Abebooks Offers Millions of Books Through Amazon Marketplace; Abebooks, The World's Largest Online Used Book Marketplace, Makes Inventory Available to Amazon.com Customers.Business Editors VICTORIA, British Columbia--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 17, 2002 Abebooks, the world's largest online marketplace for used, rare and out-of-print books, today announced it is making millions of books available through Amazon's Marketplace program, which enables third party sellers to list inventory in Amazon Amazon, in Greek mythology Amazon (ăm`əzŏn), in Greek mythology, one of a tribe of warlike women who lived in Asia Minor. .com's retail catalog catalog, descriptive list, on cards or in a book, of the contents of a library. Assurbanipal's library at Nineveh was cataloged on shelves of slate. The first known subject catalog was compiled by Callimachus at the Alexandrian Library in the 3d cent. B.C. . Abebooks' inventory will be available to millions of book buyers worldwide on Amazon.com's e-commerce e-commerce, commerce conducted over the Internet, most often via the World Wide Web. E-commerce can apply to purchases made through the Web or to business-to-business activities such as inventory transfers. platform, significantly expanding the selection of used books available to Amazon.com (Amazon.com, Seattle, WA, www.amazon.com) The largest online shopping site and one of the most widely known e-commerce sites on the Web. Founded by Jeff Bezos in 1995, it had 11 employees by year's end. Within four years, it had more than 1,600 employees and four million customers. customers. Commenting on the announcement, Brent Brent, outer borough (1991 pop. 226,100) of Greater London, SE England. The area is a rail and industrial center. Its manufactures include automobile parts, clocks and watches, and electrical equipment. James, chief executive officer of Abebooks comments: "Amazon Marketplace Amazon Marketplace ( i.e:Third-party Marketplace ) is Amazon.com's fixed-price online marketplace that allows sellers to survey their goods alongside Amazon's offerings. Buyers can buy new and used items sold directly by a third party through Amazon. creates real value for customers by bringing increased choice and selection when making purchases. The customer's choices expand significantly when we add Abebooks millions of used books to the equation." The option of listing books through Amazon Marketplace is being made available to the thousands of booksellers who currently list their used, rare and out-of-print books on Abebooks sites. This new arrangement brings their books to wider markets of online bookbuyers. Brent James explains: "Abebooks exists to help our worldwide membership booksellers sell their books. This new option enhances our ability to do that." About Abebooks Abebooks is the world's largest online marketplace for used, rare, and out-of-print books. Abebooks connects those who buy books with those who sell books, to provide abundant selection at affordable prices. Bookbuyers love the variety and selection of 40 million books, offered by 10,000 booksellers who list on Abebooks. Readers find bestsellers, collectors find rare antiquarian an·ti·quar·i·an n. One who studies, collects, or deals in antiquities. adj. 1. Of or relating to antiquarians or to the study or collecting of antiquities. 2. Dealing in or having to do with old or rare books. 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 and dedicated customer support. Every day, thousands of people find the right book at the right price on Abebooks. Abebooks is a global company with sites dedicated to bookbuyers in North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. (Abebooks.com), Germany (Abebooks.de), France (Abebooks.fr), and the UK (Abebooks.co.uk). These domestic sites serve specific countries while making unique book inventories available to all. Through strategic partnerships Abebooks has become the most important virtual supplier of used books while expanding selling avenues for booksellers. Abebooks strives to be the world's best book source where book buyers and sellers find books they want at prices they love. |
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