The deal announced on August 1 for Amazon to acquired AbeBooks has now closed. The company reaffirms “AbeBooks will continue to function as a stand-alone operation based in Victoria, British Columbia. AbeBooks will maintain all its Web sites, including its Canadian Web site. The Web sites will continue to have country-specific content, such as reviews of Canadian-authored books and interviews of Canadian writers.” Still no update on what Amazon will do with its minority stake in LibraryThing. Release
Archives for December 2008
Lunch Weekly for Monday, December 1
Deal Reports Just e-mail to deals@PublishersMarketplace if you aren’t using the online form linked below. Report a deal using the online form The Key As usual, the handy key to our Lunch deal categories. While all reports are always welcome, those that include a category will generally receive a higher listing when it comes time to put them all together. “nice deal” $1 – $49,000 “very nice deal” $50,000 – $99,000 “good deal” $100,000 – $250,000 “significant deal” $251,000 – $499,000 “major deal” $500,000 and up FICTION Inspirational Shelley Shepard Gray’s next two untitled books, to Cynthia DiTiberio at […]