bookseller

[book-sel-er]

noun

1. the owner or proprietor of a bookstore.

Other Word Forms

• bookselling noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of bookseller¹

First recorded in 1520–30; book + seller

Example Sentences

There was an uproar, and the defense was, “We didn’t put the panel together. This is what booksellers told us they saw as the future of the PWA. Blah blah blah.”

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This last weekend, Rare Books L.A. transformed Union Station’s historic ticket hall into a bustling biblio-bazaar, drawing more than 50 antiquarian booksellers and collectors from across the country.

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Attendees said the bookseller's annual BookFest was disorganised and potentially unsafe, with some social media users joking they had "survived" the event while one deemed it "hell on earth".

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Both romance and fantasy saw record sales last year, according to data gathered from more than 7,000 UK booksellers.

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Do you choose not to support her book sales, but keep the editions you have, or buy secondhand copies that would support a local bookseller?

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