The Book Depository
| The Book Depository | |
| Type | Limited company |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2004 |
| Headquarters | London, UK |
| Area served | Worldwide |
| Industry | Bookselling, Online shopping |
| Products | Books |
| Employees | 0–150 |
| Parent | Amazon.com |
| Website | bookdepository.com |
| Alexa rank | 1,741 (April 2012[update])[1] |
| Type of site | E-commerce |
| Available in | English |
| Launched | 2004 |
Book Depository is a UK-based online book seller with a large catalogue offered with free shipping to over 160 countries.[2] The store was founded by a former Amazon.com employee and was later acquired by Amazon.[3]
Contents
History
The company was founded in 2004 by Andrew Crawford and current Chief Operating Officer Stuart Felton; its motto is to make "All Books Available to All".
On 4 July 2011, Amazon reached an agreement to acquire Book Depository.[4]
Awards
In 2007, it was a finalist for the Retail/Leisure business of the Year Fast Growth Business Award and won two UK Startup Awards, Online Business of the Year and Retailer of the Year.[5]
In 2008, it was ranked 5th in the Sunday Times Fast Track 100.[6]
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[8]
References
- ↑ "Site Info". Alexa Internet.
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- ↑ "How does the Amazon acquisition affect The Book Depository customers?", Help, The Book Depository<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>.
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