Company Overview
AbeBooks is the world’s largest online marketplace
for books.
AbeBooks makes it simple and safe to find and buy—or
list and sell—new, secondhand, rare, and out-of-print
books online. Bookbuyers love the variety of over 110
million books offered by 13,500 booksellers. This great
selection delivers value for all: readers find
bestsellers, collectors find rare books, students find
textbooks, and treasure hunters find books they’ve been
seeking forever.
Booksellers love AbeBooks for providing the tools to
help them succeed online. AbeBooks offers a range of
services including dedicated support, HomeBase inventory
management software, and five international sites to
reach global markets (AbeBooks.com, AbeBooks.co.uk,
AbeBooks.de, AbeBooks.fr, AbeBooks.it, Iberlibro.com).
In November, 2005, AbeBooks acquired
BookFinder.com - a leading price comparison shopping
service dedicated to books. In February 2006,
FillZ,
a book inventory and order management company that helps
booksellers offer books through online marketplaces, was
acquired. In May 2006, AbeBooks took a 40% stake in
Librarything.com – a book cataloguing and social
networking site for bibliophiles. In February 2008,
AbeBooks launched
Gojaba.com - a new no-frills, low-cost online
marketplace for secondhand, rare and out of print books
in emerging markets.
Sweden
and
Russia were the first markets to be served. In April
2008 AbeBooks acquired
Chrislands.com - a service that builds, hosts and
maintains online bookstores.
By creating a secure and easy-to-search database and
maintaining high standards, AbeBooks has established a
dynamic online marketplace for books, and a community
that booklovers return to, again and again.
AbeBooks is a private company based in Victoria, BC
Canada, with European offices in Düsseldorf, Germany and
Oviedo, Spain. AbeBooks.com was named one of the top
e-business sites by the United Nations at the World
Summit Awards in Geneva, 2003. As a company, AbeBooks is
changing how books are found, sold, and shared with the
world.
Quick Facts
- Based in Victoria, B.C., Canada and Düsseldorf,
Germany
- Incorporated in 1995. Web site launched 1996.
- More than 110 million titles listed.
- 13,500 bookseller members.
- Booksellers pay a subscription fee to list their
books.
- Monthly subscription rates range from $25 to $500 USD,
depending on the number of books listed.
- Growing number of strategic reseller programs, free to
our booksellers.
- 120 employees |