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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.
Willing to end its relationships with the Czech, Hungarian, Russian and South-Korean booksellers, Abebooks sent them notice of the termination of their accounts effective on 2018, Nov. 30, without giving any reason. An unheard-of movement of solidarity between the Abebooks-affiliated booksellers begun on 2018, Nov. 1st.
It operates country-specific versions of its website for Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, France, Germany, India, Italy, Japan, Mexico, the Netherlands, Spain, Sweden, the United Arab Emirates, and the United Kingdom. It bought Bibliofind.com (Cambridge, Massachusetts) in 1999 and AbeBooks in 2008. [2] Angus & Robertson Australia: Online only
The set of terms below were proposed in 1949 by AB Bookman's Weekly.They were adopted by the bookselling community and are still in use today. [1] [2] [3]As new means that the book is in the state that it should have been in when it left the publisher.
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]
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.
In 2009 and 2010, it won Direct Bookselling Company of the Year at the Bookseller Industry Awards, [7] and the Queen's Award For Enterprise. [citation needed]In 2012, Book Depository was a finalist for the Fast Growth Business Awards' Retail/Leisure Business of the Year award, and won two UK Startup Awards, Online Business of the Year and Retailer of the Year.
As customer reviews have become integral to Amazon marketing, reviews have been challenged on accuracy and ethical grounds. [358] In 2004, The New York Times [359] reported that a glitch in the Amazon Canada website revealed that a number of book reviews had been written by authors of their own books or of competing books. Amazon changed its ...