Writer Off The Leash: Do You Live in a Well-Read City?

Wednesday, June 3, 2015

Do You Live in a Well-Read City?

I live in Minneapolis, which is known for several things . . . crazy liberal politicians, the shopping mecca Mall of America, and it's the land of 10,000 lakes (and a corresponding mosquito population). Theater is big here, but apparently not reading. Minneapolis did not make the cut of the top 10 well-read cities in America.

Did yours? Read on to find out.

A recent study done by the mother of all booksellers -- Amazon -- measured sales for both print and Kindle formats from April 2014 through April 2015 and here are the results:

10. Louisville, KY
9. Denver, CO
8. Albequerque, NM
7. San Francisco, CA
6. Austin, TX
5. Washington, DC
4. Tucson, AZ
3. Las Vegas, NV
2. Portland, OR

And in the number one slot where the most readerly beasts reside is Seattle, WA.

So, did your city make the cut?

2 comments:

Brenda S. Anderson said...: Interesting. I'd always heard that the Twin Cities area was one of the most literate in the country, so of course I had to Google that and I found this article in USA Today from April 2015: http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/books/2015/04/10/americas-most-literate-cities-minneapolis/25531751/.

Maybe we just don't buy our books off of Amazon?; June 4, 2015 at 7:24 AM
Michelle Griep said...: Hah! Just goes to show there's a study or survey that can prove just about anything, eh? Thanks for sharing!; June 4, 2015 at 8:02 AM