Book Depository Book Depository 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. The store was founded by a former Amazon employee. In 2011 it was acquired by Amazon. 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. In 2012, it was a finalist for the "Retail/Leisure business of the Year" Fast Growth Business Award and won two
UK Online and heavy users were moved onto so called "bad boy pipes" (although this did not appear to happen with LLU connections). Since the regulatory approval of ADSL2+ technology in the UK, "UK Online" were able to offer services with speeds up to 22MB, and were one of the first companies to do so on a national scale. This was still based on the "Easynet" LLU coverage however. In October 2005 BSkyB purchased "Easynet" and so now also owned "UK Online", however "UK Online" continued to exist as a separate entity from Sky Broadband. In January 2008 Easynet Connect was launched