Amazon is raising the eyebrows with the moment of Its great sale of books by 2025, which extends from April 23 to 28, which means that it is competing directly with Independent Library Day.
As writer Maris Kreisman Explained at the LitIndependent Bookstore Day is an annual event organized by the American Booksellers Association (ABA), with events, special guests and exclusive goods in 1,600 participating bookstores. And this year, it will take place on April 26 (today).
“I implore you: if you live near an independent bookstore (and I know that many of us still do not and I hope that one day we all do), you must go,” Kreizman said.
Independent libraries seem to be on the rise in the United States, at least According to ABA’s last year numbers. But, of course, Amazon is still dominant – in 2020, An estimated camera committee That the company controlled more than 50% of the total market of books printed online and offline, and is even more dominant in electronic books.
Therefore, it is not exactly a good look for the company to have its great sale to compete with a national celebration library event.
In fact, Bookshop.org, a Amazon competitor that is associated with independent libraries, sent an email to customers with a note from the Andy Hunter CEO that describes the sale of Amazon as “a calculated movement of a company that has already put half of the bookstores in the business country, controls more than 60% of the market and sells much more books than all indie libraries.”
“The people of Amazon responsible for the moment of their ‘sale of books’ should be ashamed, but they are shameless,” said Hunter.
Amazon, however, He issued a statement Describing the overlap of synchronization as “involuntary”: “The dates for our sale were established this year to accommodate additional participating countries.”
Given the company’s scale, it is certainly possible that on the day of the independent bookstore it is barely registered with the people who schedule the sale. Even so, ABA CEO, Allison Hill, told Vulture“In the best case, it is insensitive and in the worst case it seems a tactic damage to small businesses.”
