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Peter Riley<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/chokepointcapitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>chokepointcapitalism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Amazon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Amazon</span></a> cannibalised <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BookDepository" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BookDepository</span></a></p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Book_Depository" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Book_Dep</span><span class="invisible">ository</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/amazon" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/technology/ama</span><span class="invisible">zon</span></a></p>
Pandito<p>Interesante comentario sobre las implicancias del cierre de Bookdepo para Argentina y países latam:</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xduXHPuTJ9I" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=xduXHPuTJ9</span><span class="invisible">I</span></a></p><p><a href="https://tkz.one/tags/libros" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>libros</span></a> <a href="https://tkz.one/tags/bookstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bookstodon</span></a> <a href="https://tkz.one/tags/bookdepository" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bookdepository</span></a></p>
Snagburz<p>Fuck! I type <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/bookdepository" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>bookdepository</span></a>,com in the address bar. of my browser, and it redirects me to the <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/amazon" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>amazon</span></a> site. Must be some kind of <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/malware" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>malware</span></a>.</p>
Colin-Roy Hunter<p>Originally a <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/webcomic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>webcomic</span></a> on <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Tapastic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tapastic</span></a> (as was) now <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Tapas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tapas</span></a> back in 2017, <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/ChelseaFuredi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ChelseaFuredi</span></a>’s gripping tale <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/ProjectNought" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ProjectNought</span></a> has been turned into a full <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/GraphicNovel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GraphicNovel</span></a>. Despite the <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/SciFi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SciFi</span></a> label, this is intrinsically about affinities and characters growing together. There is a surprise twist, so I am being careful about my comments. This is a quick, well-paced read with gorgeous <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/artwork" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>artwork</span></a>. I ordered my copy back in February from and prior to the demise of <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/BookDepository" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BookDepository</span></a> (taken over &amp; subsumed by *m*z*n).</p>
Christian Tietze<p>Yikes!</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/bookDepository" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bookDepository</span></a> has closed?!</p><p>Was *the* place to order books if you wanted to not use $AMZN</p>
Kristofferabild<p>Book Depository: Free delivery worldwide on over 20 million books - Amazon bought this great shop and now dead. 🙄 <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Bookdepository" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Bookdepository</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Books</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Amazon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Amazon</span></a> <a href="https://www.bookdepository.com/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">bookdepository.com/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Roni Laukkarinen<p>Fuck Amazon. It was so much easier to buy books from Book Depository.</p><p>Amazon to close Book Depository online shop <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/apr/04/amazon-to-close-book-depository-online-shop" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/books/2023/apr</span><span class="invisible">/04/amazon-to-close-book-depository-online-shop</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mementomori.social/tags/Amazon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Amazon</span></a> <a href="https://mementomori.social/tags/BookDepository" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BookDepository</span></a> <a href="https://mementomori.social/tags/Books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Books</span></a> <a href="https://mementomori.social/tags/Literature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Literature</span></a> <a href="https://mementomori.social/tags/BookStore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BookStore</span></a> <a href="https://mementomori.social/tags/Bookstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Bookstodon</span></a></p>
Bogi Takács<p>Does anyone have any Book Depository replacement for <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/German" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>German</span></a> and <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/French" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>French</span></a> books shipped to the US?</p><p>(It can be two different stores as long as one ships German books and one ships French books without the $20+ shipping per book that I see in many places.)</p><p>This is becoming pressing...</p><p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/Bookstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Bookstodon</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/BookDepository" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BookDepository</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>books</span></a></p>
Snagburz<p>RIP <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/bookdepository" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>bookdepository</span></a> <br />Killed by Amazon!</p>
Jorge González Belmar<p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span> Tangentially, now I'm waiting for my last ever purchase from <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/BookDepository" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BookDepository</span></a> : the Everyman's Library edition of Dostoevsky's Crime and Punishment (the Pevear and Volokhonsky translation).</p><p>And I have a copy of The Brothers Karamazov (in a Spanish Penguin Classics edition) waiting for me to read it since last year...</p>
PPN<p>The <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/BookDepository" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BookDepository</span></a> was already doomed when it was bought by <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Amazon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Amazon</span></a> back in 2011 but it is still sad to see it officially closed today ☹️</p>
