Amazon says Ann Arbor is a best-read city
Berkeley, California Cambridge, Massachusetts Alexandria, Virginia Ann Arbor, Michigan Notice a trend here? Apparently big college town make for big book sales. How Amazon knows whether we actually read the books or just pile 'em on our nightstand has yet to be revealed. But if you now feel inspired to buy more books, might we recommend that you drop by Literati in downtown, Bookbound on Plymouth Ave or Nicolas Books on the west side of Ann Arbor? Excerpt: "The online retailer announced Tuesday that Alexandria, where many government workers from nearby Washington reside, ranks No. 1 for sales of books, newspapers and magazines in cities of 100,000 people or more." Read the rest here.
Berkeley, California
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Alexandria, Virginia
Ann Arbor, Michigan
Notice a trend here? Apparently big college town make for big book sales. How Amazon knows whether we actually
read the books or just pile ’em on our nightstand has yet to be revealed.
But if you now feel inspired to buy more books, might we recommend that you drop by Literati in downtown, Bookbound on Plymouth Ave or Nicolas Books on the west side of Ann Arbor?
Excerpt:
“The online retailer announced Tuesday that Alexandria, where many government workers from nearby Washington reside, ranks No. 1 for sales of books, newspapers and magazines in cities of 100,000 people or more.”
Read the rest here.
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