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bookseller

American  
[book-sel-er] / ˈbʊkˌsɛl ər /

noun

  1. the owner or proprietor of a bookstore.


Other Word Forms

  • bookselling noun

Etymology

Origin of bookseller

First recorded in 1520–30; book + seller

Example Sentences

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Other historical Pasadena figures in the book include the bookseller A.C.

From The Wall Street Journal

When the Constitutional Convention concluded on Sept. 17, 1787, its president, George Washington, bought a four-volume edition of “Don Quixote” from a Philadelphia bookseller to bring home to Mount Vernon.

From The Wall Street Journal

“By meeting readers where they are and linking to Bookshop.org, Spotify is financially supporting indie booksellers with each purchase.”

From Los Angeles Times

The offering will be one more point of competition for retail giant Amazon.com, the country’s largest online bookseller whose business units include Audible, the dominant audiobook service.

From The Wall Street Journal

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

From The Wall Street Journal