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Bookshop.org launched in 2020 to compete with Amazon, and has since sent over $51 million to local bookstores. ⠀ Book publisher Andy Hunter started building Bookshop.org in July 2019 and launched it in January 2020, in response to the business Amazon had taken from independent bookstores, the small, locally owned shops in towns and cities across the country. ⠀ Two months after launch, the COVID-19 pandemic forced bookstores to shut their doors to customers. ⠀ Bookshop.org had made about $50,000 in all of February 2020, then gave stores that couldn't sell in person a way to keep earning online. ⠀ Bookshop.org handles customer service and returns, and its distributor ships orders, so stores don't stock, pack or ship anything. ⠀ When a customer buys through a store's page, the store keeps the full profit, 30% of the cover price. ⠀ When a buyer doesn't choose a store, 10% of the sale goes into a shared pool split evenly among independent bookstores every six months. ⠀ The company says it gives over 80% of its profit margin to these stores. ⠀ Authors, bloggers and creators who recommend books usually link to Amazon, which pays them 4.5% per sale. ⠀ Bookshop.org pays them 10%, and an equal share goes into the pool for local bookstores. ⠀ Hunter expects about $80 million in sales this year, up from $68 million last year. ⠀ This year's
Bookshop.org launched in 2020 to compete with Amazon, and has since sent over $51 million to local bookstores. ⠀ Book publisher Andy Hunter started building Bookshop.org in July 2019 and launched it in January 2020, in response to the business Amazon had taken from independent bookstores, the small, locally owned shops in towns and cities across the country. ⠀ Two months after launch, the COVID-19 pandemic forced bookstores to shut their doors to customers. ⠀ Bookshop.org had made about $50,000 in all of February 2020, then gave stores that couldn't sell in person a way to keep earning online. ⠀ Bookshop.org handles customer service and returns, and its distributor ships orders, so stores don't stock, pack or ship anything. ⠀ When a customer buys through a store's page, the store keeps the full profit, 30% of the cover price. ⠀ When a buyer doesn't choose a store, 10% of the sale goes into a shared pool split evenly among independent bookstores every six months. ⠀ The company says it gives over 80% of its profit margin to these stores. ⠀ Authors, bloggers and creators who recommend books usually link to Amazon, which pays them 4.5% per sale. ⠀ Bookshop.org pays them 10%, and an equal share goes into the pool for local bookstores. ⠀ Hunter expects about $80 million in sales this year, up from $68 million last year. ⠀ This year's "Anti-Prime" sale, held against Amazon's Prime Day, raised $210,000 for local stores. ⠀ In 2020, he said the bylaws ban ever selling to Amazon. ⠀ Choose ethical brands. Use the Conscious Spend app to see how ethical a company really is, so you can support people truly making a difference.

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