Well it finally happened. Abebooks of Victoria, BC has entered in an agreement with Amazon to be part of the Amazon family. They claim that they will continue to run as an independent company but that will not likely last too long. A sure sign of the times in which we live. Everybody buys their coffee at the same place, every goes to see the same handful of major films and now online we can all buy our books at the same place. yippee.
AbeBooks has reached an agreement to be acquired by Amazon.com, Inc. This is a major landmark in the 12-year history of AbeBooks.
AbeBooks will continue to operate as a stand-alone business with all aspects of AbeBooks’ bookseller and customer experience remaining intact. AbeBooks’ headquarters will remain in Victoria, BC, Canada, and our European offices will remain in Dusseldorf, Germany. We will continue to support both our international marketplaces and our domestic marketplace here in Canada. I will continue to lead AbeBooks. full press release here..
Hmmm!
Wasn’t it a short while ago that AbeBooks purchased Chrislands?
As one of the larger provider of websites for booksellers (myself included) I wonder if there will be a trickle down effect that will affect Lance and Jaymes operations. Up to this point in time I’ve found it to be well run.
Tell me there won’t be Amazon mucky mucks running through Chrisland’s offices.
Hi Paul,
I didn’t know about that purchase. If we can be even more cynical..what if Amazon decides to have Chrislands cease operations in order to drive more sales through it’s own site, and continues this practice with other smaller providers. Why wouldn’t they? Seems to be the way business is slanted these days. Everything in the hands of two or three giants.
As long as Chrislands remains profitable and Amazon gets a bit of the action I’m sure they will leave Chrislands alone.
Last thing Amazon needs (or wants) is a class action lawsuit.