“Booksellers in the gross are taken for little better than a pack of knaves and atheists.” — John Dunton Copy Share Image
The connection between authors, printers, and booksellers must be kept up. — James Boswell Copy Share Image
Being a writer can be isolating. It's good to be among readers and booksellers. — Lev Grossman Copy Share Image
You cannot invent an algorithm that is as good at recommending books as a good bookseller. — John Green Copy Share Image
I am a writer (and one day I'll be an author). For a long time I was a bookseller (who wrote) or… — Michael Scott Copy Share Image
The probability of finding a particular book increases in relation to the clarity of the store's focus, the diligence and shrewdness of… — Gabriel Zaid Copy Share Image
That's your truck parked up by the factory isn't it?" Magnus pointed. "It's awfully butch for a bookseller. — Cassandra Clare Copy Share Image
“Discovering dedicated mystery booksellers was a bit like going to heaven without having to die first” — Val McDermid Copy Share Image
Anybody who puts a book into someone else's hands inspires me - teachers, librarians, booksellers, parents. — Kate DiCamillo Copy Share Image
Neither men, nor gods, nor booksellers' shelves permit ordinary poets to exist. [Lat., Mediocribus esse poetis Non homines, non di, non concessere… — Horace Copy Share Image
There's definitely a role for online booksellers, but they can't host events, bring people together, and form a personal relationship in the… — Graeme Simsion Copy Share Image
“To librarians, booksellers, and collectors there is nothing limited in the subject of books about books.” — Leona Rostenberg Copy Share Image
If the bookseller happens to desire a privilege for his merchandise, whether he is selling Rabelais or the Fathers of the Church,… — Voltaire Copy Share Image
Borders had lousy management and made bad corporate decisions, so its fate is less like a terrible accident than a slow-motion slide… — Susan Orlean Copy Share Image
My readers are as diverse as any group you will ever see. Something that booksellers always tell me. That they are always… — Sandra Cisneros Copy Share Image
Speak of the appetite for drink; or of a bon-vivant's relish for dinner! What are these mere animal throes and ragings compared… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
The women in my life have all been librarians, English teachers, or booksellers. If they couldn't speak pidgin Tolstoy, articulate Henry James,… — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
There were a hundred booksellers in the old round city founded by the eighth-century caliph al-Mansur. The café and wine-drinking culture of… — Annia Ciezadlo Copy Share Image
I wish there could be an international peace conference of booksellers, for (you will smile at this) my own conviction is that… — Christopher Morley Copy Share Image
I never think about genre when I work. I've written fantasy, science fiction, supernatural fiction, and am now working on a suspense… — Elizabeth Hand Copy Share Image
I used to think I should like to be a bookbinder or bookseller it seemed to me a most delightful trade and… — William Stanley Jevons Copy Share Image
A sign of the times: there are no longer any chairs in the bookshops along the embankments. [Noël] France was the last… — Jules de Goncourt Copy Share Image
I wish you hadn't been so over-courteous about putting the inscription on a card instead of on the flyleaf. It's the bookseller… — Helene Hanff Copy Share Image
“Like everywhere else in the world, the book stores of Britain are struggling with being pushed out of the market by online… — Alana Muir Copy Share Image
Old or new, the only sign I always try to rid my books of (usually with little success) is the price-sticker that… — Alberto Manguel Copy Share Image
Hwang Jung-eun is one of the brightest stars of the new South Korean generation - she's Han Kang's favourite, and the novel… — Deborah Smith Copy Share Image
I feel like a lot has changed - ebooks are a much more valid format and bigger presses are taking less chances.… — Kevin Sampsell Copy Share Image
Overall, I'd say I was an awesome bookseller, but probably not the best book shelver. I loved recommending books and helping people… — Julie Kagawa Copy Share Image
The problem is that so many of them are not getting told. This is a massive problem, not just in the Middle… — Annia Ciezadlo Copy Share Image
I've mis-signed many a book Rollins or Clemens. My readers quickly become aware. Booksellers will often promote me under both names, and… — James Rollins Copy Share Image
[Mid-list writers are now] less greed on the part of both publishers and chain booksellers. It is easier for them to publish… — W. P. Kinsella Copy Share Image
Some of you...have never read a Patrick O'Brian novel. I beseech you to start now. Start with Master and Commander, which should… — Kevin Myers Copy Share Image
Dedication: For librarians and booksellers everywhere, who gather books and build shelters for tender souls. — Tessa Dare Copy Share Image
Mediocrity in poets has never been tolerated by either men, or gods, or booksellers. — Horace Copy Share Image
For I bless God in the libraries of the learned and for all the booksellers in the world. — Christopher Smart Copy Share Image
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![“A sign of the times: there are no longer any chairs in the bookshops along the embankments. [Noël] France was the last bookseller who provided chairs where you could sit down and chat and waste a little time between sales. Nowadays books are bought standing. A request for a book and the naming of…” quote by Jules de Goncourt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/26c/jules-de-goncourt-37962_book_a-sign-of-the-times-there-are-no-longer_1210077.jpg)
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