Amazon.com Acquires AbeBooks

By | December 5, 2008

Amazon.com, Inc. has announced its acquisition of AbeBooks, an internet source for used, rare, and out-of-print books. AbeBooks with its network of websites ( Abebooks.com, Abebooks.ca, Abebooks.co.uk, Abebooks.de, Abebooks.fr, Abebooks.it and Iberlibro.com) has been an online marketplace for books since 1996, with over 110 million books listed for sale by thousands of independent booksellers from around the world. Amazon.com offers its customers millions of new, refurbished and used items. The terms of the acquisition were not disclosed.