bookseller
noun
the owner or proprietor of a bookstore.
bookselling
-
a word derived from
bookseller.
Example Sentences
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She describes her first foray into bookselling as a "steep learning curve", but says she is having "lots of fun along the way".
From BBC ● Sep. 20, 2026
Yet Barnes & Noble has found a way to adapt to the punishing bookselling environment.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 10, 2026
Lee, meanwhile, was a ratings and bookselling juggernaut.
From Salon ● Aug. 19, 2024
After a certain point, she thinks bookselling “was another way to continue being immersed in books, but also an avoidance tactic” to come to terms with her journey.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 6, 2023
The rise of literacy, of the culture of writing and reading and bookselling, had reached a critical stage in the classical period.
From "Circumference" by Nicholas Nicastro
