A report in Publishers Weekly says that U.K. online bookseller, BookDepository.co.uk, has opened a U.S. storefront at bookdepository.com. It looks like the company, which won Direct Bookseller of the Year in Britain, is looking to go head-on with Amazon.com and Barnes and Noble.For those who do not know of it yet, The Book Depository offers free delivery worldwide, and at competitive prices to moot. We have ordered 4 books from them so far. They arrived within ten days, and the last one in 20. Slow but sure, and cheap.
BookDepository.com had sales of $100 million in 2008, with half of that generated from international sources. The US site, which is a step in the company's move to develop its brand internationally, offers a number of titles at cheaper prices than Amazon. They have 2.4 million titles available which, they say, is more books than Amazon.
With the American site the company will sell US titles as well, something that they couldn’t before due to rights restrictions in the UK.
Publishers Weekly
Thanks for the heads-up. The books I ordered took only 7 days to arrive!
ReplyDeleteDo examine the prices carefully, though. Summertime by JM Coetzee sells for USD22.33 in the UK store and USD13.49 in the US store -- pre order. Exactly same book.
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