How to compete with Amazon
How to compete with Amazon Bookshop.org's rapid growth has led to an earlier-than-anticipated UK expansion. by Stephen Jones How to compete with Amazon is a question the publishing industry has been asking longer than most. Jeff Bezos started selling books from his garage in 1995; by 2019 Amazon accounted for over half of US book sales and three quarters of e-books, according to Benedict Evans, an independent analyst. For independent bookstores the task of taking on the behemoth is daunting to say the least. Many are privately-run small businesses, without access to the space or digital s...