Bookselling

"Bookstore" and "Bookseller" redirect here. For the British magazine, see The Bookseller. For the Roald Dahl short story, see The Bookseller (short story). For the publisher, see The Quarto Group. For the booking shops dealing in betting and gambling, see Bookmaker.

"Bookshop" redirects here. For other uses, see Bookshop (disambiguation).

Cărturești Carusel, a bookshop in a historical building from Bucharest (Romania), built in 1860 as a bank. Its interior combines Baroque Revival architecture with modern design.

Bookshop in Marburg (Hesse, Germany)

Interior of the bookshop from the Singer House (Saint Petersburg, Russia)

Bookselling is the commercial trading of books which is the retail and distribution end of the publishing process.

People who engage in bookselling are called booksellers, bookdealers, book people, bookmen, or bookwomen.