Book Depository UK Startup Awards, "Online Business of the Year" and "Retailer of the Year". In 2013, it was ranked 5th in the Sunday Times Fast Track 100. In 2009 and 2010, it won "Direct Bookselling Company of the year" at the Bookseller Industry Awards and the Queen's Award For Enterprise. 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
Global depository receipt Global depository receipt A global depository receipt (GDR and sometimes spelled "depository") is a general name for a depository receipt where a certificate issued by a depository bank, which purchases shares of foreign companies, creates a security on a local exchange backed by those shares. They are the global equivalent of the original American depository receipts (ADR) on which they are based. GDRs represent ownership of an underlying number of shares of a foreign company and are commonly used to invest in companies from developing or emerging markets by investors in developed markets. Prices of global depositary receipt are based