About Collins Booksellers

The business was founded by Frederick Henry (Harry) Slamen in 1922 and operated as a newsagency at 622 Collins Street (hence the name) in Melbourne. It was registered in 1929 as a Proprietary Limited Company under the name Collins Book Depot when it opened two new branches at 95 Elizabeth Street and 361 Swanston Street in Melbourne. Mr Slamen remained the principal of the company until his untimely death in 1961. Today, the company is wholly owned by the franchisees.

Collins Booksellers acquired Book City in 2008 to increase it's network presence to over 60 franchise stores nationwide.

Collins continues to expand it's market presence in Australia with an additional 20 new franchise stores to open within the next 2 - 3 years.

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