New app compares Amazon price with indie bookshops

Entrepreneur Will Cookson has developed an app which sends people to independent bookshops when they browse on the Amazon website. Cookson, who describes himself as an entrepreneur and creative director, has invented Bookindy, an extension for the Google Chrome browser which, when downloaded, shows customers the price of the book they want to buy from their local indie bookshop alongside the Amazon price. Using information from Gardners’ Hive website, the app will also show online shoppers how far away their local bookshop is to them. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2015-06-06 00:00:00 UTC ]

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