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
Online book rental in India with education book selling. Engineering books are often taken on rent for a semester or 2 and returned after use. With the online space roaring, newer start ups have emerged in online book renting. In engineering book stores, you order books and pay Cash on Delivery, after usage you collect back up to 70% of the invoice back. Online libraries and rental companies have come with a national presence and are trying to reach other smaller cities by using courier companies and the postal service to deliver books. These new ventures have become popular with the trend towards internet-based marketing;