bookstore
noun
book·store
ˈbu̇k-ˌstȯr 
: a place of business where books are the main item offered for sale
called also bookshop
Examples of bookstore in a Sentence
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Stevens continued to attend school while living in her car, and eventually got a job at gay San Francisco bookstore A Different Life.
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Lindsay Lee Wallace, TIME, 23 Apr. 2024
There are great bookstores that have been around and are still going strong on this side of L.A.: Alias East in Atwater Village, Counterpoint Records and Books in Hollywood, Sideshow Books in Miracle Mile, Stories in Echo Park and the Last Bookstore downtown.
—Jessica Ferri, Los Angeles Times, 20 Apr. 2024
On Saturday, Land opened Trailhead Books, a used bookstore at 10009 E. 63rd St. in Raytown — the only bookstore in that Kansas City suburb.
—David Hudnall, Kansas City Star, 18 Apr. 2024
From this familiar premise blooms a moving portrait of self-discovery and creativity complete with delectable dishes, haute couture, a painter from the past, and a famous bookstore sheltering eccentrics and poets.
—Staff, The Christian Science Monitor, 18 Apr. 2024
The bookstore has been keeping its audience abreast of next steps.
—Jasmine Browley, Essence, 12 Apr. 2024
Changing Hands turns 50:How the bookstore survived Amazon, the pandemic and evolved
Meredith G. White is the entertainment reporter for The Arizona Republic |azcentral.com.
—The Arizona Republic, 10 Apr. 2024
Find an independent bookstore near youCheck out our interactive map.
—Laura Trujillo, USA TODAY, 8 Apr. 2024
Skybound Comet and expanding the company’s footprint with bookstores, libraries, Scholastic and more, and was recognized as a 2022 Publishers Weekly Star Watch honoree.
—Borys Kit, The Hollywood Reporter, 2 Apr. 2024
Lindsay Lee Wallace, TIME, 23 Apr. 2024
There are great bookstores that have been around and are still going strong on this side of L.A.: Alias East in Atwater Village, Counterpoint Records and Books in Hollywood, Sideshow Books in Miracle Mile, Stories in Echo Park and the Last Bookstore downtown.
—Jessica Ferri, Los Angeles Times, 20 Apr. 2024
On Saturday, Land opened Trailhead Books, a used bookstore at 10009 E. 63rd St. in Raytown — the only bookstore in that Kansas City suburb.
—David Hudnall, Kansas City Star, 18 Apr. 2024
From this familiar premise blooms a moving portrait of self-discovery and creativity complete with delectable dishes, haute couture, a painter from the past, and a famous bookstore sheltering eccentrics and poets.
—Staff, The Christian Science Monitor, 18 Apr. 2024
The bookstore has been keeping its audience abreast of next steps.
—Jasmine Browley, Essence, 12 Apr. 2024
Changing Hands turns 50:How the bookstore survived Amazon, the pandemic and evolved
Meredith G. White is the entertainment reporter for The Arizona Republic |azcentral.com.
—The Arizona Republic, 10 Apr. 2024
Find an independent bookstore near youCheck out our interactive map.
—Laura Trujillo, USA TODAY, 8 Apr. 2024
Skybound Comet and expanding the company’s footprint with bookstores, libraries, Scholastic and more, and was recognized as a 2022 Publishers Weekly Star Watch honoree.
—Borys Kit, The Hollywood Reporter, 2 Apr. 2024
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“Bookstore.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bookstore. Accessed 26 Apr. 2024.
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bookstore
noun
book·store
-ˌstō(ə)r
-ˌstȯ(ə)r
: a store that sells mainly books
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