UK independent bookshops go online to reach new audiences


A customer leaves from Primrose Hill Books, an independent book shop in west London on Nov 6. Some 250 small independent bookshops have joined forces to compete with online giants such as Amazon during the second coronavirus lockdown in England. — Hollie Adams/AFP

LONDON: Faced with closures because of coronavirus measures and fierce competition from retail giant Amazon, 250 independent UK bookshops have banded together on a new online platform.

"It's important to support independent booksellers," Anna Henrikson, 54 and a regular customer at Primrose Hill Books said as she collected her most recent purchase.

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