M&A Deal Summary

Amazon Acquires Mobipocket SA

On April 15, 2005, Amazon acquired software company Mobipocket SA

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Amazon’s 1st transaction in the Software sector.
  • This is Amazon’s 1st transaction in France.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2005-04-15
Target Mobipocket SA
Sector Software
Buyer(s) Amazon
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

Mobipocket SA

Paris, France
website
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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Amazon

Seattle, Washington, United States

website

Category Company
Founded 1994
Sector E-Commerce
Employees1,541,000
Revenue 514.0B USD (2022)
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 also manufactures and sells electronic devices, including Kindle e-readers, Fire tablets, Fire TVs, and Echo. Amazon also offers Amazon Prime, an annual membership program that includes free shipping and access to streaming of movies and TV episodes. Amazon was founded in 1994 and is based in Seattle, Washington.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 10 of 76
Sector (Software) 1 of 11
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 9 of 67
Country (France) 1 of 1
Year (2005) 2 of 3
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2005-04-04 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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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2005-07-08 CreateSpace

Santa Cruz, California, United States

CreateSpace is a provider of independent publishing tools that enable content creators to produce, polish, publish and distribute their work to customers around the world. CreateSpace offers industry-leading royalty rates, broad distribution to thousands of sales channels, an engaged peer community and complete creative control while content creators continue to own the rights to their work.

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