book stores
Where readers browse
Bookstores are retail establishments that sell books.
The two-word spelling book stores emphasizes the generic concept—stores that happen to sell books—while the compound bookstores has become the standard form for the specialized retail category.
Both spellings are correct, though the single word dominates in contemporary usage.
- hardcoversBooks with rigid bindings
- paperbacksBooks with flexible covers
- novelsExtended prose fiction
- staff picksEmployee-endorsed selections
- community hubsShared local meeting places
magazine · reading · antiquarian · rare editions · used books · shelf · textbooks · local authors · stacks · publishing houses · browse · bestsellers · literature · genres · mysteries · racks · indie · dusty
commercial vs. free access to books
book storeslibraries
Public book lending institutions
public libraries · lending libraries · library systems · bookmobiles · reading rooms