Two most well-read cities in US are Alexandria, Virginia, and Miami, Florida, based on Amazon's per capita book, magazine, newspaper sales in print, digital format in cities of more than 100,000 residents; Cambridge, Massachusetts saw highest print sales
Aimee Bellah
SEATTLE
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May 20, 2014
(press release)
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Alexandria, Va. tops the list for the third year in a row; Miami, Fla. and Knoxville, Tenn. come in at #2 and #3
To kick off the summer reading season, Amazon.com today announced its fourth annual list of the Most Well-Read Cities in America. The ranking was determined by compiling sales data of all book, magazine and newspaper sales in both print and Kindle format from April 2013 to April 2014, on a per capita basis in cities with more than 100,000 residents. The Top 20 Most Well-Read Cities are:
1. Alexandria, Va.
2. Miami, Fla.
3. Knoxville, Tenn.
4. Seattle, Wash.
5. Orlando, Fla.
6. Ann Arbor, Mich.
7. Berkeley, Calif.
8. Cambridge, Mass.
9. Cincinnati, Ohio
10. Columbia, S.C.
11. St. Louis, Mo.
12. Pittsburgh, Penn.
13. Vancouver, Wash.
14. Salt Lake City, Utah
15. Atlanta, Ga.
16. Gainesville, Fla.
17. Dayton, Ohio
18. Clearwater, Fla.
19. Richmond, Va.
20. Tallahassee, Fla.
In taking a closer look at the data, Amazon also found that:
“Our annual Most Well-Read Cities list shows that reading continues to be a passion for people from coast to coast,” said Sara Nelson, Editorial Director of Print and Kindle Books at Amazon.com. “This weekend marks the start of the summer reading season, so we hope customers find a great book to enjoy and help contribute to their city’s well-read status.”
Customers can visit the Amazon Book Editors’ Summer Reading feature at www.amazon.com/summerreading, where they’ll find picks in more than 15 categories including Blockbusters and Beach Reads.
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