Online Territorial Expansion for Amazon and Abe Amazon UK will run an online bookstore for Borders’ fast-growing UK operation-just as the two companies work together in the US. It’s the first deal like this for Amazon UK since their 2001 partnership with Waterstone’s. Reuters item Abebooks.com has acquired Iberlibro.com, which they call “the most important online platform for used and antiquarian books in the global Spanish-speaking community.” Iberlibro is a network of almost 300 booksellers from 15 countries. Founder Adolfo Pisa says in a statement, “Iberlibro has an intimate knowledge of the Spanish used and antiquarian book market, and Abebooks […]
