![]() “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,” Andy Chart, head of vendor management, wrote. The number of employees affected by Book Depository’s closure remains unclear.īritish magazine The Bookseller, which reports on the publishing industry, said vendors and publishing partners were informed of Book Depository's closure in an email. SINGAPORE: Popular online store Book Depository on Tuesday (Apr 4) announced it will be closing on Apr 26.Ĭustomers can still place orders until noon BST (7pm, Singapore time) on Apr 26, according to the UK-based book seller's website.īook Depository will continue to deliver and provide support for orders until Jun 23.įounded in 2004 by Stuart Felton and former Amazon employee Andrew Crawford, t he retailer built a following for its extensive catalogue of over 20 million books, and for free shipping to more than 120 countries including Singapore.īook Depository's closure follows a series of cutbacks made by parent company Amazon in recent months, with about 27,000 positions eliminated from the tech giant's roughly 300,000-strong workforce.Īmazon chief Andy Jassy said in a note earlier this year that its devices and books businesses would be affected.
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