“Dear friends, dear friends: We are writing to give you a news: this is our latest newsletter”. announced this way sales platform your book online Spanish Bookshop.org ENClosing of operation after two years of operation, also available in a Catalan version. The giant of the bookstore industry also shared the same fate., That Amazon decided to shut down immediately despite its 400 million euro turnover.
As Bookshop.org states on its website, “we realized that the project required major changes, both in the business model and the technology we use to make our services viable. In the current economic context, Bookshop.org cannot afford these changes with the guarantees we want, so we have decided to close our project in Spain”.
independent bookstores
Bookshop.org opened in 2021 as ‘Benefit Corporation’, a project supported by its effects. PandemicIt had such an impact on the bookstore industry as well. Its primary purpose was to provide assistance not only to readers but also to small affiliate bookstores who can channel online sales service through the platform, and even book club supporters and book prescribers through social networks.
Part of the income was distributed linearly. associated businesses, when there is no buyer of the book choosing the bookstore from which he wants to get a percentage of the purchase of the book. According to the bookshop.org accountant, this procedure generated €80,132.02 for independent bookstores during its two years of operation.
“Spain has an amazing network of independent booksellers. We encourage you to visit, promote and buy your books here, both at their physical establishments and on their website, and at CEGAL’s Todostuslibros.com,” the statement said.
Book Safe Deposit Box
The global online book sales platform, Book Depository, shared the same fate on these dates. Founded in the UK in 2004, the company has grown to a million dollar business in just ten years, serving over 120 countries in 37 currencies and no shipping costs. The real-time book sales map on the website has become iconic among book lovers: at least one book is sold every second and the map showed the location and title from which it was acquired via the platform.
Amazon bought the book distribution giant, which announced the sale of 20 million books, in 2011, and now announced that it will close the Book Depository, which is planned to be held on April 26 this year, within the framework of the general cuts it has implemented in the sector.