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Shop on TV is a late night shopping programming strand on ITV1 and STV, a livestream on YouTube and a standalone home shopping television channel, broadcast in the United Kingdom and Ireland on the DTT platform via Freeview and formally in the channel’s first run, on the Freesat and Sky digital satellite platforms.
BookBub is a book discovery service that was created to help readers find new books and authors. [2] The company features free and discounted ebooks selected by its editorial team, [3] as well as book recommendations, [1] updates from authors, [4] and articles about books. [5]
Bookshop.org, conceived as a response to Amazon's industry dominance, offers an online storefront with the accessibility and convenience of Amazon and, by convincing media outlets that review and advertise books to link to Bookshop.org instead through higher commissions and emphasis on its mission, intercept potential Amazon customers. [11]
As a young man, Bennett worked in a number of office based computer roles. After losing his job, he set up his own UK company selling computers and later software. This small enterprise later became Software Warehouse, and grew to be a 30 store retail chain in the 1990s. Bennett sold the company in 2000. [3]
As of 2016, Richmond was engaged in a lawsuit against Snopes over whether he and Drew Schoentrup own 50% or 40% of Snopes. [21] [22] As a result of this dispute, ad revenue was withheld from Snopes.com and its founder David Mikkelson launched a GoFundMe campaign to keep Snopes.com running. [23]
The company has been selling books, media, jewelry, and other consumer items [5] since the 1980s. [9] PCH operates eight websites, including PCH Search and Win, PCH Lotto, PCH Games, PCH Save and Win, and Candystand. [1] [12] The company also sells magazine subscriptions at a discount and advertises subscriptions along with its sweepstakes. [47]
In 2013, Sourcebooks acquired the book publisher Simple Truths. [11] The company reported a 20% gain in sales in 2014, with particular gains from its Jabberwocky children's imprint and Fire young adult imprint. The results also included sales of more than two million picture books by Marianne Richmond. [6]
ThriftBooks was founded in the summer of 2003 by Daryl Butcher and Jason Meyer. The two created software that organizes and lists thousands of book titles per day. [6] Since 2004, it has partnered with libraries, which provide unsorted books and get a share of the profits.