booksellingn.

Brit.

/ˈbʊkˌsɛlɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈbʊkˌsɛlɪŋ/

Forms: see book n. and selling n.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: book n., selling n.

Etymology: < book n. + selling n. Compare earlier bookseller n.

The selling of books, esp. as a trade.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > selling > selling or sale of specific things > [noun] > books

bookselling1530

bibliopoly1831

colportage1846

bibliopolery1882

1530 Royal Priv. in Palsgr. p. xi Medlyng with the faite of printyng or bokesellyng.

1642 J. Taylor Whole Life Henry Walker sig. A^v He having left selling Grydirens..fell to Booke-selling.

a1797 H. Walpole Walpoliana (1799) II. clxvii. 116 The manœuvres of bookselling are now equal in number to the stratagems of war.

1834 T. Carlyle Let. 17 June in Coll. Lett. T. & J. W. Carlyle (1977) VII. 217 Bookselling is still at its lowest ebb.

1837 H. Hallam Introd. Lit. Europe I. iii. 339 The trade of bookselling seems to have been established at Paris and at Bologna in the twelfth century.

1885 Bookseller July 650/1 Retail bookselling seems to be getting a less remunerative business every day.

1926 Publishers' Weekly 22 May 1679/2 One of the practical problems of retail bookselling is the depreciation of stock due to soilage.

1990 Bookseller 12 Oct. 1057/3 Topics will range from niche bookselling and publishing to effective use of mail order.

2005 Guardian 26 Aug. i. 27/6 Usually companies, whatever their size, find ways of enlivening the market. But giantism can kill initiative and intuition, two things key to good bookselling.

Compounds

General attributive.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > selling > selling or sale of specific things > [adjective] > selling books

bookselling1663

1663 R. L'Estrange Considerations & Proposals Regulation of Press 27 The Printers would beat down the Book-selling Trade, by Menaging the Press as Themselves please.

1785 J. Trusler Mod. Times III. 101 Such is the jealousy and rancour of the bookselling tribe, that they will depreciate a work in which the trade is not concerned.

1824 T. F. Dibdin Libr. Compan. Introd. 17 The several great bookselling houses.

1884 Athenæum 12 Jan. 54/1 The bookselling fraternity.

1967 Irish Hist. Stud. 15 483 Dr Munter has much to say of the technique of newspaper publishing and its links with the bookselling trade.

2002 Independent 24 May 20/5 Large publishers and their new masters, large bookselling chains, expend their energy selling large quantities of an increasingly small number of titles.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	bookselling
释义	booksellingn. Brit. /ˈbʊkˌsɛlɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈbʊkˌsɛlɪŋ/ Forms: see book n. and selling n. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: book n., selling n. Etymology: < book n. + selling n. Compare earlier bookseller n. The selling of books, esp. as a trade. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > selling > selling or sale of specific things > [noun] > books bookselling1530 bibliopoly1831 colportage1846 bibliopolery1882 1530 Royal Priv. in Palsgr. p. xi Medlyng with the faite of printyng or bokesellyng. 1642 J. Taylor Whole Life Henry Walker sig. A^v He having left selling Grydirens..fell to Booke-selling. a1797 H. Walpole Walpoliana (1799) II. clxvii. 116 The manœuvres of bookselling are now equal in number to the stratagems of war. 1834 T. Carlyle Let. 17 June in Coll. Lett. T. & J. W. Carlyle (1977) VII. 217 Bookselling is still at its lowest ebb. 1837 H. Hallam Introd. Lit. Europe I. iii. 339 The trade of bookselling seems to have been established at Paris and at Bologna in the twelfth century. 1885 Bookseller July 650/1 Retail bookselling seems to be getting a less remunerative business every day. 1926 Publishers' Weekly 22 May 1679/2 One of the practical problems of retail bookselling is the depreciation of stock due to soilage. 1990 Bookseller 12 Oct. 1057/3 Topics will range from niche bookselling and publishing to effective use of mail order. 2005 Guardian 26 Aug. i. 27/6 Usually companies, whatever their size, find ways of enlivening the market. But giantism can kill initiative and intuition, two things key to good bookselling. Compounds General attributive. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > selling > selling or sale of specific things > [adjective] > selling books bookselling1663 1663 R. L'Estrange Considerations & Proposals Regulation of Press 27 The Printers would beat down the Book-selling Trade, by Menaging the Press as Themselves please. 1785 J. Trusler Mod. Times III. 101 Such is the jealousy and rancour of the bookselling tribe, that they will depreciate a work in which the trade is not concerned. 1824 T. F. Dibdin Libr. Compan. Introd. 17 The several great bookselling houses. 1884 Athenæum 12 Jan. 54/1 The bookselling fraternity. 1967 Irish Hist. Stud. 15 483 Dr Munter has much to say of the technique of newspaper publishing and its links with the bookselling trade. 2002 Independent 24 May 20/5 Large publishers and their new masters, large bookselling chains, expend their energy selling large quantities of an increasingly small number of titles. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1530
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