Rare Book Specialist To Take On Amazon

http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/Con...d=968867495754



William M. Klimon
http://www.gateofbliss.com

William M. Klimon wrote:
http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/Con...d=968867495754



William M. Klimon
http://www.gateofbliss.com




Since when does abebooks stand for "Accelerated Book Exchange)"?

I agree that this is a dubious move on their part and will dilute their
message. They are a strong market force, but many of their smaller
accounts (such as I used to be) are already unhappy with them.

I expect they are looking at the new book market because they are in
perpetual pursuit of growth, and don't have pretty done what they can in
the antiquarian market.

It was extremely interesting to see that 20,000 books are sold daily
through the site. Thats 7.3 million books a year. I was sceptical, but a
little note on google makes it seem possible: They estimate Amazon's
sales of used books at 30 million.

http://answers.google.com/answers/threadview?id=338849

On Fri, 4 Jun 2004 02:05:17 UTC, "William M. Klimon"
wrote:

http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/Con...d=968867495754


The article mentions that ABE is employee owned. I thought it was
owned by Banes & Noble.

Am I wrong here or was it sold?

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