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Hay Castle bookshop in Hay-on-Wye, Wales, with other bookshops on the road behind. Hay-on-Wye, taken from the castle.jpg
Hay Castle bookshop in Hay-on-Wye, Wales, with other bookshops on the road behind.

A book town is a town or village with many used book or antiquarian bookstores. These stores, as well as literary festivals, attract bibliophile tourists. Some book towns are members of the International Organisation of Book Towns. [1]

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List of book towns

Bookshops seen along Main Street in Hobart, NY Hobartnymainstreet.jpg
Bookshops seen along Main Street in Hobart, NY

Book towns with known dates of operation

Book towns with unknown dates of operation

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