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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A collection of books.
  • noun Study of or passion for books.

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Examples

  • Readers, run, don’t walk, to your nearest bookstore – or just sit where you are and access a bookery from the ‘net – and order Ann’s latest.

    Writer Unboxed » Blog Archive » Take Five: Ann Aguirre and Doubleblind 2009

  • We had Brian Ibbot from Coverville, and Gerry Conway, from comic bookery and TV on, and they had incredible stuff to say about our future, both near and far.

    EXTRALIFE – By Scott Johnson - FourCast: New episode is up! 2009

  • And another one cleaned up and shifted from old treeware into e-bookery.

    New Lamps for Old - Part III Steve Perry 2010

  • It's the longest bit of sustained comic bookery I've done for a while, my comics tending to be of the 7-to-10 page variety lately.

    Archive 2008-09-01 Roger Langridge 2008

  • It's the longest bit of sustained comic bookery I've done for a while, my comics tending to be of the 7-to-10 page variety lately.

    Treading Treacle Roger Langridge 2008

  • If nothing else, this collection of letters settles that score once and for all, showing how precision, dedication and independent thought can trump traditional education, at least when it comes to cookery -bookery.

    An American in Paris Christopher Kimball 2010

  • So I’m wandering around Borders checking out the featured titles when I find myself in the lo-rent district of new age bookery.

    New Date for the Singularity: 12/21/2012 scusteister 2009

  • I'm waiting to hear back from Barnes & Noble, who will be doing e-bookery for their new toy, the Nook™, to see if they are gonna allow other than established publishers to offer material as Amazon.com does.

    Archive 2009-11-01 Steve Perry 2009

  • You didn't need an agent for stories you could send to the 'zines, and you only went looking for one when you were ready to commit bookery in the first degree.

    Archive 2009-04-01 Steve Perry 2009

  • So I’m wandering around Borders checking out the featured titles when I find myself in the lo-rent district of new age bookery.

    scusteister: New Date for the Singularity: 12/21/2012 scusteister 2009

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