Amazon.com Announces the Most Well-Read Cities in America
May 24 2016 - 8:00AM
Business Wire
Seattle tops the list for the second year in a
row; bookworms abound in California and Texas cities
(NASDAQ:AMZN)— Today, Amazon.com revealed their annual list of
the Top 20 Most Well-Read Cities across the U.S., just in time for
summer reading season. The ranking is determined by a compilation
of sales data from cities with more than 500,000 residents on a per
capita basis and includes purchases of all books, magazines and
newspapers in both Kindle and print format from April 2015 to April
2016.
The Top 20 Most Well-Read Cities are:
1. Seattle, Wash.
2. Portland, Ore.
3. Washington, D.C.
4. San Francisco, Calif.
5. Austin, Texas
6. Las Vegas, Nev.
7. Tucson, Ariz.
8. Denver, Colo.
9. Albuquerque, N.M.
10. San Diego, Calif.
11. Baltimore, Md.
12. Charlotte, N.C.
13. Louisville, Ky.
14. San Jose, Calif.
15. Houston, Texas
16. Nashville, Tenn.
17. Chicago, Ill.
18. Indianapolis, Ind.
19. Dallas, Texas
20. San Antonio, Texas
Amazon took a closer look at the data and uncovered some
interesting trends across the cities, revealing:
- Seattle, Wash., the home of Amazon’s
headquarters, kept its title as the Most Well-Read City for the
second year in a row with the most purchases of all books,
magazines and newspapers in both Kindle and print formats.
- The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins
was the top-selling Kindle and print title in five of the top 10
cities: Portland, Ore.; Austin, Texas; Tucson, Ariz.; Albuquerque,
N.M.; San Diego, Calif.
- Readers in four of the top 10 cities
cleaned up their act this year, with The Life-Changing Magic of
Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing as the
most sold print title in Seattle, Wash.; San Francisco, Calif.;
Tucson, Ariz.; Albuquerque, N.M.
- In Austin, Texas, reading and cooking
go hand in hand, with Franklin Barbecue: A Meat-Smoking Manifesto
among the top-selling Kindle and print titles.
- California is for bookworms, with three
cities making the top 20 list for the second year in a row: San
Francisco, San Diego, and San Jose.
- Denver, Colo., Las Vegas, Nev., San
Diego, Calif., and Albuquerque, N.M. all channeled their inner
child this year, with adult coloring books being among the
top-selling print titles in each of the cities.
- What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas,
with Grey: Fifty Shades of Grey as Told by Christian (Fifty Shades
of Grey Series) as the top-selling Kindle title in Las Vegas,
Nev.
Customers eager to move their city up the list can visit the
Amazon Book Editors’ Summer Reading feature at
http://www.amazon.com/summerreading, where they’ll find
recommendations ranging from beach reads to blockbusters.
About Amazon.com
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company is guided by four principles: customer obsession rather
than competitor focus, passion for invention, commitment to
operational excellence, and long-term thinking. Customer reviews,
1-Click shopping, personalized recommendations, Prime, Fulfillment
by Amazon, AWS, Kindle Direct Publishing, Kindle, Fire tablets,
Fire TV, Amazon Echo, and Alexa are some of the products and
services pioneered by Amazon. For more information, visit
www.amazon.com/about.
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