According to Amazon which tallied all book, magazine and newspaper sales in both print and Kindle format since January 1, 2011, on a per capita basis in cities with more than 100,000 residents.
Not only did they compile data on book sales per city, but they took note of what kind of reading was done by buyers in those cities.
Cambridge is number one and selects a lot of non fiction. Duh. Harvard.
Alexandria Virginia is number 2 and gets a lot of children's books.
Boulder Colorado is into cooking, food and wine.
I'd like to see what is most popular for the other cities, St. Louis is Number 20.
The entire list can be seen here.
Many of these are college towns. Does it seem that college students buying textbooks would boost the numbers a little bit?
I suppose the students in Boulder are not necessarily buying books on cooking for their college courses, however. But you never know.
Posted by: Orianna Laun | May 27, 2011 at 09:32 AM
I suspect this is only sales through Amazon so it doesn't reflect sales through other book stores or use of public libraries. That data might make a difference in the rankings.
Posted by: Aloha Hart | May 27, 2011 at 11:16 AM
I also agree with the facts and figures listed above.
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