bookselling
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a word derived from
bookseller.
booksellernounthe owner or proprietor of a bookstore.
Example Sentences
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Yet Barnes & Noble has found a way to adapt to the punishing bookselling environment.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 10, 2026
However, James Daunt, a veteran of the bookselling industry, said he personally did not expect that to happen.
From BBC ● Dec. 4, 2025
Lee, meanwhile, was a ratings and bookselling juggernaut.
From Salon ● Aug. 19, 2024
Last summer, he journeyed into physical bookselling when he started renting tables at pop-up craft and vintage markets around the Seattle area.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 17, 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
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