The practice of promoting books by personal recommendation rather than by publisher-sponsored marketing.
Example sentencesExamples
Many booksellers serve as patron saints of favorite authors, but Susan Wasson of Bookworks in Albuquerque, New Mexico, went beyond typical high-volume handselling with Kris Radish's Elegant Gathering of White Snows.
Definition of handselling in US English:
handselling
nounˈhandˈseliNG
The practice of promoting books by personal recommendation rather than by publisher-sponsored marketing.
Example sentencesExamples
Many booksellers serve as patron saints of favorite authors, but Susan Wasson of Bookworks in Albuquerque, New Mexico, went beyond typical high-volume handselling with Kris Radish's Elegant Gathering of White Snows.