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’ pockets. For years, Amazon’s chokehold and sway in ...

Andy Hunter looked mostly satisfied, but there was some latent unease as we sat in his drafty home office in East Williamsburg. Hunter explained that his company, the e-commerce platform Bookshop, had ...

Andy Hunter decided something needed to be done about the endless rise of Amazon in 2018—the year that the e-commerce giant surpassed 50% of book sales in the U.S. market. “I was concerned at that ...

Bookshop.org founder and CEO Andy Hunter joked that the e-books question has been the bane of his business’ social media manager’s existence for a while now. “Every day she has people ask her, ‘When ...

The new Bookshop.org e-book platform will allow independent bookstores to take on Amazon's Kindle apps. (Image courtesy Bookshop.org) Now, readers also can purchase and download e-books from their ...