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Exclusive Books
Exclusive Books is one of South Africa's largest bookselling chains with branches throughout South Africa, and one store in Gaborone, Botswana. They sponsor the Exclusive Books Boeke Prize. As of 1 December 2014, the chain is owned and operated by a private group of investors. It was previously owned by the Times Media Group (TMG), after TMG took control of Avusa.
== History ==
In 1951, Philip and Pamela Joseph founded the very first Exclusive Books as a second-hand bookshop in King George Street, Johannesburg. In 1973 Exclusive Books moved to Pretoria Street, Hillbrow, and became the first flagship store. The Hillbrow branch closed in 1993 and within the same year, The Hyde Park store became the group's flagship. It was the largest bookshop of its kind in Southern Africa at the time.
In 1998, it launched its Fanatics loyalty program, which grew to a membership of 170 000 members by 2001. In 1999, Exclusive Books moved from just selling books to creating a lifestyle oriented experience. The most important addition was the introduction of Seattle Coffee Company cafés adjoining eighteen of the bookstores.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.artlink.co.za/news_article.htm?contentID=15542 )〕
On 22 September 2013, it was announced that Exclusive Books - and its sister company Van Schaik Bookstore - was being sold by Times Media Group to a private consortium led by Medu Capital for R435 million.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.citypress.co.za/business/exclusive-books-sold-r435m/ )〕 At the conclusion of this sale, the company briefly traded under the name ''Jadeite Trading (Pty) Ltd Trading As Exclusive Books'', before being re-registered as ''Exclusive Books Group (Pty) Ltd''. On 21 August 2014, the company announced its new brand and a shift in its corporate focus, including the introduction of its own café brand, EB Café.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.marklives.com/2014/08/shelf-life-exclusive-books-brand/#.VDvqIPmSxio )〕
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