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.

Popular UK-based company Book Depository will be closing its e-shutters for good at the end of April, handing booksellers a golden opportunity to give their ...

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."

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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English majors and bookworms will have one less place to get their books come April 26 when Amazon shuts down popular online bookstore Book Depository.

Amazon also recently laid off over 100 employees in its video games sector and saw about 9,000 more layoffs in March this year. The company also recently laid off over 100 employees in its video games sector and saw about 9,000 more layoffs in March this year. The email reportedly said that it will be winding down its business in the coming weeks including "discontinuing our listings as a marketplace seller" and closing the website.

"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.

The online book seller announces its closure on social media, saying it will still honour orders placed in the coming weeks.

"This is such sad news. "However, given the uncertain economy in which we reside, and the uncertainty that exists in the near future, we have chosen to be more streamlined in our costs and headcount. "The overriding tenet of our annual planning this year was to be leaner while doing so in a way that enables us to still invest robustly in the key long-term customer experiences that we believe can meaningfully improve customers' lives and Amazon as a whole." "This made sense given what was happening in our businesses and the economy as a whole. You have made it possible to send books to my nieces and nephews in mainland Europe in spite of Brexit," another said. "Our vision is to provide all books to all by improving range, access and affordability of books," the website says.

Last year, it revealed that dozens of physical retail stores in the US and UK, including some of its brick-and-mortar bookstores and cashierless Amazon Go ...

This is something that Amazon can’t give you and Book Depository didn’t either,” he added. People need to support local publishers, especially indie ones, because they give authors a platform and “surface voices from the margins”, he said. It will continue to deliver and provide support for orders until June 23. “It is important to give a platform to new voices and not just established authors, not just books on the Amazon bestsellers list.” The 24-year-old said: “Back then, I had a smaller budget for books and Book Depository was the cheapest place to get them.” For some consumers, the closure of Book Depository could mean the loss of a source to buy cheaper books.

Amazon-owned operator does not give any reason in statement indicating shutdown.

The news comes as Amazon continues to lay off thousands of workers as it looks ahead to what its chief executive has described as economically uncertain ...

It comes as Amazon lays off thousands of workers, looking ahead to what it describes as economically uncertain times. In a message on its website, Book Depository said to customers: "We are sorry to let you know that Book Depository will be closing on 26 April 2023. The news comes as Amazon continues to lay off thousands of workers as it looks ahead to what its chief executive has described as economically uncertain times.

SINGAPORE — During the Covid-19 circuit breaker period, content creator Natalie Tan ordered five or six books "every other week" from Book Depository, ...

Ms Goh said that she was an avid reader and had often used Book Depository to find books she couldn't source locally. Without them, I think I'll rely more on libraries and reduce my buying." This meant she would receive an additional bookmark. Ms Chen, 24, told TODAY that she was "heartbroken" when she heard the news and recalled a time when Book Depository went the extra mile for her when she wanted to purchase a book that had gone out of print. - TODAY spoke to 10 avid readers who lamented the news of the closure, calling the impending loss of Book Depository as "tragic" and "heartbreaking" SINGAPORE — During the Covid-19 circuit breaker period, content creator Natalie Tan ordered five or six books "every other week" from Book Depository, as it was the cheapest online bookstore and going to the library was not an option at the time.

Amazon's cost-cutting is moving beyond layoffs as it cuts its online book retailer, Book Depository.

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