What are the Most Well-Read Cities in the US?

Just in time for the summer reading season, Amazon.com announced its list of the Top 20 Most Well-Read Cities in America. After compiling 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, the Top 20 Most Well-Read Cities are:

1. Cambridge, Mass.
2. Alexandria, Va.
3. Berkeley, Calif.
4. Ann Arbor, Mich.
5. Boulder, Colo.
6. Miami
7. Salt Lake City
8. Gainesville, Fla.
9. Seattle
10. Arlington, Va.
11. Knoxville, Tenn.
12. Orlando, Fla.
13. Pittsburgh
14. Washington, D.C.
15. Bellevue, Wash.
16. Columbia, S.C.
17. St. Louis, Mo.
18. Cincinnati
19. Portland, Ore.
20. Atlanta

Here's the full press release.

Photo of Cambridge, MA courtesy of Josh Michtom

Comments

[katie on May 26, 2011 at 11:55 AM]

Hmm... I wonder how much textbooks come into play in cities with large universities, since it's based on sales only...?

[katie on May 26, 2011 at 11:56 AM]

Sheesh, I should've read the press release before posting that!

[scott baxter on May 26, 2011 at 12:05 PM]

Be interesting to know how smaller cities ranked since I live in one.

[Beret Brenckman on May 26, 2011 at 12:09 PM]

It would be interesting to take library statistics to find out the same information. Not everyone who is a reader buys books.

[jp on May 27, 2011 at 12:52 PM]

New Yorkers don't fuck with Amazon. Too many indie shops to support. ;)

[Charlie Quimby on May 27, 2011 at 01:13 PM]

This a is an Amazon promotion, pure & simple. Ignores libraries, new & used bookstores in those cities.

And it's working.

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[Sports Coaching Courses on November 08, 2011 at 07:20 PM]

Washington, D.C. on number 14? well not that bad.