bookseller

American  

[book-sel-er] / ˈbʊkˌsɛl ər /

noun

1. the owner or proprietor of a bookstore.

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Other Word Forms

• bookselling noun

Etymology

Origin of bookseller

First recorded in 1520–30; book + seller

Example Sentences

Examples include common bookseller training and development, as well as using the same customer service software.

From The Wall Street Journal

Headstrong, queer and disinterested in Victorian pieties, she escaped her smothering Indianapolis family and headed to Chicago, where she hustled work as a bookseller and book reviewer.

From Los Angeles Times

"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

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.”

From Salon

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.

From Los Angeles Times