Book Depository to close

[Brian G Turner]

Amazon is shutting down Book Depository:

Amazon closing UK-based online shop Book Depository

The announcement was met with sadness by many of its customers from around the world.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[Harpo]

Awful. And it’s happening for reasons of reducing costs?

[insert “THIRD RICHEST PERSON IN THE WORLD” joke here]

 

[Hugh]

Some ten or fifteen years ago I used to buy from them very regularly, but not recently. I don't know why that is.

 

[Snicklefritz]

Amazon is shutting down Book Depository:

Amazon closing UK-based online shop Book Depository

The announcement was met with sadness by many of its customers from around the world.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[Brian G Turner]

And it’s happening for reasons of reducing costs?

Well, it's a book store company owned by a book store company. How many does Amazon need?

 

[Harpo]

Well, it's a book store company owned by a book store company. How many does Amazon need?

Then save jobs and give it away, make it’s customers happy by setting it free to exist in the world as a competitor to Amaz....oh. Right.

 

[soulsinging]

I saw this but don't understand what it was. One of the articles said it shipped books free of charge. Is it just an online retailer or some sort of non-profit?

 

[Steve Harrison]

I saw this but don't understand what it was. One of the articles said it shipped books free of charge. Is it just an online retailer or some sort of non-profit?

It is (was) an online bookstore with free shipping world wide. Not sure how they did that, but I used to buy from them a lot before switching to an ereader.

It's a shame it's closing, not least because my publisher just got my novels on there!

 

[paranoid marvin]

I wonder how far we are away from printing books to order.

Which book do you want?

Which edition would you like?

Which cover would you prefer?

Hardback/softback/ebook?

There you go

So if you fancy reading a first edition of LOTR without shelling out a fortune, or worrying about damaging it - you can.