PowellsBooks
From
humble storefront beginnings in 1971 on a derelict corner of northwest
Portland, Oregon, Powell's Books has grown into one of the world's great bookstores,
with five locations in the Portland metropolitan area, and one of the
book world's most successful dot-coms, serving customers
worldwide. Powell's was founded by Walter Powell in 1971. His son, Michael Powell, had started a bookstore in Chicago, Illinois,
in 1970 which specialized in used, rare, and discounted books,
primarily of an academic and scholarly nature. In 1979, Michael Powell
joined his father in Portland, right after his father lost its lease;
within a year, they found the location that became its current
headquarters. Michael bought the bookstore from his father in 1982. The inventory for its retail and online sales is over four million new, used, rare, and out-of-print books. Powell's buys around 3,000 used books a day.
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