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
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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Buyer

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 10 of 80
Sector: Software M&A 1 of 11
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 9 of 70
Country: France M&A 1 of 1
Year: 2005 M&A 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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