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Amazon Acquires BookSurge

On April 4, 2005, Amazon acquired e-commerce company BookSurge

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Amazon’s 2nd transaction in the E-Commerce sector.
  • This is Amazon’s 7th transaction in the United States.
  • This is Amazon’s 1st transaction in South Carolina.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2005-04-04
Target BookSurge
Sector E-Commerce
Buyer(s) Amazon
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

BookSurge

Charleston, South Carolina, United States
BookSurge LLC is an inventory free book printing and fulfillment company based in Charleston, South Carolina. BookSurge maintains a catalog of thousands of book titles that users can print on demand.

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Amazon

Seattle, Washington, United States
Category Company
Founded 1994
Sector E-Commerce
Employees1,525,000
Revenue 638.0B USD (2024)
DESCRIPTION
Amazon office building in downtown Seattle, Washington.
Amazon office building in downtown Seattle, Washington.

Amazon is an e-commerce retailer and provider of web services. Amazon enables millions of products to be sold through its website and by third parties across a variety of product categories. Customers access Amazon directly and through mobile websites and apps. Amazon was founded in 1994 and is based in Seattle, Washington.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 9 of 80
Sector: E-Commerce M&A 2 of 10
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 8 of 70
State: South Carolina M&A 1 of 1
Country: United States M&A 7 of 57
Year: 2005 M&A 1 of 3
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2004-08-19 Joyo.com

Beijing, China

Joyo.com offers customers a wide selection of books, videos and DVDs, music, software, toys and gifts, among other products.

Buy $75M
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2005-04-15 Mobipocket SA

Paris, France

Mobipocket SA an e-bookseller specializing in software that allows customers to download and read books on their computers and hand-held devices.

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