New online bookshop unites 'indies' to rival Amazon
It is being described as a “revolutionary moment in the history of bookselling”: a socially conscious alternative to Amazon that allows readers to buy books online while supporting their local independent bookseller.
Bookshop, dreamed up by the writer and co-founder of Literary Hub Andy Hunter, allows independent bookshops to create their own virtual shopfront on the site, with the stores receiving the full profit margin – 30% of the cover price – from each sale. All customer service and shipping are handled by Bookshop and its distributor partners, with titles offered at a small discount and delivered within two to three days.
Initially starting with 250 bookshops, more than 900 stores have now signed up in the US. “We went from selling $50,000 worth of books in all of February, to selling $50,000 a day in March, then $150,000 a day in April,” said Hunter. By June, Bookshop sold $1m worth of books in a day. The platform has now raised more than $7.5m for independent bookshops across the US.
https://bookshop.org/
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2020/nov/02/this-is-revolutionary-new-online-bookshop-unites-indies-to-rival-amazon
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Independent bookstores have suffered Amazon and now the pandemic.
My wife and I are the worst sort of bibliophiles. We have thousands of books, literally.
If not for e-books our house would have probably collapsed.
What money we save boycotting cable and satellite television we probably spend on books.
