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AbeBooks (/ ˈ eɪ b. b ʊ k s / AYB-buuks [1]) is an e-commerce global online marketplace with seven websites that offer books, fine art, and collectables from sellers in over 50 countries. Launched in 1996, it specialises in used, rare and out-of-print books.
In 2005, BookFinder.com was acquired by AbeBooks, [5] which itself was purchased by Amazon.com on August 1, 2008. [6] [7] BookFinder.com started operating in Europe under the JustBooks brand in 2006. There are currently JustBooks/BookFinder.com portals for France, Germany, the Netherlands, and the UK. [3]
AbeBooks Canada: August 1, 2008 — AbeBooks [50] [51] [52] 30 Shelfari United States: August 26, 2008 — Goodreads [53] 31 Reflexive Entertainment United States: October 21, 2008 — Reflexive Entertainment [54] 32 Box Office Mojo United States: December 17, 2008 — Box Office Mojo [55] [56] 33 Lexcycle United States: April 27, 2009 ...
AbeBooks, Book Depository, and Goodreads are all part of the Amazon ecosystem, though each has a slightly different approach to selling books that makes them worth browsing if your reading needs ...
Online bookseller AbeBooks bought a 40% share in LibraryThing in May 2006 for an undisclosed sum. AbeBooks became a subsidiary of Amazon in 2008. [ 13 ] In January 2009, Cambridge Information Group acquired a minority stake in LibraryThing, and their subsidiary Bowker became the official distributor to libraries.
Martin Manley founded Alibris in 1997 with the team behind early online book marketplace Interloc, which Alibris purchased. [3] Interloc was founded by book seller Richard Weatherford, programmer Tom Sawyer and computer tech Brad Councilman in 1994.
Achilles James Daunt CBE (born 18 October 1963) is a British businessman. He is the founder of the Daunt Books chain, and since May 2011 has been managing director of the bookshop chain Waterstones.
Attorneys for the father of Steven Fagan Jr., the man who died in a motorcycle crash in early June 2023, has filed a civil lawsuit against Abe’s on Lincoln, alleging that the bar sold drinks to ...