According to recent data from research firm IBISWorld, Amazon controls over 80 percent of all online (e)book sales. The retail giant also owns the highly popular Kindle platform, making it even harder for readers to choose smaller, independent alternatives.Read Entire Article

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Amazon controls 80% of eBook sales – Bookshop.org wants to change that

Bookshop.org launched a new platform that allows independent bookstores to sell e-books to readers. Here's a look inside.

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Bookshop.org launches Kindle alternative, sends e-book sales to local bookstores

Indie bookstore backer Bookshop.org launched an e-book platform on Tuesday, making it easier for readers to buy e-books without padding Jeff Bezos’s pockets. For years, Amazon’s chokehold and sway in the publishing industry have been so strong that authors and booksellers have accused the company of operating a monopoly. Amazon is dominant in the sale of e-books because of its Kindle, which is one of the leading e-readers on the market. Consciou…

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Bookshop.org challenges Amazon with new e-book platform

Link URL: https://www.theverge.com/tech/597137/bookshop-org-ebooks Comments URL: https://tildes.net/~books/1lmd/bookshop_orgs_ebook_store_is_a_local_first_competitor_to_amazon Votes: 14 Comments: 6

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Bookshop.org is launching an ebook store to take on Amazon

The company is initially launching apps on Android, iOS, and the web with dreams of someday creating an e-reader of its own.

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Bookshop.org's New E-Book Store Will Have a Tough Time Taking on Amazon

SHOP E-BOOKS AT BOOKSHOP.ORG: Bookshop.org launched its e-book store, and every purchase supports local, independent bookstores.
Shop ebooks on Bookshop.org
'Onyx Storm' by Rebecca Yarros
$14.99 at Bookshop.org 
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'We Do Not Part' by Han Kang
$13.99 at Bookshop.org 
Shop Now
'Intermezzo' by Sally Rooney
$14.99 at Bookshop.org 
Shop Now
Launched in 2020, Bookshop.org's mission has always been supporting local bookstores. Every purchase dir…

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A Kindle alternative is finally here — and it supports local bookstores

As it marks its fifth anniversary, Bookshop.org has launched a new salvo in its battle against Amazon — a new e-book platform that will enable independent bookstores to sell e-books for the first time. Most e-book sales in the U.S. (over 70%) occur on Amazon, which owns the popular e-reader brand Kindle. Now, through the Bookshop.org e-book platform, indie bookstores can go head-to-head with Amazon’s Kindle apps by selling e-books themselves onl…

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Bookshop.org Ratchets Up Battle Against Amazon with Addition of E-book Sales – RetailWit

Bookshop.org launched in 2020 as a way to sell books online while still supporting local bookstores, which have become a rarity in the U.S. The company has seen success selling physical books online. As Boone Ashworth explains at Wired: 
For physical books, Bookshop lets buyers direct 30 percent of the proceeds of a sale to their favorite participating bookstore. An additional 10 percent of those sales, plus the sales of books that are not earma…

macstories.net

Bookshop.org Now Supports Local Booksellers with eBook Sales

When we first reported on Bookshop, the online retailer was adamant about dismantling Amazon’s stranglehold on the book market and, in turn, directing money from digital sales to independent bookstores. But back in 2020 they were exclusively focused on print books. Now, on the occasion of the company’s five-year anniversary, they’re launching their own e-book platform, opening up another front in this David-and-Goliath bookselling war, one that …

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Bookshop Takes Aim at Another Pillar of Amazon’s Book Empire

Independent bookstores can only sell what is on the physical shelves. Hardly any bookstore has a website where customers can place orders and have them shipped out. Digital books are easy to buy, but if you don’t want to deal with Amazon, Google, or Kobo, there aren’t many alternatives. Bookshop.org has just launched an e-book section of their website, and their entire business model is to help indie bookstores in the United States to start sell…

Amazon controls 80% of eBook sales – Bookshop.org wants to change that

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