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Three managers step up as Boris Wertz steps down at AbeBooks

Boris Wertz transitions out of his role as chief operating officer at AbeBooks, but remains a member of the board. Three others take over his responsibilities as the e-retailer forges “a new-look senior management team.”

Posted 11/05/2007Don DavisPost a comment

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Audible and Harlequin torridly embrace audio romance

Web-only audio content retailer Audible.com and Harlequin Enterprises have launched a program enabling subscribers to download two romance novels per month.

Posted 10/10/2007Mark BrohanPost a comment

AbeBooks sets its sites on more international business development

AbeBooks will continue to pursue foreign business development. A top priority is the overseas expansion of Bookfinder.com, which lets buyers search through over 100 million new, used, rare and out-of-print books for sale from thousands of booksellers.

Posted 05/23/2007Mark BrohanPost a comment

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Search capacity on BookFinder.com reaches 125 million books

Shoppers on BookFinder.com now can search an inventory of 125 million books from more than 100,000 sellers, founder Anirvan Chatterjee says.

Posted 04/05/2007Paul DemeryPost a comment

J.K. Rowling works her magic again at Amazon

The Harry Potter hype begins. In two days, Amazon issued two press releases touting the magnitude of pre-orders it had received for the seventh—and last—Harry Potter book.

Posted 02/02/2007Kurt PetersPost a comment

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Abebooks purchases a 40% stake in LibraryThing.com

The investment bolsters Abebooks’ position as the largest online independent book store and moves the web retailer further into social networking.

Posted 05/17/2006Bill BriggsPost a comment

Abebooks turns the page on European expansion

As Abebooks enters its second decade as a web retailer, the company is relying less on third-party reseller agreements and more on international expansion, organic growth and site upgrades, says CEO Hannes Blum.

Posted 02/01/2006Mark BrohanPost a comment

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Abebooks acquires books comparison site BookFinder.com

With about 1 million monthly visitors and a network of about 3,000 used and rare book dealers, BookFinder.com is an up-and-coming books comparison site, says Abebooks. The acquisition will help Abebooks expand in the global online books market.

Posted 11/09/2005Mark Brohan1 comments