What's the difference between bookman and bookseller?

Bookman


Definition:

  • (n.) A studious man; a scholar.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Ionic conductance is represented by the Goldman constant field equation (Civan, M.M., and R.J. Bookman.
  • (2) After several rejections, his Man Must Live was published in 1947 by African Bookman, one of few publishers available to black writers at the time.
  • (3) In particular, we examine a principal cell apical Na permeability inversely dependent on luminal and intracellular Na concentrations (M. M. Civan and R. J. Bookman.
  • (4) It is based on a survey designed to evaluate the monthly publication of the library, the Bookman, and to determine the response of health science faculty to historical essays as well as to other sections of the publication.
  • (5) The afternoon service at Temple Beth Am in Sotloff’s hometown of Pinecrest will be open to the public, Rabbi Terry Bookman said.

Bookseller


Definition:

  • (n.) One who sells books.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The independent bookseller said sales at its five shops were down 3.7% in the 24 days to Christmas Eve, but the inclusion of website orders meant an overall fall of only 2%
  • (2) Having failed to get into Rada, Wesker embarked on a series of menial jobs: bookseller's assistant, plumber's mate and, at the Bell hotel in Norwich, kitchen porter.
  • (3) "All six novels can currently be purchased at UK booksellers for a total of £65.94 – down 36% (or £37) on 2010's selections," said charts editor Philip Stone.
  • (4) Gui Minhai: the strange disappearance of a publisher who riled China's elite Read more Five Hong Kong booksellers – Gui Minhai, Lee Bo, Lui Bo, Cheung Ji-ping and Lam Wing-kei – who specialised in books criticising China’s Communist party elite have vanished since October.
  • (5) But this year is the first fair held in Hong Kong since the disappearances of five booksellers from the city in late 2015.
  • (6) The few big publishers that now continue functioning at all under the deliberately destructive pressure of Amazon marketing strategies are increasingly controlled by that pressure.” The tech giant is not only trying to control the bookselling industry but also the publishing world, she writes: “Amazon uses the BS Machine to sell us sweetened fat to live on, so we begin to think that’s what literature is.” She assures her readers that her “only quarrel with Amazon is when it comes to how they market books and how they use their success in marketing to control not only bookselling, but book publication: what we write and what we read.” She stressed that she has no issue with other areas of the tech giant’s business, including self-publishing: “Amazon and I are not at war.
  • (7) 'Missing' Hong Kong bookseller Lee Bo says he will give up British citizenship Read more The disappearances of the three, along with two other men, Swedish citizen Gui Minhai and British citizen Lee Bo , have drawn international attention over fears Beijing is eroding the semi-autonomous Chinese city’s rule of law and civil liberties, such as freedom of the press.
  • (8) Small booksellers argue they cannot compete with Amazon because it provides free postage and free fast delivery deals on top of 5% discount.
  • (9) It currently sits in 766th place overall on Amazon's bestseller charts, and in 70th position on the internet bookseller's biography list.
  • (10) Philip Jones, editor of the Bookseller , said: "Everybody I speak to thinks this negotiation is pivotal to what happens next.
  • (11) As footage of the encounter appeared on news bulletins, the book rocketed up the US paperback sales chart of the online bookseller Amazon , soaring from number 54,295 to sixth place within 24 hours.
  • (12) Her first novel was so popular that every bookseller broke the embargo on its sale, according to her publishers.
  • (13) Tom Tivnan, features editor of The Bookseller magazine, told the BBC: "It really is quite phenomenal to have sales like that when the TV series is finished and the book has been out a few weeks.
  • (14) Hive.co.uk proudly boasts that it is a “British, tax-paying company.” A network of 360 independent booksellers in the country, it will provide you with the latest books, audio and video you need.
  • (15) But since 2012 under Xi it has just gotten much, much worse.” Hong Kong politicians call for Beijing to answer over bookseller's 'abduction' Read more Lin, who has a three-year-old son, said he had no regrets over his decision to abandon an industry whose days were numbered.
  • (16) A bookshop clerk confirmed that politically sensitive tomes, such as those produced by the missing booksellers, would no longer be stocked.
  • (17) More than 73 independent booksellers closed down last year, bringing the total number of UK bookshops to 1,028, compared to 1,535 in 2005.
  • (18) According to the Bookseller's Cathy Retzenbrink, Gallagher has identified an "incredibly serious point".
  • (19) I have also felt exasperated as the bookseller, with his Dickensian surname, turns into a litigant out of Jarndyce and Jarndyce, still refusing to sell the portrait for any money.
  • (20) If Mensch's life were a novel it would be the sort of racy page-turner given pride of place in airport booksellers at this time of year.