Book Depository

Book Depository, the UK-based online bookseller set up by a former Amazon employee and bought by Amazon in 2011, is closing down.

Amazon is set to shutter Book Depository, a UK-based online bookstore and competitor it acquired back in 2011.

The online book retailer Book Depository was bought by Amazon in 2011. By the end of April, it will be shutting down for good.

Amazon will close Gloucester-based online shop Book Depository at the end of April following staff reduction announcement.

Bookseller says impact of closure on Irish consumers unlikely to be pronounced given range of online options.

“The move of Irish bookselling online saw 20 years’ worth of work done in two years. “In one way it means nothing because people who were shopping on the site were actually buying off Amazon and they can still do that at very similar prices.” He said the review had been “more difficult given the uncertain economy and that we’ve hired rapidly over the last several years”.

The bookseller was famous for both its wide catalog of available books to order as well as for providing free shipping all over the world.

He continued: "Between the reductions we made in November and the ones we're sharing today, we plan to eliminate just over 18,000 roles." We are sorry to let you know that Book Depository will be closing on 26 April 2023. "Between the reductions we made in November and the ones we're sharing today, we plan to eliminate just over 18,000 roles."

Amazon's decision to close the Book Depository online bookshop at the end of April is being celebrated by independent New Zealand booksellers.

”From all of us at Book Depository we want to say ‘thank you’. *

Customers have until 7pm (Singapore time) on April 26 to place their orders. Read more at straitstimes.com.

The company is also in the process of closing down its cloud storage service Amazon Drive by the end of 2023. It will continue to deliver and provide support for orders until June 23. Popular online store Book Depository is set to close at the end of April, amid

SINGAPORE: Popular online store Book Depository on Tuesday (Apr 4) announced it will be closing on Apr 26. Customers can still place orders until noon BST ...

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"From all of us at Book Depository we want to say 'thank you'. Delivering your favourite reads to you since 2007 has been a pleasure."

Customers can place their last orders by 12pm on the same day. According to the report, the news of Book Depository's closure comes after Amazon announced that it had decided to "eliminate" a number of positions across its Devices and Books businesses. One of the world's most popular international online bookstores, Book Depository, just announced that it will be closing down by the end of this month

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

As part of the shakeup, the company announced changes to its book business, including the decision to stop selling magazines and newspaper subscriptions on its e-book device Kindle. Thousands of Book Depository customers, including bestselling authors, reacted with sadness over the announcement. The news was met with sadness by many of Book Depository's customers from around the world.