bookstore
Americannoun
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bookstores
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Origin of bookstore
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Nicole Higginbotham, a bookstore owner in Rock Hill, S.C., and her husband, Luke, have a high-yield savings account earmarked for pet expenses.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 15, 2026
Wandering through the stacks of the old Bodhi Tree bookstore on Melrose.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 7, 2026
Police escort a worker out of Have a Nice Stay bookstore, whose t-shirt reads 'I am a bookshop employee'
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026
Driving home together after a writing seminar in the early 1990s, author Carole Glickfeld’s student mentioned that she and her husband were starting an internet bookstore.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026
I call the bookstore and tell the manager I’ve had an emergency.
From "Starfish" by Akemi Dawn Bowman
The publisher of Haitian-Canadian writer Thelyson Orelien said on Wednesday it would keep his novel "It was Either That or Die" in bookstores, after the author denied he had used AI to write the book.
From Barron's ● Oct. 14, 2026
"In the absence of definitive conclusions, the novel will therefore remain available in bookstores," the statement said.
From Barron's ● Oct. 14, 2026
By Bonnie Garmus Scribner: 432 pages, $30 If you buy books linked on our site, The Times may earn a commission from Bookshop.org, whose fees support independent bookstores.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2026
By Katya Suvorova Alcove Press: 352 pages, $30 If you buy books linked on our site, The Times may earn a commission from Bookshop.org, whose fees support independent bookstores.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 23, 2026
I now had more money than I had ever had before, and I began patronizing secondhand bookstores, buying magazines and books.
From "Black Boy" by Richard Wright
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