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 number of independent shops opened in the last decade marks a stunning turnaround from the early Amazon years, when the online bookseller put an estimated 43% of stores out of business.
From Salon ● Jul. 23, 2026
Hong Kong bookseller Lam Wing-kee, who defied China and fled to Taiwan, has died aged 70.
From BBC ● Jul. 3, 2026
In an emailed statement, he said the bookseller does not sell AI books, “as far as we are aware.”
From Los Angeles Times ● May 20, 2026
He gave their address directly to the bookseller and then wrote them a letter of apology for disclosing their address.
From "Endgame" by Frank Brady
After this month's raids, security chief Chris Tang said booksellers must ensure the items they sell "do not endanger national security".
From Barron's ● Jul. 29, 2026
“By meeting readers where they are and linking to Bookshop.org, Spotify is financially supporting indie booksellers with each purchase.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 5, 2026
"Do I think that our booksellers are likely to put those kind of books front and centre? I would be surprised," Daunt says.
From BBC ● Dec. 4, 2025
The annual honor, which comes with a $10,000 prize, puts Gay in the company of luminaries such as Maya Angelou, Terry Gross and Lawrence Ferlinghetti, as well as to lesser-known booksellers and independent publishers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2025
The rest of the neighborhood—bakers, fletchers, candle-makers, booksellers, builders, painters, other historians—would have to pretend they had never been friends with him in the first place.
From "The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge" by M.T. Anderson and Eugene Yelchin
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