Book Depository will be closing on 26 April 2023

[Dagger]

Just that you know: Book Depository will be closing on 26 April 2023.

Orders can still be placed until midday (12pm BST) on 26 April and they will continue to deliver purchases and provide support for any order issues until 23 June 2023.

Amazon.com: Books

Online shopping from a great selection at Books Store.

www.bookdepository.com

 

[GTX]

Any idea why they are closing?

 

[Apophenia]

Any idea why they are closing?

Outlet 'pruning' by owners Amazon. (Likely Book Depository's "less [volume]of more [content]" approach has always been anathema to Bezos, et al.)

 

[elmayerle]

Any idea why they are closing?

Outlet 'pruning' by owners Amazon. (Likely Book Depository's "less [volume]of more [content]" approach has always been anathema to Bezos, et al.)

That they also offered better prices and free shipping had to have stuck in Amazon's craw.

 

[uk 75]

eBay is often a better way of buying books than Amazon.
With Book Depository gone this will be even more likely.
I have also used AbeBooks and found them reliable.

 

[GTX]

Online retailer Book Depository is closing. Here's what we know about the decision

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

www.abc.net.au

 

[overscan (PaulMM)]

Book Depository was a competitor to Amazon which got bought by Amazon. It's bring closed as part of overall rationalisations and redundancies.

 

[foiling]

Book Depository was far & away the best book store of all. I am heart-broken.