06-04-2023, 01:55 PM
Bastards! 
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/a...nline-shop
"The online shop Book Depository is due to close at the end of April, vendors and publishing partners have been told. This comes after the booksellerÔÇÖs parent company┬áAmazon┬áannounced it had decided to ÔÇ£eliminateÔÇØ a number of positions across its Devices and Books businesses.
The Gloucester-based bookseller was founded in 2004 by Stuart Felton and Andrew Crawford, a former Amazon employee, with the mantra of ÔÇ£selling ÔÇÿless of moreÔÇÖ rather than ÔÇÿmore of lessÔÇÖÔÇØ. It aimed to sell 6m titles covering a wide variety of genres and topics, as opposed to focusing solely on bestsellers. While originally a rival to Amazon, it was acquired by the retail giant in 2011, causing some in the publishing industry to worry about the┬átightening of the American companyÔÇÖs ÔÇ£strangleholdÔÇØ┬áon the UK book trade.
According to the trade magazine┬áthe Bookseller, an email sent out to vendors and publishing partners explained that Book Depository will be closing, and that the last date customers will be able to place orders is 26 April. ÔÇ£Over the coming weeks we will complete a winding down of the business, including discontinuing our listings as a marketplace seller and closing our website,ÔÇØ Andy Chart, head of vendor management, wrote.
 In total, the company was planning to make just over 18,000 people redundant, Jassy added. Amazon has not shared how many jobs will be lost specifically at Book Depository."
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/a...nline-shop
"The online shop Book Depository is due to close at the end of April, vendors and publishing partners have been told. This comes after the booksellerÔÇÖs parent company┬áAmazon┬áannounced it had decided to ÔÇ£eliminateÔÇØ a number of positions across its Devices and Books businesses.
The Gloucester-based bookseller was founded in 2004 by Stuart Felton and Andrew Crawford, a former Amazon employee, with the mantra of ÔÇ£selling ÔÇÿless of moreÔÇÖ rather than ÔÇÿmore of lessÔÇÖÔÇØ. It aimed to sell 6m titles covering a wide variety of genres and topics, as opposed to focusing solely on bestsellers. While originally a rival to Amazon, it was acquired by the retail giant in 2011, causing some in the publishing industry to worry about the┬átightening of the American companyÔÇÖs ÔÇ£strangleholdÔÇØ┬áon the UK book trade.
According to the trade magazine┬áthe Bookseller, an email sent out to vendors and publishing partners explained that Book Depository will be closing, and that the last date customers will be able to place orders is 26 April. ÔÇ£Over the coming weeks we will complete a winding down of the business, including discontinuing our listings as a marketplace seller and closing our website,ÔÇØ Andy Chart, head of vendor management, wrote.
 In total, the company was planning to make just over 18,000 people redundant, Jassy added. Amazon has not shared how many jobs will be lost specifically at Book Depository."
in order to be old & wise, you must first be young & stupid. (I'm still working on that.)
