From humble storefront beginnings in 1971 on a derelict corner of northwest Portland,
Powells Books has grown into one of the world's great bookstores, with seven locations in the Portland metropolitan area, and one of the book world's most successful dot-coms (
www.powells.com), serving customers worldwide.
Powells distinctive synergy today underpins four full-service bookstores (Powell's City of Books, Powell's at Cascade Plaza, Powell's on Hawthorne, and Powell's at PDX), two specialty stores (Powell's Technical Books and Powell's Books for Cooks & Gardeners), and
Powells.com.
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Powells is much more than just another online bookstore - it's the greatest bookstore in the world, bar none. Strategic partnerships with distributors and content providers, along with a steady stream of national publicity, have catapulted
Powells, the independent bookseller, to the forefront of the book industry. Tens of thousands of web-surfers visit Powells.com every day to browse among more than a million used books, including many rare and out-of-print editions, as well as a wide selection of new, frontlist titles.
Not content to rest on already impressive laurels, Powells online bookstore is continuously evolving, and you'll often discover handy new features, search tools, and lots of other useful bits and pieces to make your Powells book-buying experience an ever better one. If you're looking for the best book buying experience on the web, then you must be looking for
Powells!
You'll always find a great deal on books at
Powells for both new or used books. Powells has millions of out-of-print, older in-print, and otherwise unavailable titles in stock, and is a name you can trust for a fast and courteous service and an excellent range of new and hard-to-find books.
So, whether you're looking for the children's books, latest bestsellers or college textbooks, winners from The National Book Awards or even a list of Pulitzer Prize winners and their books, you'll find no better place to start than the
Powells Online Bookstore - truly a breath of fresh air!
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