Popular UK-based company Book Depository will be closing its e-shutters for good at the end of April, handing booksellers a golden opportunity to give their business a new lease of life. Founded back in 2004, the online retailer was bought out by Amazon in 2011. Amazon announced it was cutting more than 18,000 jobs earlier this year. In a 'Frequently Asked Questions' page on its website, Book Depository informed customers that they can place orders until midday on 26 April and it will continue to deliver purchases until June 23. The online retailer, which provided free shipping to 160 countries and featured a large and extensive choice of book titles, was a popular choice for Maltese bookworms Two years ago, readers were left disappointed after Book Depository temporarily halted its shipping to Malta as a result of post-Brexit trading rules. Shipping to the island resumes a few days later, albeit with higher prices. “It’s the site I’ve used most over the years, dependable, quick, easy, I’m really disappointed,” Clare Vassallo told Times of Malta. She said now she will have to search for another academic bookshop website which will deliver just as well as Book...
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