At AbeBooks.com our mission is to help people find and buy any book from any bookseller anywhere.
AbeBooks is the world’s largest online marketplace for books, with over 100 million new, used, rare, and out-of-print titles listed for sale by more than 13,500 independent booksellers from around the world. AbeBooks has millions of registered customers who collectively purchase up to 25,000 books a day from its five global Web sites AbeBooks.com, AbeBooks.co.uk, AbeBooks.de, AbeBooks.fr, Iberlibro.com).
Booksellers love AbeBooks for providing the tools to help them succeed online. AbeBooks offers a range of services including dedicated support, HomeBase inventory management software, and five international sites to reach global markets.
In November 2005, AbeBooks acquired BookFinder.com - a leading price comparison shopping service dedicated to books. In February 2006, FillZ, a book inventory and order management company that helps booksellers offer books through online marketplaces, was acquired. In May 2006, AbeBooks took a 40% stake in Librarything.com – a book cataloguing and social networking site for bibliophiles.
By creating a secure and easy-to-search database and maintaining high standards, AbeBooks has established a dynamic online marketplace for books, and a community that book lovers return to, again and again.
AbeBooks is a private company based in Victoria, BC Canada, with European offices in Düsseldorf, Germany and Oviedo, Spain. AbeBooks.com was named one of the top e-business sites by the United Nations at the World Summit Awards in Geneva, 2003. As a company, AbeBooks is changing how books are found, sold, and shared with the world.
Based in Victoria, B.C., Canada, Düsseldorf, Germany and Oviedo, Spain
Incorporated in 1995. Web site launched 1996.
More than 100 million titles listed.
Over 13,500 bookseller members.
Booksellers pay a subscription fee to list their books.
Monthly subscription rates range from $25 to $300 USD, depending on the number of books listed.
120 employees and growing!
AbeBooks is a liaison between booksellers and book seekers. We don't have any stock ourselves, rather we facilitate shipment from independent booksellers to you. Basically it works this way:
Booksellers list inventory with AbeBooks.
You search the AbeBooks site and add books to your shopping basket.
When you purchase these books by completing the check-out process, AbeBooks forwards your order to the corresponding booksellers..
The booksellers process the order and ships the book directly to you.
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