Emily King<p>One of the saddest emails to ever grace my inbox.</p><p>RIP Book Depository.</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/BookDepository" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BookDepository</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/AmazonRuinsStuff" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AmazonRuinsStuff</span></a></p>
Jorge González Belmar<p>In other book-related things: yesterday I made what is going to be my last ever purchase from <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/BookDepository" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BookDepository</span></a>: <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CrimeAndPunishment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CrimeAndPunishment</span></a> by <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Dostoevsky" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Dostoevsky</span></a> in the P&amp;V translation, Everyman's Library edition.<br>Now I'll just have to wait.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/bookstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bookstodon</span></a> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/boostodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>boostodon</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span></p>
ALLi Blog (unofficial)<p>Self-publishing News: Amazon to Close Book Depository <a href="https://selfpublishingadvice.org/self-publishing-news-amazon-to-close-book-depository/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">selfpublishingadvice.org/self-</span><span class="invisible">publishing-news-amazon-to-close-book-depository/</span></a> <a href="https://literatur.social/tags/InternetArchive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>InternetArchive</span></a> <a href="https://literatur.social/tags/BookDepository" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BookDepository</span></a> <a href="https://literatur.social/tags/OpenLibrary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenLibrary</span></a> <a href="https://literatur.social/tags/LatestNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LatestNews</span></a> <a href="https://literatur.social/tags/substack" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>substack</span></a> <a href="https://literatur.social/tags/Twitter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Twitter</span></a></p>
No longer Colin O'Brien<p>Just noticed the book depository is closing. It was better for books than amazon, even after amazon bought them. Now amazon is removing yet another option from the web in their endless march to domination.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.onepointzero.com/tags/bookdepository" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bookdepository</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.onepointzero.com/tags/chokepoints" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>chokepoints</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.onepointzero.com/tags/amazon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>amazon</span></a></p>
guetto 🧑‍💻 🇪🇺<p>This is worrying. It has been a great source of books in English for me for the last ten years. </p><p><a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/bookdepository" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bookdepository</span></a> <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>books</span></a> <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/bookshop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bookshop</span></a></p>
Glen Downton<p>So <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/Amazon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Amazon</span></a> is closing <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/BookDepository" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BookDepository</span></a>. This follows on the heals of them announcing they're shuttering <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/DPReview" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DPReview</span></a> last week. Both well-regarded and well-patronised companies.</p><p>Perish the thought that a pattern might be developing, but if you are a regular patron of any of the following, you might want to start thinking about alternatives:</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/Twitch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Twitch</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/Audible" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Audible</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/GoodReads" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GoodReads</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/IMDb" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IMDb</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/AbeBooks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AbeBooks</span></a></p><p>(there are many more, of course)</p>
Druid 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿<p>BBC News: <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/Amazon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Amazon</span></a> closing UK-based online shop <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/Book" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Book</span></a> Depository</p><p><a href="https://toot.wales/tags/BookDepository" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BookDepository</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-65184776" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">bbc.co.uk/news/business-651847</span><span class="invisible">76</span></a></p>
Paul Morris<p>Even though it's been owned by Amazon, Book Depository being closed by the giant parent company is still sad news.</p><p>Once again corporate consolidation strikes to make the supposed consumer choice in our economic system - even if it's just at the surface level like this is - shrink once more.</p><p><a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/Amazon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Amazon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/BookDepository" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BookDepository</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/capitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>capitalism</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-65184776" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">bbc.co.uk/news/business-651847</span><span class="invisible">76</span></a></p>
Jonathan Wright<p>Amazon closing UK-based online shop Book Depository</p><p><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-65184776" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">bbc.co.uk/news/business-651847</span><span class="invisible">76</span></a></p><p>A very sad day for book lovers &amp; for staff at the Book Depository</p><p>Parent companies are all very well - they especially help in times of need.</p><p>This is until they themselves have to make cutbacks, then they toss you aside like fodder.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Amazon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Amazon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Closures" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Closures</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Books</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/BookDepository" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BookDepository</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Cutbacks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Cutbacks</span></a></p>
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