Amazon to close Book Depository online shop this month

The bookseller has told customers and publishing partners that it will close on April 26.

Amazon is to close its Book Depository business (Niall Carson/PA) (PA Archive)

The Book Depository online shop is set to be shut down at the end of the month by parent firm Amazon.

The bookseller has told customers and publishing partners that it will close on April 26.

It comes as part of a raft of cuts by technology giant Amazon to heavily reduce its costs, which have hit thousands of jobs.