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{{short description|UK-based online book seller (founded in 2004)}}
{{short description|UK-based online book seller (founded in 2004)}}
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{{Infobox website
{{Infobox website
| name = The Book Depository Ltd.
| name = The Book Depository Ltd.
| logo = [[Image:The Book Depository.svg|220px|The Book Depository]]
| logo = [[Image:The Book Depository.svg|220px|The Book Depository]]
| company_type = [[Limited company]]
| company_type = [[Subsidiary]]
| foundation = {{Start date|2004}}
| foundation = {{Start date and age|2004}}
| location = [[London]], UK
| location = [[London]], UK
| area_served = Worldwide
| area_served = Worldwide
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| products = [[Books]]
| products = [[Books]]
| num_employees = 150{{citation needed|date=January 2018}}
| num_employees = 150{{citation needed|date=January 2018}}
| parent = [[Amazon (company)|Amazon]] (2011–present)
| parent = [[Amazon (company)|Amazon]] (2011–2023)
| url = {{URL|bookdepository.com}}
| url = {{URL|bookdepository.com}}
| website_type = [[E-commerce]]
| website_type = [[E-commerce]]
| language = [[English language|English]]
| language = [[English language|English]]
| launch_date = {{start date and age|2004}}
| launch_date = {{start date and age|2004}}
| dissolved = {{End date and age|2023|04|26|df=yes}}
| revenue = £69 million (2010)<ref name="guardian">{{cite news | url = https://www.theguardian.com/books/2011/jul/05/amazon-the-book-depository |title= Booksellers fear 'stranglehold' as Amazon snaps up British rival The Book Depository | publisher= [[The Guardian]] | location=London | first=Zoe | last=Wood | date=5 July 2011}}</ref>
| revenue = £69 million (2010)<ref name="guardian">{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2011/jul/05/amazon-the-book-depository |title=Booksellers fear 'stranglehold' as Amazon snaps up British rival The Book Depository |publisher=[[The Guardian]] |location=London |first=Zoe |last=Wood |date=5 July 2011}}</ref>
}}
}}

[[Image:The book depository logo.png|thumb|Logo until 2016]]
[[Image:The book depository logo.png|thumb|Logo until 2016]]


'''Book Depository''' (previously ''The Book Depository'') was a [[Gloucester]], United Kingdom based online book seller. Founded by a former [[Amazon (company)|Amazon]] employee, it operated from 2004 to 2023.
'''Book Depository''' (previously ''The Book Depository'') is a [[United Kingdom|UK]]-based online book seller with a large catalogue, offering free shipping to over 160 countries.<ref>{{Citation | title = Help | url = https://www.bookdepository.com/help/topic/HelpId/3/Which-countries-do-you-deliver-to#helpContent | contribution = Which countries do you deliver to? | publisher = The Book depository}}.</ref> Founded by a former [[Amazon (company)|Amazon]] employee, it was acquired by Amazon on July 4, 2011.<ref>{{Citation | publisher = The Book Depository | title = Help | contribution = How does the Amazon acquisition affect The Book Depository customers? | url = http://www.bookdepository.com/help/topic/HelpId/54/How-does-the-Amazon-acquisition-affect-The-Book-Depository-customers#helpContent}}.</ref><ref name="guardian"/>


==History==
==History==
The company was founded in 2004 by [[Andrew Crawford (entrepreneur)|Andrew Crawford]] and Stuart Felton. Its motto is to make "All Books Available to All"<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=https://www.bookdepository.com/help/topic/HelpId/35/About-us#helpContent|title=Book Depository: Free delivery worldwide on over 20 million books|website=www.bookdepository.com}}</ref> by improving selection, access and affordability.<ref name="auto"/> The Book Depository is due to shut down its operations in late April 2023.
The company was founded in 2004 by [[Andrew Crawford (entrepreneur)|Andrew Crawford]] (former Amazon employee) and Stuart Felton. Its motto was to make "All Books Available to All"<ref name="auto">{{Cite web |url=https://www.bookdepository.com/help/topic/HelpId/35/About-us#helpContent |title=Book Depository: Free delivery worldwide on over 20 million books |website=www.bookdepository.com}}</ref> by improving selection, access and affordability.<ref name="auto"/>

