Book Depository to shut down as Amazon continues to cut costs
Customers will be able to place orders on Amazon-owned Book Depository until midday on 26 April.
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Customers will be able to place orders on Amazon-owned Book Depository until midday on 26 April.
The online book seller announces its closure on social media, saying it will still honour orders placed in the coming weeks.
The news comes as Amazon continues to lay off thousands of workers as it looks ahead to what its chief executive has described as economically uncertain times.
Amazon plans to shut down the global online book store Book Depository after almost two decades, the UK-based bookseller announced on Wednesday. The UK-based bookseller was bought by Amazon in 2011. On Wednesday, the depository announced that it would cease operations on April 26, but that customers could still place orders until midday UK time on that day.
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