bookstore
Novel purchasing venue
A bookstore is a retail shop that sells books.
The word distinguishes such establishments from libraries, which lend rather than sell.
Large chain bookstores often include cafés and sell gifts, stationery, and music alongside books.
An independent bookstore is locally owned rather than part of a chain: I found it at a used bookstore downtown.
New and unusual
- page-turnerCompulsively readable book
- plotStoryline or land parcel
- characterNature, symbol, or role
- narrativeAccount of events
author · blurb · recommendation · reading list · discovery · immersion · escaping · browsing
Horizontal storage platforms
- cashierTill operator
- checkoutPayment completion process
- salesRevenue from goods moved
- discountsSubtractions from full price
ISBN · inventory · remainders · gift cards · membership · loyalty program · preorders · shopping
Top-selling books
- paperbacksBooks with flexible covers
- hardcoversBooks with rigid bindings
- fictionImagined narrative work
- nonfictionLiterature about real events
genre · novels · cookbooks · magazines · stationery · journals · calendars · greeting cards
Free from external control
- communityCollective of connected people
- localOf this area
- browsingCasual examination of options
- signingsContract finalizations
curated · staff picks · reading nook · neighborhood · gathering place · cultural hub · readings · launches
Warm and snug
- quietLacking in sound
- shelteredKept safe from harm
- peacefulFree from disturbance
- browsingCasual examination of options
armchair · wooden shelves · aroma · warm lighting · unhurried · wandering · serendipity · discovery
novel
New and unusual
- page-turnerCompulsively readable book
- plotStoryline or land parcel
- characterNature, symbol, or role
narrative · author · blurb · recommendation · reading list · discovery · immersion · escaping · browsing · jacket copy
shelves
Horizontal storage platforms
discounts · ISBN · inventory · remainders · gift cards · membership · loyalty program · preorders · shopping · browse
bestsellers
Top-selling books
- paperbacksBooks with flexible covers
- hardcoversBooks with rigid bindings
- fictionImagined narrative work
nonfiction · genre · novels · cookbooks · magazines · stationery · journals · calendars · greeting cards · ebooks
independent
Free from external control
signings · curated · staff picks · reading nook · neighborhood · gathering place · cultural hub · readings · launches · meet-and-greet
cozy
Warm and snug
browsing · armchair · wooden shelves · aroma · warm lighting · unhurried · wandering · serendipity · discovery · escape
- shopsshop, boutique, bakery, gift shops, hobby shops
- bibliophile's hublibrary, reading room, public library, university library, lending library
- book culturereading, reader, bookworm, bibliophile, library card
- businessesbusiness, company, bank, bakery, enterprise
- campusdorm, dormitory, dormitories, dorms, quad
- Campus facilitieslibrary, lab, classroom, lecture hall, dormitory
- used bookstoreShop selling preloved volumes
- independent bookstoresPrivately owned book retailers
- adult bookstoreRetailer of pornography