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Recent Examples of bookseller
Some of the biggest names in Israeli literature, in addition to an array of American Jewish leaders, are speaking out in support of two Palestinian booksellers from east Jerusalem who were placed on house arrest after a police raid.
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Ben Sales, Sun Sentinel, 13 Feb. 2025
Independent booksellers offer personalized recommendations, promoting a diversity of voices and perspectives often overlooked by larger chains.
—American Booksellers Association, USA Today, 4 Apr. 2025
That expansion comes despite trends favoring online book merchants like Amazon, e-book streaming sites like Audible or independent booksellers like Miami’s Books & Books that serve locals with events catering to the community like the annual Miami Book Fair.
—Howard Cohen, Miami Herald, 20 Mar. 2025
The bookseller brought up a high-profile example: Boris Akunin, a best-selling author of historical detective fiction, who has faced nearly every type of opprobrium for his criticism of Putin and the war.
—Joshua Yaffa, The New Yorker, 13 Mar. 2025
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Ben Sales, Sun Sentinel, 13 Feb. 2025
Independent booksellers offer personalized recommendations, promoting a diversity of voices and perspectives often overlooked by larger chains.
—American Booksellers Association, USA Today, 4 Apr. 2025
That expansion comes despite trends favoring online book merchants like Amazon, e-book streaming sites like Audible or independent booksellers like Miami’s Books & Books that serve locals with events catering to the community like the annual Miami Book Fair.
—Howard Cohen, Miami Herald, 20 Mar. 2025
The bookseller brought up a high-profile example: Boris Akunin, a best-selling author of historical detective fiction, who has faced nearly every type of opprobrium for his criticism of Putin and the war.
—Joshua Yaffa, The New Yorker, 13 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bookseller
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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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At the time, Graber identified less as a computer kid than as a bookworm, reading stories of scientific and mathematical discovery.—
Kyle Chayka,
New Yorker,
7 Apr. 2025
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Quince Cotton Fisherman Throw Every bookworm needs a snuggly throw blanket to curl up with.—
Esther Carlstone,
SELF,
26 Nov. 2024
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“Bookseller.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bookseller. Accessed 3 May. 2025.
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