Abebooks Partners With R.R. Bowker to Make Available Online Direct Ordering From Abebooks via Booksinprint.com and Globalbooksinprint.com.Business Editors VICTORIA, British Columbia--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 4, 2003 Abebooks, the world's largest online marketplace for used, rare and out-of-print books. and R.R. Bowker R.R. Bowker, LLC provides information support for the publishing industry in the United States. Bowker is the official U.S. ISBN Agency, the publisher of Books In Print , the world's leading publisher of bibliographic information, have announced a partnership that will benefit bookbuyers and booksellers 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. and the United Kingdom. Abebooks is partnering with Bowker to make the 40 million books currently listed on Abebooks.com available to book buyers that use Bowker's booksinprint.com and globalbooksinprint.com websites. This partnership presents another avenue for making the books of Abebooks' ten thousand booksellers available for sale to a larger global market. "This partnership enhances the position of our sites booksinprint.com and globalbooksinprint.com as authoritative search tools for the book buying community," said Michael Cairns Cairns, city (1991 pop. 64,463), Queensland, NE Australia, on Trinity Bay. It is a principal sugar port of Australia; lumber and other agricultural products are also exported. The city's proximity to the Great Barrier Reef has made it a tourist center. , president of New Providence New Providence, city, United States New Providence, borough (1990 pop. 11,439), Union co., NE N.J.; settled c.1720, set off and inc. 1899. It is largely residential but has some light industry. Roses and fruit are grown there commercially. , N.J.-based R.R. Bowker. "By allowing Bowker's online subscribers to link to Abebooks' extensive database of hard-to-find books available for sale, Abebooks and Bowker present a convenient online tool for librarians, booksellers, educators, students, and general book buyers -- anyone researching English-language books." Customers who are searching for a rare or out-of-print book will now be able to perform a title, author, or ISBN ISBN abbr. International Standard Book Number ISBN International Standard Book Number ISBN n abbr (= International Standard Book Number) → ISBN m search on booksinprint.com or globalbooksinprint.com, and have immediate access to Abebooks' database of used, rare and out-of-print books. "The main goal of Abebooks is to sell our booksellers' books. By making these books available on the Bowker sites, we place these titles in front of a larger audience for everyone's benefit," explained Brent James, chief executive officer of Abebooks. "It's a natural partnership: Abebooks has 40 million rare and out-of-print books and Bowker has the community of book buyers searching for these books." About Abebooks Abebooks is the world's largest online marketplace for secondhand, rare, and out-of-print books. Abebooks connects those who buy books with those who sell books, providing abundant selection at affordable prices. Abebooks is a global company based in Victoria, British Columbia British Columbia, province (2001 pop. 3,907,738), 366,255 sq mi (948,600 sq km), including 6,976 sq mi (18,068 sq km) of water surface, W Canada. Geography , Canada, with websites dedicated to bookbuyers in North America (www.Abebooks.com), the U.K. (www.Abebooks.co.uk), France (www.Abebooks.fr), and Germany (www.Abebooks.de) and librarians (www.AbeLibrary.com). Through strategic partnerships with Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and eBay/Half.com, Abebooks has become the most important virtual supplier of secondhand books while expanding selling avenues for booksellers. About R.R. Bowker Founded in 1872, R.R. Bowker, a Cambridge Information Group Cambridge Information Group, CIG, is a privately owned group of information services and publishing companies and educational institutions. It was founded in 1971 by Robert N. Snyder and Philip E. Hixon and is headquartered in Bethesda, Maryland. company, is North America's leading provider of bibliographic information, and is also the official agency for assigning ISBNs in the United States. The company's flagship product, Books in Print(R), is available on the Internet at www.booksinprint.com, on CD-ROM CD-ROM: see compact disc. CD-ROM in full compact disc read-only memory Type of computer storage medium that is read optically (e.g., by a laser). and in hardbound hard·bound adj. & n. Hardcover. Adj. 1. hardbound - having a hard back or cover; "hardback books" hardback, hardbacked, hardcover backed - having a back or backing, usually of a specified type print format. Global Books In Print, Bowker's searchable database of more than 7 million English language titles, is available on the Internet at www.globalbooksinprint.com and on CD-ROM. For more information, please visit www.bowker.com or call 888/BOWKER (888/269-5372). |
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