Powell's Books is Powell's Books is an independent bookstore with a history of more than 40 years, established in 1971, and has always been a bookstore whose core competency is "selling books. Since 1979, the store not only sells new books, but also displays used books side by side, allowing book lovers to choose their favorite versions to buy at home.

Powell's Books is known as The world's largest independent bookstore, located in the downtown Wesr Burnside Street, in this occupies an entire street outline of the four-story bookstore, the collection of more than one million books (if you add the other four branches in Portland and the suburbs of the book volume, more than two million books), in order to avoid book lovers get lost, the flagship store not only to red, orange, yellow, green, blue and other nine colors to distinguish between the book collection, but also In order to prevent book lovers from getting lost, the flagship store is not only divided into nine colors, including red, orange, yellow, green and blue, but also printed with a map for people to follow. The so-called "immersed in the sea of books" is definitely not just an adjective here, as you walk through the almost ceiling-high shelves and aisles.

In addition to finding your favorite books, there is also a "Rare Book Room" in the store, where you can enter by exchanging your pass with the counter. There are about 9,000 rare books on the elegant dark wood shelves, some of which are old, some of which are rare, and many of which have been exquisitely hand-painted, making them very attractive. It is worth mentioning that the oldest book in the store was published in 1480, only twenty years after Gutenberg invented movable type printing, a very rare cradle book (incunabula).

Not only do they collect books that are on the verge of disappearing, Powell's Books is also a place where books are "born"! In the purple book room on the second floor of the bookstore, placed the famous "Espresso Book Machine" digital custom printing machine (On Demand Books), as long as you bring your own compiled book content files, from the inside, cover printing to binding, just brew a cup of Espresso coffee time, you can have their own independent publication of books, many small local Many small local publishers are fans. When you have the chance to visit, you may want to pass by, you may have the opportunity to witness the birth of the next great book!