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Bookselling is the commercial trading of , which is the retail and distribution end of the publishing process.Centre for Economics and Business Research, Bookselling Britain: The economic contributions to - and impacts on - the economy of the UK's bookselling sector: A report for tve Booksellers Association, p12
People who engage in bookselling are called booksellers, bookdealers, book people, bookmen, or bookwomen.
In Ancient Rome, toward the end of the Roman Republic, it became the fashion to have a library, and Roman booksellers carried on a flourishing trade.
The spread of Christianity naturally created a great demand for copies of the and other sacred books, and, later on for missals and other devotional volumes for both church and private use.
The modern system of bookselling dates from soon after the introduction of printing. During the 16th and 17th centuries, the Low Countries, for a time, became primary center of the bookselling world. Modern book selling has changed dramatically with the advent of the Internet. Major websites such as Amazon, eBay, and other big offer affiliate programs and dominate book sales.
Another common type of bookstore is the used bookstore or second-hand bookshop which buys and sells used book and out-of-print books in a variety of conditions.Brown, Richard & Brett, Stanley. The London Bookshop. Pinner, Middlesex: Private Libraries Association, 1977 Chambers, David. English Country Bookshops. Pinner, Middlesex: Private Libraries Association, 2010 A range of titles are available in used bookstores, including in print and out-of-print books. tend to frequent used bookstores. Large online bookstores offer used books for sale, too. Individuals wishing to sell their used books using online bookstores agree to terms outlined by the bookstore(s): paying the online bookstore(s) a predetermined commission once the books have sold. In Paris, the Bouquinistes are antiquarian and used booksellers who have had outdoor stalls and boxes along both sides of the Seine for hundreds of years, regulated by law since the 1850s and contributing to the scenic ambiance of the city.
In some cities bookstores are specially relevant for tourism, such as Buenos Aires, which is the city with the most libraries per capita in the world. According to the National Geographic, Buenos Aires hosts the most beautiful library in the world, El Ateneo Grand Splendid which used to be a theatre in the early 20th century and later became a library. In the present it is visited everyday by tourists from all over the world.
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