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Originally started by former General Motors parts and service employee [[Howard Canada]] as a retirement project, '''[[Howard's Bookstore]]''' became a staple business on the [[Bloomington]] [[The Square|downtown square]]. Operated for 22 years by [[Jane Canada|Jane]] and [[Howard Canada]], the store specializes in special orders, children's books, and local southern Indiana history.  
'''Powell's Books''' is a chain of [[bookstore]]s in the [[Portland metropolitan area]]. Powell's headquarters, dubbed '''Powell's City of Books''', claims to be the largest [[independent bookstore|independent new and used bookstore]] in the world.<ref name="burnside">{{cite web | title = Powell's Books on Burnside | publisher = Powell's City of Books | url = http://www.powells.com/info/places/burnsideinfo.html | accessdate = 2009-03-12}} </ref> Powell's City of Books is located in the [[Pearl District]] on the edge of [[Downtown]], and occupies a full city block, between NW 10th and 11th Avenues and between W Burnside and NW Couch Streets. It contains over 68,000 ft² (6,300 m² or about 1.6 acres) of retail floor space.


Over the years it occupied four locations adjacent to the [[Monroe County Courthouse]]. It started out in the old [[Allen Building]], but moved to the south side of the square shortly afterwards. In [[1987]] it moved to the [[Kresge Building]], owned by Bloomington attorney [[Ken Nunn]], when [[CFC, Inc.]] began renovating the [[Fountain Square Mall]]. When Kresge building rents increased in [[1992]], [[Howard Canada]] made the decision to move back to the now-renovated [[Fountain Square Mall]] into virtually the same space the storefront had occupied before.
The inventory for its retail and online sales is over four million new, used, [[Book collecting|rare]], and out-of-print books.<ref>{{cite web | title = Internet Retailer Best of the Web 2006 | publisher = [[Internet Retailer]] | url = http://www.internetretailer.com/article.asp?id=16892#powells | accessdate = 2007-08-28}}</ref> Since 2005, its website has also offered [[DVD|DVDs]] with free shipping, with an inventory of over 40,000. At its retail stores it shelves all new and used books side-by-side. Powell's buys around 3000 used books a day.<ref name="burnside" />


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Powell's has an Internet presence which began in 1993 as email and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ftp FTP]-based access to its technical bookstore; it has since expanded to incorporate fiction and other genres as a traditional [[ecommerce]] site.<ref>[http://www.powells.com/info/details.html History of Powells.com] from its website</ref>  Their website was established in 1994, before [[Amazon.com]], and has contributed substantially to the chain's recent growth.<ref>{{cite web | first = Lisa  | last = Baker | title = Powell’s success story adds a chapter | publisher = [[Portland Tribune]] | date = [[March 19]], [[2004]] | url = http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=23515 | accessdate = 2007-08-28}}</ref>


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Powell's NW 10th & Burnside entrance
Powell's NW 10th & Burnside entrance

Powell's Books is a chain of bookstores in the Portland metropolitan area. Powell's headquarters, dubbed Powell's City of Books, claims to be the largest independent new and used bookstore in the world.[1] Powell's City of Books is located in the Pearl District on the edge of Downtown, and occupies a full city block, between NW 10th and 11th Avenues and between W Burnside and NW Couch Streets. It contains over 68,000 ft² (6,300 m² or about 1.6 acres) of retail floor space.

The inventory for its retail and online sales is over four million new, used, rare, and out-of-print books.[2] Since 2005, its website has also offered DVDs with free shipping, with an inventory of over 40,000. At its retail stores it shelves all new and used books side-by-side. Powell's buys around 3000 used books a day.[1]

Powell's has an Internet presence which began in 1993 as email and FTP-based access to its technical bookstore; it has since expanded to incorporate fiction and other genres as a traditional ecommerce site.[3] Their website was established in 1994, before Amazon.com, and has contributed substantially to the chain's recent growth.[4]

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