Powell's Bookstore - Portland, ORI was recently on a business trip to Portland, Oregon. Two full days of meetings, and not a lot of time to take in the town, but I heard from my driver about "Powell's Books". So, Friday after my last meeting I had a couple hours to kill before heading to the airport for my red-eye flight to Vermont. The bookstore was within easy walking distance from my hotel, so I decided to go see for myself. It doesn't look like much from the outside, but this place was amazing!
I went in the front door and was greeted by the most friendly staff you could imagine. I asked if they carried "The Black Swan" and they immediately directed me to the "Orange" room, and said I would find it on the end-cap of row 534. It took me a few minutes to get to the "Orange" room, but there it was - several copies of the best seller!
I soon found out why people were talking about this bookstore. There is a entire area dedicated to walk in customers looking to sell their books. It was amazing to see the line of folks holding boxes of used books that they were waiting to sell to the store. The store covers an entire city block, and you could spend DAYS looking around the place.
The website is http://www.powells.com/ and here is how they describe the store on their site:
Powell's City of Books is a book lover's paradise, the largest used and new bookstore in the world. Located in downtown Portland, Oregon and occupying an entire city block, the City stocks more than a million new and used books. Nine color coded rooms house over 3,500 different sections, offering something for every interest, including an incredible selection of out-of-print and hard-to-find titles.
If you ever find yourself in Portland, don't miss it!
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