A place or imaginary realm where books are the dominant feature or where one can get lost in reading.
Compound of 'book' (from Old English 'bōc', originally meaning a beech tablet used for writing) and 'land' (from Proto-Germanic 'landaz'). The combination creates a metaphorical space representing the world of literature.
The term captures that transportative feeling readers experience—entering a 'land' of imagination. Medieval monks literally did create a separate world in monasteries devoted to copying and preserving books, making bookland almost a historical reality.
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