2004 2004 headquarters london uk area served worldwide industry bookselling online shopping products books employees 0 150 parent amazon.com website bookdepository.com alexa rank 5 210 . com june 2016 update 1 1 182 039 . co.uk june 2016 update 2 type of site e commerce available in english launched 2004 logo until 2016 book depository previously the book depository is a uk based online book seller with a large catalogue offered with free shipping to over 160 countries . 3 the store was founded by a former amazon.com employee and was later acquired by amazon . 4 contents 1 history 2 awards 3 references 4 external links history edit the company was founded in 2004 by andrew crawford and current chief operating officer stuart felton ; its motto is to make all books available to all . on 4 july 2011 amazon reached an agreement to acquire book depository . 5 awards edit in 2007 it was a finalist for the retail leisure business of the year fast growth business award and won two uk startup awards online business of the year and retailer of the year . 6 in 2008 it was ranked 5th in the sunday times fast track 100 . 7 in 2009 and 2010 it won direct bookselling company of the year at the bookseller industry awards . 8 and the queen s award for enterprise 9 references edit site info . bookdepository.com . alexa internet . site info . bookdepository.co.uk . alexa internet . which countries do you deliver to help the book depository . how does the amazon acquisition affect the book depository customers help the book depository . wood zoe 5 july 2011 . amazon takeover . london the guardian . start up award . uk startups . bookdepository . 100 list . uk fast track . 2008 . bookseller award . events force . bookseller award pdf . business link . external links edit official website v t e amazon.com people current jeff bezos tony hsieh christopher north werner vogels gregg zehr former rick dalzell brian mcbride david risher ram shriram tom szkutak brian valentine facilities amazon tower i amazon tower ii products and services websites a9.com abebooks alexa internet amapedia askville bookfinder cdnow china curse the book depository dash diapers.com digital photography review endless.com fresh goodreads internet movie database box office mojo withoutabox junglee.com local marketplace payments planetall shelfari twitch.tv wireless woot.com zappos web services ami cloudfront dynamodb ebs ec2 mturk product advertising api rds s3 ses simpledb sqs vpc silk glacier storywriter digital alexa appstore audible inc. comixology amazon drive echo video prime kindle kindle fire fire hd fire hdx fire tv fire phone kindle store lexcycle lovefilm mobipocket music reflexive entertainment fire os amazon digital game store technology 1 click carbonado dynamo gurupa lab126 double helix games obidos liquavista publishing amazon publishing amazon studios breakthrough novel award best books of the year kindle direct publishing investments 43 things amie street songza librarything livingsocial sellaband other amazon books amazon light asin controversies tax fishbowl locker perfect 10 inc. v. amazon.com inc. statistically improbable phrase vine list of amazon.com locations list of mergers and acquisitions by amazon.com list of amazon.com products and services b retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title book depository & oldid 744588861 categories 2004 establishments in the united kingdombookshops of the united kingdomretail companies established in 2004book selling websitesamazon.com acquisitionshidden categories articles containing potentially dated statements from june 2016all articles containing potentially dated statementsofficial website different in wikidata and wikipedia navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages fran ais edit links this page was last modified on 16 october 2016 at 06 27 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view