Creating a DB and a Table

DROP DATABASE IF EXISTS books_db;
CREATE DATABASE books_db WITH ENCODING='UTF8' TEMPLATE template0;

DROP TABLE IF EXISTS books;

CREATE TABLE books (
  id SERIAL PRIMARY KEY,
  client TEXT NOT NULL,
  data JSONb NOT NULL
);

Populating the DB

INSERT INTO books(client, data) values (
    'Joe', 
    '{ "title": "Siddhartha", "author": { "first_name": "Herman", "last_name": "Hesse" } }'
),(
    'Jenny', 
    '{ "title": "Dharma Bums", "author": { "first_name": "Jack", "last_name": "Kerouac" } }'
),(
    'Jenny', 
    '{ "title": "100 años de soledad", "author": { "first_name": "Gabo", "last_name": "Marquéz" } }'
);

Lets see everything inside the table books:

SELECT * FROM books;

Output:

-> operator returns values out of JSON columns

Selecting 1 column:

SELECT client, 
    data->'title' AS title
    FROM books;

Output:

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Selecting 2 columns:

SELECT client, 
   data->'title' AS title, data->'author' AS author
   FROM books;

Output:

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-> vs ->>