bookseller
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booksellers
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Increasing raids have not only targeted explicitly political shops, according to a bookseller who asked not to be identified because of possible repercussions.
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026
The bookish space, says Rebecca, 44, a bookseller, “isn’t perfectly aligned on everything. We don’t all like the same authors or even the same genres. I don’t think anyone expects that.”
From Salon ● Jul. 7, 2026
Hong Kong bookseller Lam Wing-kee, who defied China and fled to Taiwan, has died aged 70.
From BBC ● Jul. 3, 2026
Barnes & Noble was turning a page on the chain’s history of declining sales, but recent comments have stirred bad blood for the bookseller.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 20, 2026
Technological advance required the freest possible pursuit of knowledge, so Holland became the leading publisher and bookseller in Europe, translating works written in other languages and permitting the publication of works proscribed elsewhere.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
She has also received inquiries from British booksellers looking for alternative suppliers.
From Barron's ● Nov. 2, 2026
“And booksellers are going to want first editions or signed books. They want very special books.”
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 8, 2026
Fnac, one of France’s largest booksellers, gave “C’etait ça ou Mourir” its novel of the year award.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026
Over the last few months independent booksellers have been observing a strange pattern of purchases which have seen scores of their novels being shipped to far-off warehouses.
From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026
She chatted with booksellers and told them Immie’s name.
From "Genuine Fraud" by E. Lockhart
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