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a building where you went in for nothing and left forty dollars lighter and richer.
means A shop that sells books, where you can browse and buy printed works in person.
from A plain English compound: "book" plus "store." "Book" descends from Old English bōc, possibly tied to bēce, the beech tree — the old idea being that early runes or writings were scratched onto beechwood, though that link is debated. "Store" came through Old French estore from Latin instaurare, "to restore or provide," first meaning a stockpile of goods and later the place that holds them. So a bookstore is, literally, a hoard of books — the older British term "bookshop" leaning on shop instead.
- smell science
- That book scent is vanilla-like lignin slowly decaying
- oldest open
- Portugal's Bertrand has sold books since 1732
- face out
- Cover-facing books sell far better than spine-out ones
- strand math
- NYC's Strand stocks roughly 18 miles of books
shakespeare and company — legendary independent bookstore in paris, france, founded 1951
strand bookstore — 18 miles of books in new york city, operating since 1927
powell's city of books — largest independent bookstore in us, portland oregon, covers entire city block