Sure it’s been in the works for four months, but today it’s official, AbeBooks is now part of Amazon:
AbeBooks is an online marketplace for books, with over 110 million primarily used, rare and out-of-print books listed for sale by thousands of independent booksellers from around the world. A true Internet success story, AbeBooks.com has been selling books online since 1996, and is a private company based in Victoria, with affiliates in Germany and the United States. Internet Retailer magazine ranked AbeBooks at No. 73 among North American online retailers in June 2008.
[From Four months in the works - Amazon acquires AbeBooks - Techvibes Blog]
Yes, there is some sadness about a Victoria company being absorbed by a (huge) American one, but you know I’m also feeling pretty damn proud of knowing that another home-grown eBiz has found this kind of success.
Here’s to AbeBooks!
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