that st. paul snub is really gonna cheese off garrison keillor

if minneapolis is really america's most literate city (and st. paul ranks #4), how come i only sold three copies of locked out in my own metro area? wait-- don't answer that. we're hoping for better luck marketing contexts locally.

minneapolis is actually tied for the top spot with seattle. the rankings are based on "six key indicators of literacy (newspaper circulation, number of bookstores, library resources, periodical publishing resources, educational attainment and Internet resources)."

here's the top-ten list:

1. Minneapolis and Seattle (tie)
3. Washington, D.C.
4. St. Paul
5. San Francisco
6. Atlanta
7. Denver
8. Boston
9. St. Louis
10. Cincinnati and Portland, Ore. (tie)

Source: America's Most Literate Cities, 2008