Bookselling

Bookselling is the commercial trading of books, the retail and distribution end of the publishing process. People who engage in bookselling are called booksellers or bookmen. The founding of libraries in 300 BC stimulated the energies of the Athenian booksellers. In Rome, toward the end of the republic, it became the fashion to have a library, and Roman booksellers carried on a flourishing trade.

The spread of Christianity naturally created a great demand for copies of the Gospels, other sacred books, and later on for missals and other devotional volumes for both church and private use. The modern system of bookselling dates from soon after the introduction of printing. In the course of the 16th and 17th centuries the Low Countries for a time became the chief centre of the bookselling world. Modern book selling has changed dramatically with the advent of the Internet. With major websites such as Amazon, eBay, and other big book distributors all offering affiliate programs, book sales have now, more than ever, been put in the hands of the small business owner.

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Archivist, bookseller charged in $8M rare book theft scheme

St Louis Post-Dispatch 21 Jul 2018

A library archivist and an antique bookseller are charged with stealing millions of dollars' worth of rare books, illustrations, maps and photographs from a Pittsburgh library over a 20-year period ... ....

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Archivist, bookseller charged in $8M rare book 20-year theft scheme

Canoe 20 Jul 2018

A library archivist and an antique bookseller are charged with stealing millions of dollars’ worth of rare books, illustrations, maps and photographs from a Pittsburgh library over a 20-year period....

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Liverpool Central Library wins The Bookseller’s Library of the Year Award 2018

Public Technologies 18 Jul 2018

Liverpool Central Library has triumphed in a field of over 40 entries to be awarded the coveted spot which recognised success in a wide range of libraries ... Their work with entrepreneurs and local businesses in their Business and Intellectual Property Centre, as well as booksellers, publishers and high profile author visits, caught the judges' attention ... Head of Libraries, John Keane said; ... Attachments Original document Permalink ... (noodl....

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'The Recipe Box' author to read at Saturn Booksellers

Petoskey News-Review 12 Jul 2018

GAYLORD — Wade Rouse, who attracted a standing-room-only crowd to his last signing event at Saturn Booksellers, will return at 6.30 p.m ... “You haven’t lived until you’ve been to a Saturn event with Wade Rouse," said Jill Miner, Saturn Booksellers owner ... Lately on E!, and chosen three times by the nation’s independent booksellers as an Indie Next Pick....

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Sharon bookseller moving on to Philadelphia auction house

Republican American 08 Jul 2018

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Meanwhile: Fikry, an eccentric bookseller and a doting father

Deccan Chronicle 06 Jul 2018

Babies can get abandoned everywhere, in hospitals, at the church, in temples, on the train and in bus stops or in stores. But rarely do we hear of a baby being left in a bookstore ... J ... J. Fikry gives us a compelling portrait of an eccentric bookseller, Indian by origin, his first name is Ajay, who will only stock books he can sell and gives a trying time to all enterprising representatives who call on him. . ... ....

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Stillwater’s Loome Booksellers looks to GoFundMe campaign to keep store open

Pioneer Press 01 Jul 2018

Loome Books, at 229 Main St., is the retail face of Loome Theological Booksellers, a mail-order business for used books on theology, philosophy, religion and related areas ... Thomas Loome at Loome Theological Bookseller in Stillwater on April 19, 2005. Loome, a widely acclaimed theological and antiquarian bookseller who operated out of two locations in Stillwater, passed away March 31, 2018, at age 83 ... (She’s now healthy.) ... ....

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Bookseller who tweeted about her ‘worst day ever’ with sales of just £12.34 is moved to tears as flood of customers keep her up till 1am and author Allison Pearson promises to do a reading

This is Money 29 Jun 2018

A bookshop owner has been flooded with orders after telling her Twitter followers that she had only taken £12.34 in a day and begging them to buy from her store. On Monday, Georgia Duffy, owner of independent bookstore Imagined Things, expressed her sorrow at her poor taking on Twitter after an extremely tough day ... People took to Twitter to show their support Amanda after she made her Tweet ... ....

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Author Doiron to visit Saturn Booksellers

News Review 28 Jun 2018

GAYLORD — Saturn Booksellers, 127 W ... Thursday, July 5 ... “'Stay Hidden' is “the latest of Paul Doiron’s Game Warden Mike Bowditch’s mysteries, but you can start with this one very easily”, said Jill Miner, Saturn Booksellers owner ... His second book, "Trespasser," won the Maine Literary Award, was an American Booksellers Association Indie Bestseller, and has been called a "masterpiece of high-octane narrative" by Booklist ... ....

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'The Immortalists' author to read at Saturn Booksellers

News Review 25 Jun 2018

GAYLORD — Saturn Booksellers, 127 W. Main St., will host author Chloe Benjamin for a reading and signing for her novel, "The Immortalists," at 6.30 p.m. Thursday, June 28 ... The prophecies inform their next five decades ... “We leaped at the chance to host Chloe,” said Jill Miner, Saturn Booksellers owner ... Please join us. You’ll be glad you did.” ... ....

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