bookseller
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booksellers
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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
The hedge fund is targeting a listing for the bookseller in London, some of them said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 10, 2026
The day she bought that book for Fredde: the bookseller took so long to wrap it.
From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr
"Life seems normal here, but it isn't really," said Karim Al-Aqabi, 65, as he strolled with two friends down Al-Mutanabi Street, famous for its booksellers and performers.
From Barron's ● Mar. 14, 2026
“By meeting readers where they are and linking to Bookshop.org, Spotify is financially supporting indie booksellers with each purchase.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 5, 2026
"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 ● Dec. 4, 2025
They needed the expertise of booksellers with a reputation for good judgement and efficiency.
From BBC ● Dec. 29, 2024
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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