In the February 12th, 2007 issue of Publisher's Weekly, Judith Rosen has written a piece about bookselling in Connecticut. Although the third smallest state in the U.S., Connecticut has an amazing appetite for books and wields much influence on the nation's book market. Connecticut is also home to an increasing number of authors and writers which we celebrate at our Libraries continuously.

The Hartford Public Library hosts the Connecticut Center for the Book which was "created in 1997 to celebrate books and to act as a catalyst and a source of ideas for the community of the book - artists, writers, readers, librarians, publishers and printers. "