Bookshop.org launched in early 2020 and quickly became a lifeline for local bookstores that found themselves suddenly in need of a way to sell books online. The Bookshop model is a simple one: when ...

"Prices at Amazon Books are the same as prices offered by Amazon.com, so you’ll never need to compare our online and in-store prices," the site explained in a welcome letter posted on Amazon.

Three years later, the company unveiled its 4-Star store, which only sells products that have customer ratings of at least four stars on Amazon's website ... the company's online business.