Amazon.com Announces the Most Well-Read Cities in America
April 24 2013 - 9:00AM
Business Wire
(NASDAQ: AMZN)—Amazon.com today announced its third 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 since June 1, 2012, on a per capita
basis in cities with more than 100,000 residents. The Top 20 Most
Well-Read Cities are:
- Alexandria, Va.
- Knoxville, Tenn.
- Miami, Fla.
- Cambridge, Mass.
- Orlando, Fla.
- Ann Arbor, Mich.
- Berkeley, Calif.
- Cincinnati, Ohio
- Columbia, S.C.
- Pittsburgh, Penn.
- St. Louis, Mo.
- Salt Lake City, Utah
- Seattle, Wash.
- Vancouver, Wash.
- Gainesville, Fla.
- Atlanta, Ga.
- Dayton, Ohio
- Richmond, Va.
- Clearwater, Fla.
- Tallahassee, Fla.
In taking a closer look at the data, Amazon also found that:
- Welcome to the club: Vancouver, Wash.,
Dayton, Ohio, Clearwater, Fla. and Tallahassee, Fla. are all new on
the list this year.
- Knoxville, Tenn. made the biggest gain
this year, jumping from the #12 spot in 2012 to #2 this year.
Knoxville residents also purchased the most books in the Romance
category—top titles include Fifty Shades of Grey and Married by
Mistake.
- Blockbuster novel Gone Girl was the
best-selling book overall in Alexandria, Va., followed by the three
titles in the Fifty Shades trilogy.
- Cambridge, Mass. continues to grow the
most budding entrepreneurs. This locale topped the list for
ordering the most books in the Business & Investing category,
as well as overall nonfiction, with the top titles purchased being
Difficult Conversations: How to Discuss What Matters Most and
StrengthsFinder 2.0.
“The results of our annual Most Well-Read Cities list is proof
that people across the country are reading, and also that we’re
still seeing the popularity of Fifty Shades of Grey,” said Sara
Nelson, Editorial Director of Books and Kindle. “It’s fun for us to
see facts like the citizens of Cambridge are buying the most books
in the business category or that one of our favorite novels of
2012, Gone Girl, is the best-selling book in the Most Well-Read
City, Alexandria.”
To help contribute to their city’s well-read status and find
their next great read, customers can visit www.amazon.com/books and
www.amazon.com/kindlebooks.
About Amazon.com
Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN), a Fortune 500 company based in
Seattle, opened on the World Wide Web in July 1995 and today offers
Earth’s Biggest Selection. Amazon.com, Inc. seeks to be Earth’s
most customer-centric company, where customers can find and
discover anything they might want to buy online, and endeavors to
offer its customers the lowest possible prices. Amazon.com and
other sellers offer millions of unique new, refurbished and used
items in categories such as Books; Movies, Music & Games;
Digital Downloads; Electronics & Computers; Home & Garden;
Toys, Kids & Baby; Grocery; Apparel, Shoes & Jewelry;
Health & Beauty; Sports & Outdoors; and Tools, Auto &
Industrial. Amazon Web Services provides Amazon’s developer
customers with access to in-the-cloud infrastructure services based
on Amazon’s own back-end technology platform, which developers can
use to enable virtually any type of business. Kindle Paperwhite is
the most-advanced e-reader ever constructed with 62% more pixels
and 25% increased contrast, a patented built-in front light for
reading in all lighting conditions, extra-long battery life, and a
thin and light design. The new latest generation Kindle, the
lightest and smallest Kindle, now features new, improved fonts and
faster page turns. Kindle Fire HD features a stunning custom
high-definition display, exclusive Dolby audio with dual stereo
speakers, high-end, laptop-grade Wi-Fi with dual-band support,
dual-antennas and MIMO for faster streaming and downloads, enough
storage for HD content, and the latest generation processor and
graphics engine—and it is available in two display sizes—7” and
8.9”. The large-screen Kindle Fire HD is also available with 4G
wireless, and comes with a groundbreaking $49.99 introductory 4G
LTE data package. The all-new Kindle Fire features a 20% faster
processor, 40% faster performance, twice the memory, and longer
battery life.
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Forward-Looking Statements
This announcement contains forward-looking statements within the
meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section
21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Actual results may
differ significantly from management's expectations. These
forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties that
include, among others, risks related to competition, management of
growth, new products, services and technologies, potential
fluctuations in operating results, international expansion,
outcomes of legal proceedings and claims, fulfillment and data
center optimization, seasonality, commercial agreements,
acquisitions and strategic transactions, foreign exchange rates,
system interruption, inventory, government regulation and taxation,
payments and fraud. More information about factors that potentially
could affect Amazon.com's financial results is included in
Amazon.com's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission,
including its most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K and subsequent
filings.
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