How to Use bookseller in a Sentence
bookseller
noun-
The bookstore is really a stall in the style of the booksellers on the banks of the Seine in Paris.
— Carl Nolte, San Francisco Chronicle, 21 Oct. 2017 -
For booksellers, this is the most engaging and fun time of the year!
— Boris Kachka, Los Angeles Times, 2 Dec. 2023 -
For 50 years readers have flocked to the booksellers for the volume and devoured it.
— David Shribman, latimes.com, 11 July 2019 -
Collectors came to them with wish lists for the booksellers to track down.
— Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 14 Nov. 2023 -
One of the boxes was from the bookseller Borders, which went out of business eleven years ago.
— Stephen Witt, The New Yorker, 12 Dec. 2022 -
The arrests of Hong Kong booksellers and activists have fed these fears.
— Yanan Wang, BostonGlobe.com, 4 Aug. 2019 -
The bookseller sharply warned Hans not to take such a dangerous risk.
— Jud Newborn, Smithsonian Magazine, 17 Feb. 2023 -
In 15 years as a bookseller in east London, Jane Howe never saw the need for a website.
— Adam Geller, The Denver Post, 14 July 2020 -
The law also means booksellers would have to rate books already sold.
— Phil Helsel, NBC News, 18 Jan. 2024 -
Schwartz, on the other hand, was frustrated to learn that some booksellers were out of stock.
— Peter Osnos, The New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2019 -
Wildgeese Bookshop, the beloved bookseller in downtown Franklin, could have opened its doors May 4.
— Elizabeth Depompei, Indianapolis Star, 1 June 2020 -
Beauty and the Beast has the baker, the bookseller, the guy with a wheelbarrow guy full of pumpkins, and so on—each of which make the town function.
— Sarah Todd, Quartz, 12 May 2021 -
Aster Karbaum, a former bookseller, has white hair, a deep tan and topaz-blue eyes.
— Rebecca Frankel, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Jan. 2023 -
The bookseller had sensed the time was ripe for an anthology.
— Clare Bucknell, The New Yorker, 22 Dec. 2020 -
Last season Joe was going about his life as a bookseller in New York City.
— Jenna Adrian-Diaz, Vogue, 27 Dec. 2019 -
The booksellers whose rickety green stands dot the River Seine have been a Paris staple for hundreds of years.
— Christopher Parker, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Aug. 2023 -
Eso Won, named bookseller of the year this week by Publishers Weekly, is the partner for this event.
— Los Angeles Times, 29 May 2021 -
The bookseller did not respond to a CNN request for comment.
— Anna Cooban, CNN, 5 Apr. 2023 -
Of course, 800 copies are a drop in the bucket to Amazon and PRH—but not to independent booksellers.
— Alex Shephard, The New Republic, 11 Sep. 2019 -
The fact that my father was a bookseller was helpful; I was borne by a following wind.
— Katy Waldman, The New Yorker, 26 June 2022 -
The books in a store are, in reality, on consignment, and can be returned by the store to the bookseller for a refund at any time.
— John Warner, chicagotribune.com, 23 Aug. 2021 -
The booksellers were ordered to pay two hundred and twenty-two dollars in fines.
— Joy Lanzendorfer, The New Yorker, 13 Oct. 2023 -
His father was a bookseller; his mother couldn’t read or write.
— The New Yorker, 22 Nov. 2021 -
Nostalgia is why Frost’s name is on the lips of the barbers, bartenders, waiters and booksellers here.
— Paul Myerberg, USA TODAY, 6 Oct. 2017 -
As my bookseller friend knew, its ravages often leave the remaining copies of a work all the more valuable.
— Kevin Young, The New Yorker, 2 Dec. 2019 -
Beyond the local comic book store there isn’t a bookseller in Pottsville and there isn’t a Starbucks in the entire county.
— NBC News, 20 May 2018 -
In the case of Lam, the bookseller, the Taiwan government has granted him a visa extension to give him more time to settle there and look for a job.
— Isabella Steger, Quartz, 19 July 2019 -
While Brown only likes a little bit of fright, bookseller Karen is the store’s horror expert.
— Tracy Maness, Houston Chronicle, 13 Oct. 2020 -
The team of nine is filled with expert voices who once stood at pivotal intersections of the book world, including former publishing sales reps, booksellers, writers, journalists and agents.
— Clare Mulroy, USA TODAY, 14 June 2024 -
The festival offers one of the best free literary events of the year, showcasing big ideas and national literary giants as well as Chicago authors, booksellers and publishers.
— Monica Eng, Axios, 5 Sep. 2024
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