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Definition of "book-buyer" [book-buyer]

  • One who buys books. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

Use "book-buyer" in a sentence
  • "The median American book-buyer purchases just seven books a year, according to an AP-Ipsos poll in 2007."
  • "A well-known publisher often tells a story of his early days in the publishing business when he visited a large commercial book-buyer to present the titles forthcoming from the firm he then represented."
  • "So all of the above notwithstanding, all my blurb skepticism is currently on hold as we hound various people whose endorsement would mean a lot to us, and possibly a book-buyer or two."