The Book Depository was a small-scale competitor to Amazon’s online bookselling business, shipping books to readers in more than 100 countries and at the time of the acquisition, some feared that it signalled a tightening of Amazon’s “stranglehold” over the UK’s online book trade.īut despite industry protests, the deal ultimately received regulatory approval, with the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) affirming at the time that Book Depository wasn’t a true competitor owing to its relative size. The UK-based Book Depository was bought by the retail giant in 2011 after being founded in 2004 by Stuart Felton and Andrew Crawford, a former Amazon employee, with the mantra of “selling ‘less of more’ rather than ‘more of less’.” Find best-selling books, new releases, and classics in every category, from Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird to the latest by Stephen King or the next installment in the Diary of a Wimpy Kid children’s book series. The online shop Book Depository is due to close at the end of April as parent company Amazon is trimming its devices and books businesses.Ĭustomers can still place orders until midday on 26 April and the Book Depository will continue to deliver purchases and provide support for any order issues until 23 June 2023, the company said.Īmazon recently announced layoffs impacting at least 27,000 employees across various divisions including its highly profitable AWS cloud unit and, its devices and books businesses. Books has the world’s largest selection of new and used titles to suit any reader's tastes.
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