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At first, the site wasn’t much more than an online version of an existing bookseller catalog called Books In Print.
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ArsTechnica, 10 June 2025
The unusual name came from a conversation Marko had with a fellow bookseller about how to deliver books more quickly or rid the shop of bad books (via catapult).
—Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Apr. 2025
Our booksellers are passionate about genre fiction; in particular, horror, sci-fi, fantasy and romance novels.
—American Booksellers Association, USA Today, 3 July 2025
Descended from a long line of clergymen, he was apprenticed to a bookseller at fifteen, which seems to have decided his professional fate.
—Merve Emre, New Yorker, 16 June 2025
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ArsTechnica, 10 June 2025
The unusual name came from a conversation Marko had with a fellow bookseller about how to deliver books more quickly or rid the shop of bad books (via catapult).
—Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Apr. 2025
Our booksellers are passionate about genre fiction; in particular, horror, sci-fi, fantasy and romance novels.
—American Booksellers Association, USA Today, 3 July 2025
Descended from a long line of clergymen, he was apprenticed to a bookseller at fifteen, which seems to have decided his professional fate.
—Merve Emre, New Yorker, 16 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bookseller
Noun
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At last year’s antiquarian fair, a single volume by Mr. Jones, a cookbook of recipes from fellow prisoners, sold for $20,000 to the University of California at Berkeley’s Bancroft Library, according to Mr. Kinmont, who handled the sale.—
Corey Kilgannon,
New York Times,
5 Apr. 2025
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The few copies of her books that remained reached fantastic prices on the open market (a hardback first edition of Twice Lost costs $300 today), and so people who had copies, usually antiquarians or mystery enthusiasts, described the stories to those who couldn’t find or afford them.—
Joanna Biggs,
Harper's Magazine,
2 Feb. 2024
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Hatchard's, one of the oldest book shops in England, is a bookworm's paradise, with five stories full of every genre imaginable.—
Ellen LeCompte,
Travel + Leisure,
22 July 2025
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After getting over his brief intoxication with political power, Deidre says, her husband has grounded himself by embracing the bookworm and homebody sides of his personality.—
Jeff John Roberts,
Fortune,
2 July 2025
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“Bookseller.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bookseller. Accessed 7 Aug. 2025.
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