Alibris Launches Book Purchasing and Referral Program.Business Editors/High Tech Writers EMERYVILLE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 9, 2000 Industry Veterans Taylor Bowie Bowie (b  `ē), city (1990 pop. 37,589), Prince Georges co., W central Md.; inc. 1916. It is mainly a residential community. Points of interest include the Woodward Mansion (c. and Jay Miller to Lead Newly-Launched Program Alibris (www.alibris.com), the world's leading resource for hard-to-find books, today announced that it has launched the Alibris Book Purchasing and Referral Program. In addition, Alibris has acquired the collections of Bowie and Company Books and the Berkeley Book Company. These book collections add approximately 75,000 sought-after books to the Alibris database. The Alibris Book Purchasing and Referral Program will seek collections nationwide via advertisements and direct mail. In an effort to help dealers more easily find great collections, Alibris will make for-sale collections directly available to its community of dealers with no referral fee. Alibris will also be purchasing certain collections. Experienced book buyers Taylor Bowie and Jay Miller will join the Alibris buying and referral team that is led by Gary Todoroff, Vice President of Supply Management for Alibris. Taylor Bowie owned and operated Bowie and Company Books of Seattle, WA for 24 years and is a recognized 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. book expert. Jay Miller owned and operated the Berkeley Book Company of Berkeley, CA for over five years and was an early innovator in the buying of out-of-print materials in quantity and selling them exclusively via the Internet Internet Publicly accessible computer network connecting many smaller networks from around the world. It grew out of a U.S. Defense Department program called ARPANET (Advanced Research Projects Agency Network), established in 1969 with connections between computers at the . "This program will complement our strong independent bookseller relationships and is an important and natural step in the development of Alibris," said Martin Manley, President and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of Alibris. "Moving forward, we will be actively buying and referring collections and are very fortunate to have the expertise of respected, book-industry veterans Taylor Bowie and Jay Miller leading these efforts." "As an independent bookseller, my passion has always been to find unique, special interest, and odd books for my customers," said Taylor Bowie. "I believe Alibris shares that passion, and now we'll work together to build a physical book inventory that complements the virtual inventory provided by our excellent network of dealer partners." "I've recognized for quite some time that the Internet will allow tremendous advancements in our industry, and no one is more dedicated to fostering that change than Alibris," said Jay Miller. "I am proud to be an active member of the next-generation community of booksellers." The Alibris Consignment The delivery of goods to a carrier to be shipped to a designated person for sale. A Bailment of goods for sale. A consignment is an arrangement resulting from a contract in which one person, the consignor, either ships or entrusts goods to another, the Program, launched in September 1998, will continue to operate alongside the Book Purchasing Program. About Alibris Alibris is the world's leading resource for hard-to-find books. An easy-to-use e-commerce service, Alibris enables booksellers, libraries, and consumers to quickly locate and purchase millions of titles, many only available from Alibris. Hard-to-find books consist of out-of-print and rare books as well as titles from small, specialty and overseas publishers. Alibris is a private company based in the San Francisco Bay Area “Bay Area” redirects here. For other uses, see Bay Area (disambiguation). The San Francisco Bay Area, colloquially known as the Bay Area or The Bay , and is backed by CMGI CMGI Commonly Maintained Grounds Infrastructures CMGI College Marketing Group Information (Services) @Ventures; Ingram Book Group; and Silicon Valley venture investors Bedrock Bedrock - A C++ class library for Macintosh user interface portability. Capital Partners; Weiss, Peck peck: see English units of measurement. and Greer Venture Partners; and Aberdare Ventures. Further information about the company is available on its Web site, http://www.alibris.com. |
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