} ||
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|[[Rex Book Store]] ||{{PHL}} ||
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|[[Empik]] ||{{POL}} ||
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|[[Kolporter]] ||{{POL}} ||
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|[[Livraria Bertrand]] ||{{PRT}} ||
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|[[Jarir Bookstore]] ||{{SAU}} ||
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|[[Page One (bookstore)|Page One]] ||{{SGP}} ||
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|[[Popular Holdings|Popular]] ||{{SGP}} ||
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|[[Times Bookstores]] ||{{SGP}} ||
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|[[Exclusive Books]] ||{{ZAF}} ||
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|[[Orell Füssli]] ||{{CHE}} ||
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|[[Eslite Bookstore]] ||{{TWN}} ||
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|[[Asia Books]] || {{THA}} ||
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|[[Dokya]] || {{THA}} ||
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|[[Naiin]] || {{THA}} ||
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|[[Blackwell's]] ||{{GBR}} ||owned by Waterstones since 2022
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|[[Daunt Books]] ||{{GBR}} ||
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|[[Foyles]] ||{{GBR}} ||owned by Waterstones since 2018
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|[[The Works (retailer)|The Works]] ||{{GBR}} ||
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|[[WHSmith]] ||{{GBR}} ||
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|[[Waterstones]] ||{{GBR}} ||
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|[[Barnes & Noble]] ||{{USA}} ||Locations across all 50 US states (614 stores).
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|[[BNED|Barnes & Noble Education]] ||{{USA}} ||former college division of B&N spun off in 2015 (760 stores).
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|[[B. Dalton]] ||{{USA}} ||Former large chain acquired by B&N in 1987; location now in Florida (1 store).
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|[[Bookmans]] ||{{USA}} ||Located in Arizona (5 stores).
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|[[Books-A-Million]] ||{{USA}} ||Locations across 32 US states (260 stores). Also operates Bookland and 2nd & Charles.
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|[[Busboys and Poets]] || {{USA}} ||Located in the Washington metropolitan area (8 locations)
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|[[Deseret Book]] ||{{USA}} ||Utah regional chain; also operates [[Seagull Book]].
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|[[Follett Corporation|Follett's]] ||{{USA}} ||
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|[[Half Price Books]] ||{{USA}} ||Locations across 19 US states (116 stores).
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|[[Hudson Group]] ||{{USA}} ||Located at airports and train stations in the United States and Canada (970 stores).
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|[[Powell's Books]] ||{{USA}} ||Located in Oregon (4 stores).
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|[[Sherman's Maine Coast Book Shops]] ||{{USA}} ||Located in Maine (9 stores)
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|[[Schuler Books & Music]] ||{{USA}} ||Located in Michigan (4 stores).
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|[[Tattered Cover]] ||{{USA}} ||Located in Colorado (6 stores); acquired by B&N in 2024.
|}

==Historical==
The following chains no longer operate any physical retail locations.
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{| class="wikitable sortable"
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! Name
! Country
! Notes
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|[[Angus & Robertson]] ||{{AUS}} ||Closed physical stores in 2011.
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|[[Borders (Asia Pacific)|Borders]] ||{{AUS}} ||defunct
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|[[The Co-op Bookshop]] ||{{AUS}} || defunct<ref>{{cite web|date=2016-02-07|title=The Co-op Online Bookshop &#124; Textbook Specialist|url=http://www.coop.com.au/|access-date=2016-09-25|website=Coop.com.au}}</ref>
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|[[Jongno Seojeok]] ||{{KOR}} ||bankrupt, and name changed to Bandi & Luni's when re-opened
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|[[Fascination Books]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.fin24.com/Companies/Book-chain-closes-doors-20081028|title=Book chain closes doors: Fin24: Companies|date=2011-07-11|access-date=2017-08-31|url-status=bot: unknown|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110711003053/http://www.fin24.com/Companies/Book-chain-closes-doors-20081028|archivedate=2011-07-11}}</ref> ||{{flag|South Africa}} || applied for liquidation in 2008.
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|[[Borders (UK) Ltd.|Borders UK]] ||{{GBR}} ||defunct in December 2009
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|[[Dillons the Bookstore]] ||{{GBR}} ||all stores were rebranded as [[Waterstones]] in 1999
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|[[Ottakar's]] ||{{GBR}} ||bought out by [[HMV]], rebranded as [[Waterstones]] in 2006
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|[[Amazon Books]] ||{{USA}} ||physical stores closed in 2022
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|[[Borders (retailer)|Borders]] ||{{USA}} ||defunct 2011
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|[[Cokesbury]] ||{{USA}} ||physical stores closed in 2012; continued as online retailer
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|[[Brentano's]] ||{{USA}} ||acquired by Waldenbooks and merged with Borders; defunct 2011
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|[[Crown Books]] ||{{USA}} ||defunct 2001
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|[[Encore Books]] ||{{USA}} ||defunct 1999
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|[[Family Christian Stores]] ||{{USA}} ||physical stores closed in 2017; online retailer since 2019
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|[[Hastings Entertainment]] ||{{USA}} ||defunct 2016
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|[[Kroch's and Brentano's]] ||{{USA}} ||Chicago regional chain; defunct 1995
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|[[LifeWay Christian Resources]] ||{{USA}} ||physical stores closed 2019; continued as online retailer
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|[[Media Play]] ||{{USA}} ||defunct 2006
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|[[Waldenbooks]] ||{{USA}} ||acquired by Kmart and merged with Borders; defunct 2011
|}

==See also==
*[[List of independent bookstores]]
*[[List of online booksellers]]

==References==
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