The independent online bookseller Bookstore.org Took a slide at Amazon to celebrate the start of Prime Day, Amazon’s annual sale (which, despite its name, is actually four days this year).
Like many other traders, Bookshop.org arranges a sale to coincide with Amazon’s big event – it’s a way to attract consumers who may be tempted by Amazon’s offers, but could be convinced to spend a few extra dollars to support an independent company. These counter-sales are probably not making a huge tooth in the bottom of Amazon (sigh), but Bookshop.org twisted the knife where it hurts: the graphic design of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos’s recent wedding invitations.
Bezos’ three-day wedding with Lauren Sánchez is rated Cost about $ 50 million – not to mention, it happened in Venice, Italy, where Overturism Push residents, and effects of climate change threaten flooding. Hundreds of people in Venice participated in Protests against the wedding, what was Attended Of commercial moguls like Microsoft -founder Bill Gates and Sam Altman of Openai, as well as celebrities like the Kardashians.
And yet, it seems that the one who has been projected Portion From the wedding invited, acquired by ABC News, could not even run out for Canva -Abon. The image rounded through social media, with users speculating Could its LO-Fi, a child’s design come from Microsoft Word Clip Art.
And so, here’s the strange specific dam of bookshop.org at Amazon in Prime Day dawn.
“Enjoy free shipping and the knowledge that your money is going to support independent bookstores, not billionaires,” it reads.
