Book town

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A book town is a town or village with a large number of second-hand or antiquarian book shops. These shops, and sometimes also literary festivals, attract bibliophile tourists to them The first book town was Hay-on-Wye in Wales. Its example was followed by numerous communities, first in Europe and later across the world. A number of the book towns are organised in the International Organisation of Book Towns.

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