Selling the Great Amazon Book occurs only to interfere with the Independent Library Day

The Amazon raises the eyebrows with a timing Selling large books For 2025, which lasts from 23 to 28 April – which means that he is competing directly with Independent library day.

Like Maris Christman Explanation in Lit HubThe Independent Library Day is an annual event organized by the American Books Seventeen Association (ABA), with special events, guests and exclusive goods in 1600 participating libraries. This year, it takes place on April 26 (today).

“I am asking you: if you live near an independent library (and I know that many of us still do not and I once hope to do all of them), you should go.”

It seems that independent libraries in the United States, at least According to the numbers last year from ABA. But of course, Amazon is still dominant – in 2020, The Parliament Committee was estimated The company dominates more than 50 % of the total online book printed and connected to the Internet, which is more dominant in e -books.

Therefore, it is not completely good for the company to be the time to sell to compete with a celebration library event at the level of the country.

In fact, Bookshop.org – Amazon competitor Partners with independent libraries – By e -mail, customers who were sent via email with a memorandum from CEO Andy Hunter, who describes the sale of Amazon as “a calculated step by a company that has already put half of the libraries in the country, controls more than 60 % of the market and sells much more books than all independent libraries combined.”

“People in Amazon should be ashamed of the timing of” selling books “, but they are rude,” Hunter said.

Amazon, however, Make a statement The timing description overlapped as “unintended”: “We were appointed to sell this year to accommodate the additional participation countries.”

Looking at the company scale, it is definitely possible that the Independent Library Day is barely registered in people who determine the sale. However, Alison Hill told the CEO of ABA Vulture“At best, it is not sensitive and in the worst case, it seems to be a tactic to harm small companies.”