It was acquired by Amazon on 4 July 2011.<ref>{{Citation |title=Help |url=http://www.bookdepository.com/help/topic/HelpId/54/How-does-the-Amazon-acquisition-affect-The-Book-Depository-customers#helpContent |contribution=How does the Amazon acquisition affect The Book Depository customers? |publisher=The Book Depository}}.</ref><ref name="guardian" /> The move led commentators to worry about the 'strangle hold' of Amazon on the UK book market.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |last=Knight |first=Lucy |date=2023-04-04 |title=Amazon to close Book Depository online shop |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/apr/04/amazon-to-close-book-depository-online-shop |access-date=2023-06-25 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref>

On 5 April 2023, Amazon announced that it would be closing down Book Depository on 26 April 2023.<ref>{{cite web |last=Miller |first=Monica |date=5 April 2023 |title=Amazon closing UK-based online shop Book Depository |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/business-65184776 |access-date=5 April 2023 |publisher=[[BBC]]}}</ref>

==Service==
The company had a large catalogue with a 'less of more' philosophy.<ref name=":0" /> It offered free shipping to over 160 countries.<ref>{{Citation |title=Help |url=https://www.bookdepository.com/help/topic/HelpId/3/Which-countries-do-you-deliver-to#helpContent |contribution=Which countries do you deliver to? |publisher=The Book depository}}.</ref>


==Awards==
==Awards==
⚫
In 2009 and 2010, it won Direct Bookselling Company of the Year at the Bookseller Industry Awards,<ref>{{cite web |title=Bookseller Award |url=https://www.eventsforce.net/bookseller/frontend/reg/tOtherPage.csp?pageID=4703&ef_sel_menu=171&eventID=20&eventID=2 |publisher=Events force}}</ref> and the Queen's Award For Enterprise.{{cn|date=July 2023}}

In 2012, Book Depository was a finalist for the Fast Growth Business Awards' Retail/Leisure Business of the Year award, and won two [[UK Startup Awards]], Online Business of the Year and Retailer of the Year.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.startups.co.uk/online-business-of-the-year_6.html |title= Start-up Award | publisher= Startups | place = UK}}</ref>
In 2012, Book Depository was a finalist for the Fast Growth Business Awards' Retail/Leisure Business of the Year award, and won two [[UK Startup Awards]], Online Business of the Year and Retailer of the Year.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.startups.co.uk/online-business-of-the-year_6.html |title= Start-up Award | publisher= Startups | place = UK}}</ref>


In 2013, it was ranked 5th in the [[Sunday Times Fast Track 100#2008 Fast Track 100 List|Sunday Times Fast Track 100]].<ref>{{cite web | place = UK | url = http://www.fasttrack.co.uk/fasttrack/leagues/dbIndex.asp?siteID=1&yr=2008&sort=num&area1=99&x=23&y=20 | title = Bookdepository | year = 2008 | publisher = Fast Track | work = 100 List | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120112115427/http://www.fasttrack.co.uk/fasttrack/leagues/dbIndex.asp?siteID=1&yr=2008&sort=num&area1=99&x=23&y=20 | archive-date = 2012-01-12 }}</ref>
In 2013, it was ranked 5th in the [[Sunday Times Fast Track 100#2008 Fast Track 100 List|Sunday Times Fast Track 100]].<ref>{{cite web | place = UK | url = http://www.fasttrack.co.uk/fasttrack/leagues/dbIndex.asp?siteID=1&yr=2008&sort=num&area1=99&x=23&y=20 | title = Bookdepository | year = 2008 | publisher = Fast Track | work = 100 List | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120112115427/http://www.fasttrack.co.uk/fasttrack/leagues/dbIndex.asp?siteID=1&yr=2008&sort=num&area1=99&x=23&y=20 | archive-date = 2012-01-12 }}</ref>

