Weeks before the official publication date, Salinger's followers queued up, and bookstores sold out their first supplies.

在正式出版日的前几个星期，塞林格的追随者在书店门前排起了队，把第一批货买到手。

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These magazines are sold at bookstores throughout the country.

这些杂志在全国各地书店均有发售。

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Many of these books are difficult, if not impossible, to find because they are not sold through bookstores or held on most library shelves; yet they make up the vast majority of books in existence.

许多书要把它们重新找出来相当困难，因为书店没卖，许多图书馆的书架上也没有。然而这样的书还真不少。

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In the first month of the Kobo partnership (Oct. last year), independent bookstores sold more ebooks than in the entire two years working with Google.

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It was a permanent paperback format that would be sold in bookstores, not like paperbacks sold in newsstands.

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These factors put significant pressure on local independent bookstores because they typically sold fewer books at higher prices.

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