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Tuesday, June 9, 2015

America's Most Well-Read Cities


I found this in Shelf Awareness Pro's Newsletter on June 3, 2016, and thought it would be interesting to share.

 My city didn't make the list.  Did yours?

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Seattle, where Amazon's corporate headquarters is located, led the online retailer's fifth annual list of the "most well-read cities in the U.S." 

The ranking was determined by compiling sales data for all book, magazine and newspaper sales in both print and Kindle format from April 2014 to April 2015, on a per capita basis in cities with more than 500,000 residents. 

This year's top 20: 
 

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14 comments:

  1. ElizabethJune 9, 2015 at 7:18 AM

    Do you think we can really determine a well-read city by book sales?

    I use the library and receive books from publishers. :)

    Love my library.

    Thanks for stopping.

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  2. KayJune 9, 2015 at 8:27 AM

    I suspected that Austin would appear. We are a reading city here, but we also have a very large university and are the state capitol. And I'm not surprised that Seattle and Portland are on top. Lots of rain in that part of the country and lots of opportunity to hunker down and read. :-)

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    1. ElizabethJune 9, 2015 at 8:36 AM

      LOL about the rain and hunkering down.

      Thanks for stopping, Kay.

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  3. Katherine PJune 9, 2015 at 10:18 AM

    How interesting! I'm with you Elizabeth with wondering if book sales really truly reflect reading. If you just looked at my book buying habits you wouldn't think I read very much at all!

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    1. ElizabethJune 9, 2015 at 2:17 PM

      I agree. It would appear that I do NOT read at all. LOL!!

      I rarely buy books. I use the library as I said.

      Thanks for stopping, Katherine.

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  4. DebbieJune 9, 2015 at 7:01 PM

    My town is too little to even be considered.

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    1. ElizabethJune 9, 2015 at 9:06 PM

      Awwww....little towns are cute, though.

      Thanks for stopping, Debbie.

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  5. Nise' June 9, 2015 at 9:19 PM

    My brother lives in Seattle. My State did not even make it on the list. Closest city to me is Chicago.

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    1. ElizabethJune 9, 2015 at 9:26 PM

      My state or city didn't make it either.

      Thanks for stopping, Nise.

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  6. SukoJune 10, 2015 at 1:41 AM

    This is an interesting list! I'm glad that "my city" is on the list (well, sort of).

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    1. ElizabethJune 10, 2015 at 7:23 AM

      It is interesting, but I question how they did it. :)

      Great your city is sort of on the list. :)

      Thanks for stopping, Suko.

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  7. Mary (Bookfan)June 10, 2015 at 7:26 AM

    Nope, my city didn't make it either.

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  8. UnknownJune 10, 2015 at 7:35 AM

    Charlotte, NC is the closest to me. SC didn't make the list. :(
    @dino0726 from 
    FictionZeal - Impartial, Straighforward Fiction Book Reviews

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    1. ElizabethJune 10, 2015 at 11:48 AM

      Thanks for stopping, Diane.

      Baltimore is the closet to me.

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