'This is revolutionary': new online bookshop unites indies to rival Amazon

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https://amp.theguardian.com/books/2020/nov/02/this-is-revolutionary-new-online-bookshop-unites-indies-to-rival-amazon

Bookshop.org, which launched in the US earlier this year, has accelerated UK plans and goes online this week in partnership with more than 130 shops

Alison Flood
Sun 1 Nov 2020 19.01 EST

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. And after a hugely successful launch in the US, it is open in the UK from today.

Bookshop was dreamed up by the writer and co-founder of Literary Hub, Andy Hunter. It 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

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Bookshop is a B Corporation, created with the mission “to benefit the public good by contributing to the welfare of the independent literary community”. Rules state that it can never be sold to a major US retailer, including Amazon.

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[hermetic]

1. Awesome!

[SheltieLover]

3. Glad this so well received.

[eppur_se_muova]

2. Wish I'd heard about this before. I've tried to avoid Amazon, but sometimes I can't find a book ...

... anywhere else.

Although increasingly I've been having good luck with ABE, and occasionally Alibris, when ThriftBooks doesn't have what I want.

Once I get an ISBN from any source, I use this handy resource to locate sellers:
https://www.isbns.co.nz/
Give it a try!

[SheltieLover]

4. Excellent!

Ty!