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'''Powell's Books''' is a chain of [[bookstore]]s in [[Portland, Oregon|Portland]], [[Oregon]], and its surrounding [[Portland metropolitan area|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="city of books">{{Cite web |title=Powell's Books on Burnside |url=https://www.powells.com/locations/powells-city-of-books |access-date=2009-03-12 |publisher=Powell's City of Books}}</ref> Powell's City of Books is located in the [[Pearl District]] on the edge of [[Downtown Portland|downtown]] and occupies a full [[city block]] between NW 10th and 11th Avenues and between W. Burnside and NW Couch Streets. It contains over {{convert|68,000|ft2|abbr=off}}, about 1.6 acres of retail floor space.
The City of Books has nine color-coded rooms and over 3,500 different sections.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Powell's City of Books at Burnside - Powell's Books |url=https://www.powells.com/locations/powells-city-of-books |website=www.powells.com}}</ref>
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In early 2013, Emily Powell announced that Miriam Sontz, the company's chief operating officer, would take over as chief executive officer.<ref>{{Cite news |date=25 April 2013 |title=Owner, new CEO of Powell's Books see strength in brick and mortar |publisher=The Oregonian/OregonLive |url=https://www.oregonlive.com/business/2013/04/owner_new_ceo_of_powells_books.html}}</ref>
In 2016, CNN rated it one of the "coolest" bookstores in the world.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Frances Cha |date=July 30, 2014 |title=World's coolest bookstores |url=http://edition.cnn.com/2014/07/23/travel/worlds-coolest-bookstores/index.html |access-date=2016-06-18 |publisher=CNN}}</ref>
CEO Miriam Sontz retired in January 2019.<ref>{{Cite news |date=January 3, 2019 |title=New Laws, Northwest Fires, Changes In The Book Biz |publisher=OPB |url=https://www.opb.org/radio/programs/thinkoutloud/segment/daylight-saving-time-changes-in-the-book-biz-new-laws/}}</ref> Emily Powell remains president and owner.<ref>{{Cite news |title=CEO of Powell's Books will retire in January 2019 |publisher=KATU News |url=https://katu.com/news/local/ceo-of-powells-books-miriam-sontz-will-retire-in-january-2019}}</ref>
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