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In 2009 and 2010, it won Direct Bookselling Company of the Year at the Bookseller Industry Awards,<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.eventsforce.net/bookseller/frontend/reg/tOtherPage.csp?pageID=4703&ef_sel_menu=171&eventID=20&eventID=2 |title= Bookseller Award | publisher= Events force}}</ref> and the Queen's Award For Enterprise.


== See also ==
== See also ==
{{Portal|Books|Companies|Internet|Books}}
{{Portal|Books|Companies|Internet}}
* [[List of online booksellers]]
* [[List of online booksellers]]
* [[AbeBooks]]
* [[World of Books]]


==References==
==References==
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==External links==
==External links==
* {{Official website|http://www.bookdepository.com/}}
* {{Official website|http://www.bookdepository.com/}}

{{Amazon}}
{{Amazon}}


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Latest revision as of 19:01, 21 October 2023

The Book Depository Ltd.
The Book Depository
Type of businessSubsidiary
Type of site
E-commerce
Available inEnglish
Founded2004; 20 years ago (2004)
Dissolved26 April 2023; 13 months ago (2023-04-26)
HeadquartersLondon, UK
Area servedWorldwide
IndustryBookselling, Online shopping
ProductsBooks
Revenue£69 million (2010)[1]
Employees150[citation needed]
ParentAmazon (2011–2023)
URLbookdepository.com
Launched2004; 20 years ago (2004)
Logo until 2016

Book Depository (previously The Book Depository) was a Gloucester, United Kingdom based online book seller. Founded by a former Amazon employee, it operated from 2004 to 2023.

History[edit]

The company was founded in 2004 by Andrew Crawford (former Amazon employee) and Stuart Felton. Its motto was to make "All Books Available to All"[2] by improving selection, access and affordability.[2]

It was acquired by Amazon on 4 July 2011.[3][1] The move led commentators to worry about the 'strangle hold' of Amazon on the UK book market.[4]

On 5 April 2023, Amazon announced that it would be closing down Book Depository on 26 April 2023.[5]

Service[edit]

The company had a large catalogue with a 'less of more' philosophy.[4] It offered free shipping to over 160 countries.[6]

Awards[edit]

In 2009 and 2010, it won Direct Bookselling Company of the Year at the Bookseller Industry Awards,[7] and the Queen's Award For Enterprise.[citation needed]

In 2012, Book Depository was a finalist for the Fast Growth Business Awards' Retail/Leisure Business of the Year award, and won two UK Startup Awards, Online Business of the Year and Retailer of the Year.[8]

In 2013, it was ranked 5th in the Sunday Times Fast Track 100.[9]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b Wood, Zoe (5 July 2011). "Booksellers fear 'stranglehold' as Amazon snaps up British rival The Book Depository". London: The Guardian.
  2. ^ a b "Book Depository: Free delivery worldwide on over 20 million books". www.bookdepository.com.
  3. ^ "How does the Amazon acquisition affect The Book Depository customers?", Help, The Book Depository.
  4. ^ a b Knight, Lucy (4 April 2023). "Amazon to close Book Depository online shop". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 25 June 2023.
  5. ^ Miller, Monica (5 April 2023). "Amazon closing UK-based online shop Book Depository". BBC. Retrieved 5 April 2023.
  6. ^ "Which countries do you deliver to?", Help, The Book depository.
  7. ^ "Bookseller Award". Events force.
  8. ^ "Start-up Award". UK: Startups.
  9. ^ "Bookdepository". 100 List. UK: Fast Track. 2008. Archived from the original on 12 January 2012.

External links[edit]

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