Amazon Acquires Independent Seller AbeBooks
From the archive: published Aug 1, 2008, 18 years ago. Details may have changed since.
Amazon has snatched up independent bookseller AbeBooks, the companies announced this morning.
Amazon says it will leave AbeBooks as a separate, standalone operation and will not combine any of its web sites. AbeBooks sells largely used and out-of-print books from individual shops across the globe. The company had previously held a reseller agreement with Amazon to put its items up for sale on its Marketplace site.
The deal is expected to be completed by the end of the year.