Monday, March 10, 2008

Book Lovers Ask, What's Seattle's Secret?


Ah, to be a book lover in Seattle! My hometown was featured recently in The New York Times about how Seattle is helping shape the book publishing industry. How?

The Three Big Reasons:
Amazon
Starbucks
Costco

It doesn't hurt that we have great independent bookstores, a super Central Library and lots of smart people that live here.

Update: A Seattle bookseller details the dark side of Seattle's rise in the publishing world.

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