Amazon Reveals List of Most Well-Read Cities in U.S.
Posted on May 28, 2011
Amazon.com has announced its list of the TOp 20 Most Well-Read Cities in America. To create the list, Amazon.com compiled sales data of all book, magazine and newspaper sales in both print and Kindle format since Jan. 1, 2011, on a per capita basis in cities with more than 100,000 residents. Here is the list:
- Cambridge, Mass.
- Alexandria, Va.
- Berkeley, Calif.
- Ann Arbor, Mich.
- Boulder, Colo.
- Miami
- Salt Lake City
- Gainesville, Fla.
- Seattle
- Arlington, Va.
- Knoxville, Tenn.
- Orlando, Fla.
- Pittsburgh
- Washington, D.C.
- Bellevue, Wash.
- Columbia, S.C.
- St. Louis, Mo.
- Cincinnati
- Portland, Ore.
- Atlanta
Amazon.com also noted that Boulder, Colo. residents ordered the most books in the Cooking, Food & Winer category. They also said Alexandria, Va. residents was the city that ordered the most children's books.
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