BookPeople

BookPeople

BookPeople is an independent bookstore in Austin, Texas, and the largest bookstore in the state of Texas. [cite news |last=Pallmeyer |first=Karl |url=http://www.bizjournals.com/austin/stories/1996/06/17/smallb1.html |title=BookPeople Is Keeping the Word Alive |work=Austin Business Journal |date=1996-06-14] It was founded in 1970 and has been voted the best bookstore by the Austin Chronicle every year since 1995 as of 2007 [cite web | url=http://www.austinchronicle.com/gyrobase/Guides/location?oid=oid:46791 | title=The Austin Chronicle: BookPeople | publisher=The Austin Chronicle | accessdate=2008-08-08]

BookPeople was voted Publisher's Weekly's "Best Bookstore in the US 2005". [Mutter, John. [http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA528030.html?industryid=23611&industry=Awards "PW's Bookseller of the Year: Steve Bercu, Book People"] , Publisher's Weekly, May 2, 2005.] BookPeople is a member of the Austin Independent Business Alliance.

References

*Austin Chronicle

External links

* [http://www.bookpeople.com BookPeople Homepage]
* [http://www.ibuyaustin.com/ Austin Independent Business Alliance]


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