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| - Powell's Books, is America's largest bookstore, with seven locations in the Portland, Or metropolitan area (about 150 miles south of Seattle), as well as online sales. Powell's sells new and used books.
- Powell's Books is a chain of bookstores in the Portland metropolitan area with origins in Chicago, Illinois. Powell's headquarters location, Powell's City of Books, claims to be the largest independent new and used bookstore in the world. Powell's City of Books is located in the Pearl District on the edge of Downtown Portland|downtown, occupying a full city block between NW 10th and 11th Avenues and between W Burnside and NW Couch Streets. It is open 365 days a year, and contains over 68,000 ft² (6,300 m²) of retail floor space. Powell's is a member of the American Booksellers Association.
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| - Powell's Books, is America's largest bookstore, with seven locations in the Portland, Or metropolitan area (about 150 miles south of Seattle), as well as online sales. Powell's sells new and used books.
- Powell's Books is a chain of bookstores in the Portland metropolitan area with origins in Chicago, Illinois. Powell's headquarters location, Powell's City of Books, claims to be the largest independent new and used bookstore in the world. Powell's City of Books is located in the Pearl District on the edge of Downtown Portland|downtown, occupying a full city block between NW 10th and 11th Avenues and between W Burnside and NW Couch Streets. It is open 365 days a year, and contains over 68,000 ft² (6,300 m²) of retail floor space. The inventory for its retail and online sales is over four million new, used, Book collecting|rare, and out-of-print books.; since 2005 it has also offered DVDs, with an inventory of over 40,000, mostly available online. At its retail stores, it follows the somewhat unusual practice of shelving new and used books side-by-side. It buys around 3000 used books a day. Powell's has had an Internet presence which began as email- and File transfer protocol|ftp-based access to its technical bookstore and has since expanded to incorporate fiction and other genres. Their website was established in 1994, before Amazon.com, and has contributed substantially to the chain's recent growth. The company was founded by Walter Powell in 1971. His son, Michael Powell, had started a bookstore in Chicago, Illinois in 1970 which specializes in used, rare, and discounted books, primarily academic and scholarly. Michael Powell soon joined his father in Portland, leading the expansion business to what it is today. Powell's is a member of the American Booksellers Association.
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