bookseller
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booksellers
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"Luck Win Bookstore and Elmbook have always kept a very low profile," the bookseller says.
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
Daunt told The Times that the wave of backlash is based on misinterpretations of what he said, and that only a “highly edited version” of what the bookseller “actually said” had been aired.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 20, 2026
I don’t know how to write poetry, but there was a Spanish bookseller with a real genius for rhyme from whom I ordered poems and songs—anything whose raw material was paper and ink.
From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende
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
Because amid frustration and anger, booksellers support learning, organizing and respite.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 20, 2026
In a statement posted to X late on Thursday, the booksellers said they would "review and learn from this year to deliver much-improved future events".
From BBC ● Aug. 7, 2025
In addition to numerous GoFundMe campaigns sponsored by booksellers, there have been small and significant acts of kindness along the way.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 6, 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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